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

[Jonathan Gray]

Jason: please can you write to Nancy and Peter, and tell her not to
proceed with the application because the OKF can't support this.

J.

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Jason Kitcat <jason.kitcat at okfn.org> wrote:
> 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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