We need your ideas  VIVO is conducting a Values Survey.  Three simple questions.  We started the survey at the conference and have received many thoughtful replies. Not able to attend the conference?  Please respond here: VIVO Values Survey 

A Wonderful Conference  Text of story 2

Dean Krafft  Text of story 3

Leadership Group  The Leadership Group is on the move.  Lots of news:

• Julia Trimmer of Duke University has been elected acting chair of the Leadership Group and the Steering Group.
• Ginny Pannabecker of Virginia Tech has joined the group replacing Julie Griffin
• Doug Hahn of Texas A&M has joined the group replacing Michael Bolton
• Muhammad Javed of Cornell has joined the group replacing Dean Krafft
• An election for the bronze members representative is being concluded.
• An election for three community representatives will begin shortly.  Each will be elected to one year terms.
• The group will be meeting every four weeks and has adopted some new processes for conducting its business.  The group will name the VIVO Steering Group in the weeks ahead.  The Steering Group will assist Leadership by raising and discussing issues facing the project, and drafting documents for Leadership approval.

Upcoming Travel  I will be on the road a bit over the next four weeks.  Next week, I'll be in Umea, Sweden for the EuroCRIS 2018 meeting.  See http://www.cris2018.se/  The meeting brings together people interested in Current Research Information Systems (CRIS).  The following week I will be in Montreal for a CASRAI workshop, then in Philadelphia for a family gathering.  After a few days home, I will be heading to Nanjing, China for the inaugural meeting of the Association for Data, Information, and Society.  I'll be back home July 9.  Should be great travels.  My email may be a bit slow during some of these trips.  I appreciate your patience.

Go VIVO!

Mike

Mike Conlon 
VIVO Project Director