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Thanks Brian. - Micah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Micah Altman, Ph.D. <http://informatics.mit.edu> Twitter: @drmaltman Director of Research -- MIT Libraries; Head/Scientist, Program on Information Science Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution "Entia non sunt multiplicanda sine necessitate" - Doctor Invincibilis (Corollary, "Ad indicia spectate.") On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Schottlaender, Brian <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Congratulations, Micah and colleagues, on having attracted five candidate > organizations; well done! > > --Brian S. > > Brian E. C. Schottlaender > The Audrey Geisel University Librarian > > 9500 Gilman Dr. #0175G || La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 > vox 858.534.3060 || fax 858.534.6193 || net [log in to unmask] > web https://libraries.ucsd.edu/about/ul-office/index.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: The NDSA organization list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Potter, Abigail > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 6:49 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [NDSA-ALL] Update on NDSA Host Request for Proposals > > Dear NDSA members, > > Earlier this year the NDSA coordinating committee announced it was seeking > proposals from organizations interested in being the next secretariate and > host of the NDSA to help administer and lead the Alliance over the next > four years. At the June 30th deadline we received proposals from five > institutions interested in being the next host of the NDSA. > > Throughout the next month a subgroup of the CC will begin a conversation > with each candidate host organization about shared goals and benefits, and > their vision for the NDSA in its next phase. These interviews will be > summarized and shared with the CC and Working Group Chairs. WG chairs will > gather input from working members, and an external group of advisors, which > include Josh Greenberg from the Sloan Foundation, Don Waters from the > Mellon Foundation, Vicki Reich from LOCKSS and a representative from the > Library of Congress, who will contribute their perspectives. After > reviewing the interview summaries and views of the advisors and Working > Groups, the CC will make a recommendation to the membership for the next > NDSA host organization. We are hoping to have this recommendation ready for > the membership in early September of 2015 and have it coincide with the > presentation of a new membership agreement from the new host. > > If you questions or concerns about this process, please contact Micah > Altman, chair of the CC at [log in to unmask] >