[foundation-board] OKF as host organisation for Marie Curie application

Tue Aug 2 15:54:44 UTC 2011

Hi

@Ben I'll update the board on our financial status at the end of our Q2 when August ends.

Since the board are in the loop I'll finish the conversation on-list. We should not do this. It's a distraction. We are not a university and we are not registered as an employer yet so we would not be able to pay the Fellow's national insurance.

Sorry. Nothing against the researcher or the topic but we just don't have capacity for this and it's small beer which won't significantly advance open knowledge in the world.

@Jonathan Will you communicate the outcome to those involved or should I?

All the best,
Jason

On 2 Aug 2011, at 16:37, Rufus Pollock wrote:

> I am happy if there is *very* low (~ 0) overhead from OKF. I'm just
> concerned as to what is involved here. I'm also not sure this really
> requires sign-off from the board (just in terms of their limited
> attention and the fact this appears to involve very little
> 'organization risk). I'd suggest giving this to Jason to call as he is
> pretty tough on use of our time :-)
> 
> Rufus
> 
> On 2 August 2011 16:02, Ben Laurie <ben at links.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:47 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> OKF Advisory Board members Peter Suber and Peter Murray-Rust have been
>>> talking to a US Doctoral Student who is interested in applying for a
>>> Marie Curie Fellowship, with the OKF as the host organisation. The
>>> deadline for the application is 11th August. She was only informed
>>> about this by Peter Suber a week or so ago, but has done the
>>> groundwork to submit an application, and is going to be working hard
>>> on this in the coming days.
>>> 
>>> Peter Murray-Rust has said he would be willing to be her mentor (in a
>>> voluntary capacity, now that he is retired from the University of
>>> Cambridge), and she is taking a lead on figuring out whether the OKF
>>> is eligible to host this.
>>> 
>>> Is the board happy for her to pursue an application for the Fellowship
>>> with the OKF, if such an application is possible? I asked her to
>>> summarise her request, and am attaching her cover letter (to the OKF
>>> board) and CV to this email.
>> 
>> Seems quite onerous from a paperwork POV. Plus it seems to suggest we
>> have to provide social security somehow, which presumably means she'd
>> have to be in Europe? Anyway, assuming its possible to meet all these
>> requirements, it isn't clear who is paying for any costs we might have
>> - does her grant cover that or are we supposed to fork out?
>> 
>> Speaking of which, what is the OKF's financial status?
>> 
>>> 
>>> All the best,
>>> 
>>> Jonathan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> 
>>> Dear Jonathan,
>>> 
>>> Please find attached my resume and a brief document where I present my
>>> request to pursue a Marie Curie fund in cooperation with the Open
>>> Knowledge Foundation and Prof. Murray- Rust.
>>> 
>>> Please let me know if you have any questions.
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Nancy
>>> ===
>>> ===
>>> Athanasia (Nancy) Pontika
>>> Doctoral Student & Adjunct Faculty
>>> Graduate School of Library & Information Science
>>> Simmons College
>>> Boston, MA, USA
>>> web: http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/people/faculty/adjunct/2614.php
>>> twitter: nancypontika
>>> OAD Assistant Editor
>>> http://oad.simmons.edu
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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