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Changes to the agenda
Connect 2023 budget - costs, sponsorships, scholarships
A/V costs are particularly high, really bringing up our costs. Talked in the committee about pre-conference workshop charges, bringing registration up to $500
Action: get an A/V breakdown, to potentially streamline number of rooms/tracks
Action: Polling the community about attendance, to make sure we’re sizing correctly
Are there any sources of sponsorships to bring down costs?
Heather will reach out to potential sponsors
How can we offer scholarships?
Will ask for sponsors
Keynote speaker ideas
Princeton author, and Esme will ask colleagues
Heather will ask Jill from PALCI
Encouraging CFP responses
COAR meeting debrief
https://www.coar-repositories.org/coar-annual-meeting-2023/Heather’s presentation received; COAR would like to do webinars about the need for open science orgs to better support open repository software communities
https://investinopen.org/blog/open-infrastructure-fund-pilot-cfp/ - Board will consider options for proposal
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