Call-in details for summit call

From: 'Anthony Watkinson' via The Open Scholarship Initiative <osi20...@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Friday, December 6, 2019 1:39 AM
To: 'Glenn Hampson' <gham...@nationalscience.org>; 'The Open Scholarship Initiative' <osi20...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: RE: Summit call agenda

Could you send joining instructions again Glenn?

From: osi20...@googlegroups.com [mailto:osi20...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Glenn Hampson
Sent: 06 December 2019 02:19
To: 'The Open Scholarship Initiative'
Subject: Summit call agenda

Submitted for your consideration---here are detailed notes for what we’ll be discussing on Monday’s call

OSI’s 2020 action plan

Our original plan (for studies, tech products and outreach) was premised on receiving about $150k/yr of funding over the next three years from the Murdock foundation. Our grant application was declined, however. What now? Here are a few options for consideration (this list isn’t exhaustive, nor are these options necessarily mutually exclusive):

Change our plans:

Push back the start date for our current 2020 action plan as we continue to look for adequate funding:

i. At the moment, the only funders with a major ask pending from OSI are UNESCO, Sloan, NSF (not SciSiP but another NSF program geared more toward “big idea” grants), and commercial entity.

Accepting a major gift from a commercial entity is something this group would need to debate first. IMHO, it’s important to complete our action plan, regardless of funding source. Also, starting to make a dent in this plan would no doubt serve as a catalyst for additional sponsorship/investment.
We will contact Germany’s Bosch foundation in early January (about scholcomm reform in general---similar to our Sloan application)
We will reapply to Murdock next year if SCI can be bolstered; also envision more of a local (Pacific Northwest) “hook”---this foundation prefers to fund programs with a local impact

ii. A minimum of $150k annually is needed to be able to start moving our action plan forward, as currently articulated.

Change our plans as necessary to fit funding

i. Financially, what is our minimum need?

About $2500/mo (to cover program manager’s full-time “salary”)
Additional money raised can be parceled for priorities as identified---outreach, etc.

Each additional $20k raised would support one study or tech product pilot

ii. Drop or scale back plans to conduct studies and build tech projects

If dropped, then consider publishing descriptions of these studies and projects in a paper (or in multiple papers), and advocate that the scholcomm community consider undertaking these with their own funding (OSI would still be willing to serve as consultants, provide feedback, etc.).

iii. Follow the money---work on projects we can find money for

Gigaton funding for climate change focused work
Sloan funding for infrastructure-focused work
Bosch for more general scholcomm work

iv. Focus only on things we can accomplish for “free” (after covering program director’s salary only) such as:

Start an annual survey of open (possibly in collaboration with COS)
Launch a top-10 list of predatory publishers (possibly in collaboration with Cabell’s). (Note: This project has not yet been approved by Cabell’s---just discussed.)
Develop, launch and promote OSI’s Plan A
Support UNESCO’s interagency work
Support Texas Tech’s predatory study work
Write more issue briefs and possibly at least one research paper
Look for tech partners who can develop at least one tech product (preferably an easy but high-impact one)
Upgrade OSI website and OSI marketing/outreach
Possibly organize/host another conference

v. Change our funding model

Host needed conferences, but improve the revenue-generating capacity of these (with exhibit areas, more sponsors, etc.)

SCI
OSI
Issue-specific (sponsored by SCI or OSI)

Move to memberships instead of sponsorships

Wind down OSI

i. Publish Plan A as a final set of recommendations and then either go into hibernation until funding arrives, or disband altogether.

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