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

Tue Aug 2 17:06:07 UTC 2011

Done.

On 2 Aug 2011, at 18:02, Jonathan Gray wrote:

> 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
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>>> 
>>>>> Community Coordinator
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