In 2017 a small group of OER advocates determined that in order to improve the awareness and adoption of OER in their state, they needed to launch a statewide approach. While the original thinking was to model their statewide initiative on those created in other states, after gathering information about the governance structures of those other projects the organizers were surprised to find little if any consistency in how these existing projects were structured. In other words, there were no reliable models to follow. As a member of that group I became interested in learning more about the governance structure of these existing statewide initiatives and conducted research targeting the current state members of the Open Textbook Network. In this session I will share the results of this research, emphasizing the advantages and disadvantages of different governance structures. Examples of different governance structure models will be presented along with information about the types of work librarians do as members of these governing bodies. This session is appropriate for all levels of experience with OER as it can be beneficial for those who are new to statewide approaches to OER who may be considering an initiative for their state as well as those more advanced advocates who may want to compare their existing governance structure to other models. While a 25-minute session allows only limited time for interaction, there should be sufficient time for several polls and discussion with the presenter.