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Tuesday 25th February 2019

Tuesday 25th February 2019

Owned by Jon Dunn
Last updated: Feb 26, 2019 by rsteans

Attendees

Guests

Agenda

  1. Introductions
  2. Outside fundraising - discussion and brainstorming with Danielle Robinson (All)
  3. Annual fundraising call check-in (Jon)
    1. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K2Q7qona5IlCeyxrCKG-ghCg4Sc1CFzETcGRj4CPZ5w/edit?usp=sharing
  4. 2019 Connect sponsorship check-in (Ryan and Jessica)Ā 
    1. List of Potential Sponsors
      1. Ā get the contact of the sales reps who
      2. talk to procurement - anyone with a contract - in's to the company COntracts person can find individuals
      3. Start collecting contact info
    2. Levels chart:Ā https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19KOobVRUp3SNvYXLKRkX2xCAud44S_AJeEmxrk2cETY/edit?usp=sharing
      1. share with Andrew at Wash U at St. Louis - what can they deliver or not deliver
      2. Ryan run by Andrew (CC Richard and Jon D)
      3. People are willing to pay for a mailing list - at UCSD - give them access to which participants opted into (basic rules on etiquette)
  5. Any other business
  6. Date of next meeting?
    1. Jon unavailable March 4-15


Danielle Robinson - Code For Science and Society - Fiscal Sponsorship Program

When an org receives a grant - fiscal sponsorship - can avoid the burden of aĀ 

Grant to Re-grant - they get the grant and grant it over to the org

Ā  Ā  Most projects inside the states take advantage of benefits package

3 prongs of Samvera Fundraising WG

  • Annual Fundraising Campaign
  • Conference Sponsorship
  • Larger Scale Funding Opportunities/ Issues


In-Kind Contribution

Pay in as member - do not - just donating time

RaisedĀ 

Transition or Add - Service Contract - if no one pays, the first work that will go by the wayside are core maintenance tasks not tied to exciting projects/ coordination and community management.Ā  Direct effort more strategically and slow burn out of volunteers, etc...Ā 

Most fundraising w/ Private Philanthropy - some IMLS grants - could pull together a consortia to get a government grants

Would IMLS go in for something bigger?Ā  Pursuing or checking back in with a scope/ building a community - re-evaluate Governance as orgs hit 6-10 yearsĀ 

Revisit/ Reach-out to program officer at IMLS to check interest.Ā Ā 

In terms of private philanthropy, difficult to get core operations covered.Ā  Want to fund new and exciting initiatives/ bounded projects.Ā  Money can run out when project ends.Ā Ā 

Funder to set up some structures, get the structures in place.Ā  Get a business model started/ need to fill roles with staff to professionalize organization.Ā  Mellon and Sloan.Ā  Bridge the gap for next 5 years for governance for next ten.Ā Ā 

Helmsley - family foundation.Ā  4 Trustees.Ā  Cross-program initiative.Ā  Initiatives to help existing programs, so, like Data Management.Ā  Try to develop a relationship.Ā  (Josh is the contact)Ā 

Ā Arcadia - Focus on Open Access (Ross).Ā  Still getting a handle on what is funded and what isn't.Ā  Make sure he knows what we're doing.Ā Ā 

Welcomm Trust - an international group.Ā  Ā Based in UK.Ā Ā 

Schedule a bunch of 30 minute calls, share the state of the org.Ā  Funders like to fund a story where they can push an org to the next level.Ā  That story is all set up.Ā Ā 

Direct benefit to Humanities - get to trustees, and pass.Ā  What is the angle?Ā  More direct outcome of work.Ā Ā 

In Samvera Community - champions of researchers who use these services - who depends on Samvera infrastructure?Ā  - Mellon is a special case.Ā  Sloan can be just across open scholarship.Ā Ā 

Siegel Family EndowmentĀ  & Laura and John Arnold Foundation - young family foundations with living donors (Laura at Siegel, Meredith at Arnold)

Ford is interested in Open Infrastructure -Ā 

Gordon and Betty Moore - direct impact on science (Chris Metzel)

AI:Ā  Craft story about next ten years of Samvera - getting an investment, 3-5 year grant for business development,Ā 

Brian - Chan-ZuckerbergĀ 

Howard Hughes - centerpiece is their HHMI investigators.Ā  Fund scientists directly.Ā  Infrastructure and publishing.Ā Ā 

Make case to Don and Patricia (talk to Josh first) -Ā 

15-30 minute call on the Landscape.Ā Ā 

AI - email to tell Danielle what we said we'd do.Ā Ā 

Brian knows Ross at Arcadia/ Ashley Sans at IMLS

3-5 business planning, business development project to get capacity going - some sort of sustainability plan

AI - follow up with Josh - Brian ask DanielleĀ 

IMLS?Ā  National Platform - help more institutions -Ā 

Why did second Hyku proposal fail?Ā  - Reach out to Erin Tripp and find out.Ā  Submitted 2 years ago (had Mara Marks left?).Ā Ā 



Fundraising - Jon has redrafted letter - link is in the agenda