Thanks Andrea, I'll do that. I won't be deviating significantly from the text you created, just changing a couple of words. 

Appreciate your help and feedback!

John

On Jul 19, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Goethals, Andrea wrote:

> Sorry I should have been clearer. The document I attached is the original text - I didn't change it. But you can change the text to fit your audience.
> 
> Andrea
> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: The NDSA Standards working group list [mailto:NDSA-
>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Spencer
>> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:20 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: [NDSA-STANDARDS] text for: Please take the NDSA Digital
>> Preservation Staffing Survey
>> 
>> So to further clarify, we're fine with me tweaking that part? I looked
>> at the .doc you sent and I'm comfortable with the term "organization" -
>> except for the 3rd and last paragraph that still refer to
>> "institution". If everyone is fine with me changing those 2 paragraphs
>> I'll do that and send it out. I'm thinking I'll probably use the DDEX
>> reflector to hit labels around the world, along with our US clients.
>> 
>> Glad to hear we've already got responses!! Maybe we did something
>> right!! I just want to make sure i'm not coloring outside the lines...
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> On Jul 19, 2012, at 10:07 AM, Goethals, Andrea wrote:
>> 
>>> That makes sense to me. The text is only meant to be a guideline. I'm
>> attaching a DOC version of the text because it gets un-HTMLized if I
>> send the text directly through the NDSA list. You should be able to
>> copy and paste the text in the attached document and then modify as
>> needed.
>>> 
>>> BTW we have 5 responses so far!
>>> 
>>> Andrea
>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: The NDSA Standards working group list [mailto:NDSA-
>>>> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of John Spencer
>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 11:05 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [NDSA-STANDARDS] text for: Please take the NDSA Digital
>>>> Preservation Staffing Survey
>>>> 
>>>> Andrea,
>>>> 
>>>> I have only one question - I plan to submit this to a number of
>> music
>>>> labels, and they might be put off by the word "institution"....
>>>> 
>>>> Would it be OK with the group if I added "or company" to the folks
>> that
>>>> I'm going to try and get submissions from?
>>>> 
>>>> Any feedback is welcome, I'd like to push it out but I may have a
>> low
>>>> response if the recipients think this is an "institutional only"
>>>> survey.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> John
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jul 18, 2012, at 3:35 PM, Goethals, Andrea wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I think the survey is ready to be announced. Here's the text to use
>>>> for the announcement (filling in your name at the bottom). Unless
>>>> anyone sees anything glaringly wrong in this text we can start
>>>> announcing it using our compiled list at
>>>> 
>> http://www.loc.gov/extranet/wiki/osi/ndiip/ndsa/index.php?title=List_of
>>>> _places/people_we_want_to_receive_the_survey
>>>>> 
>>>>> Andrea
>>>>> 
>>>>> ---------------------------
>>>>> Organizations establishing or scaling up digital preservation
>>>> programs are faced with many decisions. How many staff do we need?
>> What
>>>> types of positions are needed? What skills, education and experience
>>>> should we be looking for? Should we hire new staff or retrain
>> existing
>>>> staff? What functions should be scoped as part of the program? What
>>>> should be provided by other parts of the organization, outsourced or
>>>> provided through collaboration with other organizations?
>>>>> 
>>>>> The National Digital Stewardship
>>>> Alliance<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/> (NDSA) Standards
>> &
>>>> Practices Working
>>>> 
>> Group<http://www.digitalpreservation.gov/ndsa/working_groups/standards.
>>>> html> is conducting a survey of organizations currently responsible
>> for
>>>> digital preservation to gain insight into how organizations
>> worldwide
>>>> are addressing these staffing, scoping and organizational questions.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Only one response should be submitted per institution. The survey
>>>> will close on August 17, 2012.
>>>>> 
>>>>> To begin click on this link:    Start the
>>>> survey<https://harvard.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bDE8UQ1rK17JHqk>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please email any questions to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>> with
>>>> the subject line Staffing Survey.
>>>>> 
>>>>> We will make our best effort to protect your individual survey
>>>> responses so that no one will be able to connect your responses with
>>>> you or your organization. Any personal information that could
>> identify
>>>> you or your organization will be removed or changed before results
>> are
>>>> made public. We will combine your responses with the responses of
>>>> others and make the aggregated results public, and preserve the
>>>> anonymous data long-term for research purposes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you would like to plan your answers before filling out the
>> online
>>>> survey, you can access the survey
>>>> 
>> worksheet<http://hul.harvard.edu/ois/digpres/docs/DP_Survey_Working_Cop
>>>> y.docx>.  After you take the survey, if you would like a copy of
>> your
>>>> institution's responses, please send the request to
>>>> [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> with the subject line Staffing
>> Survey
>>>> and indicate in the email your institution and the IP address from
>>>> which you submitted the survey.
>>>>> 
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