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March 27, 2015, 1 PM EST

Attendees

Dean, Jon , Kristi, Paul, Mike, Debra 

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Dial-In Number:  (209) 647-1600, Participant code: 117433#

Notes

I. IFest and Summit Follow-up

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• Elsevier contacted Jonathan to discuss the future of VIVO and Elsevier's role in it.  Also spoke directly with Debra.  Their concerns:
  
  • Their contributions had not been acknowledged
  • They had not been engaged in strategic planning
  • Lack of advancement in the VIVO technical plan
  • Asked them if there was anything they we could do – they said no; they would be making other overtures to other groups. They will continue to sponsor the conference and continue to have interest in the community.
    
• Lessons learned:
  • Redouble VIVO efforts on inclusion, openness, transparency
  • Address member concerns in a timely manner
  • Stay the course on pursuit of technical lead, development of open source community
  • Pursue additional corporate sponsorship with others

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• Our charter says we should have 11 members and we have 6.  We should be rotating three members per year
• Plan A:
  • We could add 3 this year (to 9) and three next year with one rotating off to get to full complement
  • Add 2 nominated and selected by leadership 1 from all members this year and do the same next year (as per charter)
    
• Plan B:
  • We could add five this year. 3 from leadership and two from all members to get to 11
  • Three members would need to be identified as rotating off next year
• Either way, we are in transition and not fully in line with charter
• Jon will be rotating off next year due to retirement
• We will take these two options to the leadership group for their preference – Mike will get a draft to Dean to review and circulate with Steering before sharing with Leadership

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