[Board] Fwd: News from Invest in Open Infrastructure - July 2023

Tue Jul 25 10:21:20 EDT 2023

I vote Aye and will add the ratification of the email vote to the agenda for August.

Unrelated, but I don’t see the current bylaws linked in the wiki anywhere – if someone can point me in their direction I will make sure they are clearly linked from the governance main page 😊
KGM

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We have a motion by Galen Charlton and a second by Jeanette Lundgren.  I'd like to call for an email vote to approve the following:

"That the Evergreen Project authorize Kathy Lussier and Ruth Frasur, as well as any other volunteers that may arise, to apply to the Open Infrastructure Fund in 2023 (https://investinopen.org/blog/open-infrastructure-fund-pilot-cfp/) on behalf of The Evergreen Project."

You can vote by replying "aye", "nay", or "abstain" to this email.

I will abstain as I'm named in the motion.

Ruth Frasur (she/they)

Coordinator

Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium

Evergreen Community Development Initiative

Indiana State Library

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Indianapolis, IN 46204

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I'd be happy to second Galen's email motion.

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 10:15 AM Frasur, Ruth via Board <board at list.evergreen-ils.org<mailto:board at list.evergreen-ils.org>> wrote:

If it’s the desire of the board, I’ll speak on behalf of the TEP (always with conversation and feedback from TEP board).

Ruth Frasur (she/they)

Coordinator

Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium

Evergreen Community Development Initiative

Indiana State Library

140 N. Senate Ave.

Indianapolis, IN 46204

(317) 232-3691

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Hi,

Upon skimming the prospectus, it looks like TEP can plausibly apply. Since Ruth as a board member and president has volunteered to assist, and since I see some advantage to applying as an organization, I would like to make an email motion: To wit:

That the Evergreen Project authorize Kathy Lussier and Ruth Frasur, as well as any other volunteers that may arise, to apply to the Open Infrastructure Fund in 2023 (https://investinopen.org/blog/open-infrastructure-fund-pilot-cfp/) on behalf of The Evergreen Project.

(As a discussion point: since TEP has no staff, I think it is safest to use a board motion to authorize that somebody speak for TEP in this matter is the safest way to go, since if the grant is awarded, it will come with obligations binding TEP. However, in the medium/long run, I could see the board establishing a framework for a board committee to write grants more autonomously without each and every grant having to be the topic of a board motion).

Regards,

Galen

On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 9:29 AM Frasur, Ruth via Board <board at list.evergreen-ils.org<mailto:board at list.evergreen-ils.org>> wrote:

I’d like to put my support behind this and also offer up myself as a helper and somebody on the Strategic Planning Committee/Board.

Ruth Frasur (she/they)

Coordinator

Evergreen Indiana Library Consortium

Evergreen Community Development Initiative

Indiana State Library

140 N. Senate Ave.

Indianapolis, IN 46204

(317) 232-3691

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Hi all,

Circling back to the discussion at this week's board meeting regarding funds to support an in-person retreat for strategic planning, do you think it might be worth submitting a proposal to see if we could get funding through the Open Infrastructure Fund? If our application were successful, we could support travel costs for all participants and possibly revisit the question of a consultant. I know there was a thought it would be difficult to find a consultant that would understand our niche needs, but there are consultants out there that work with open source communities, and I'm confident the Board could explain the specific uniqueness that comes from a library-supported project.

Strengthening Community Governance is one of their focus areas:

  *   Organizing community workshops to discuss governance needs and (re)design governance structures.

  *   Convene a dedicated committee/working group of key stakeholders to lead work on diversifying governance.

  *   Work on improving governance processes, e.g. reviewing and evolving bylaws and other policies.

The deadline is just around the corner, but I would be happy to work with somebody on the Strategic Planning Committee/Board to pull something together if you think it's worth a shot.

Kathy

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Date: Fri, Jul 21, 2023 at 12:45 PM
Subject: News from Invest in Open Infrastructure - July 2023
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Dear Kathy,

In May, the IOI team launched calls for proposals for the Open Infrastructure Fund.<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=989&qid=7899> The Fund aims to strengthen sustainability and resilience and increase the adoption of open infrastructure worldwide. Our community co-designed the Fund through a series of participatory activities, which increased the accessibility of funding and helped pilot a more transparent way of funding open infrastructure. The application deadline is July 31, 2023, so if interested, make sure to submit your proposal before then.

In June, we also held our second in-person workshop in Africa, adjacent to Open Repositories 2023. The workshop was a multi-sectoral forum to understand how best to synergise the public and private sectors to commit additional resources for African research infrastructure. We have summarised the key points in a blog post<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=990&qid=7899> that we hope you will find insightful.

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Call for proposals for IOI Open Infrastructure fund closes on July 31

IOI's core objective is to improve funding and resourcing for open technologies and systems for research and scholarship. In May, we launched the call for proposals for the Open Infrastructure Fund, an initiative to strengthen sustainability and resilience and increase the adoption of open infrastructure globally. Funding of 5,000-25,000 USD is available to support projects with capacity building, governance, and critical shared infrastructure as their focal areas. 60% of the grant funding has been reserved for Low and Middle-Income Economies as part of our resolve to bridge resourcing inequities. The deadline for applications is July 31, 2023. Read our blog posts (English<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=991&qid=7899>, Spanish<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=992&qid=7899>) for more information, and please help spread the word!<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=993&qid=7899>

Apply now<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=989&qid=7899>

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Open access ‘at any cost’ cannot support scholarly publishing communities

Our Executive Director, Kaitlin Thaney, has penned an op-ed in the LSE Impact Blog<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=994&qid=7899> that calls upon entities profiting from open research to actively reinvest in the communities and infrastructures that contribute to the sustenance of their businesses. The article highlights the need for more resolute and clear terms for what “reasonable cost” means to achieve the aims of open access and research.

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Recap of IOI workshop on sustainable research infrastructure in Africa

In June, we facilitated an in-person workshop in Somerset West, South Africa that focused on exploring how public-private partnerships (PPPs) can contribute to sustainable research infrastructures on the continent. This discussion was precipitated by our workshop in Accra, Ghana in March<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=995&qid=7899> where PPPs were suggested as a potential remedy to enhancing the sustainability of open research infrastructures. We invited a range of actors from the private sector, governments, and academia to explore how we can synergize between the private and public sectors to come up with sustainable models for investing in research infrastructure. We summarized the key learnings from the workshop on the IOI website.

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Final report on defining open infrastructure launched

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  *   Toby Steiner, Lost in translation? Revisiting notions of community- and scholar-led publishing in international contexts,<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=1009&qid=7899> July 4 2023, ScholarLed Blog
  *   Andrew Silver, 68% of ‘transformative journals’ to be kicked out of Plan S scheme, June 21, 2023<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=1010&qid=7899>, Research Professional News
  *   Kayla Yup, How Scientific Publishers’ Extreme Fees Put Profit Over Progress, May 31, 2023<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=1011&qid=7899>, The Nation
  *   Teresa Hackett, New Partnerships - A Right To Research In Africa<https://investinopen.civicrm.org/civicrm/mailing/url?u=1012&qid=7899>, April 25, 2023, EIFL

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