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Many thanks for the responses. With 4 board members approving, we have
a majority in favour and so I will accept this contract on behalf of
the OKF, and proceed with the paperwork.

Best regards,

Laura

--

Dr Laura James
Foundation Coordinator, Open Knowledge Foundation

http://okfn.org



On 21 February 2012 11:32, paula le dieu <paula at ledieu.org> wrote:
> Agree on same basis
>
> Regards
> Paula
>
> On 20 February 2012 10:05, Becky Hogge <becky.hogge at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> On the basis of this recommendation from Laura I'm happy to give her
>> authority to sign this contract.
>>
>> For now, I think that giving Laura authority to sign contracts such as
>> this on a case-by-case basis is appropriate. I'd be happy to review
>> this policy once we have a broad annual strategy in place. I
>> understand that getting such a strategy in place will be something
>> Laura will begin concentrating on once she has completed her work
>> meeting our accounting deadline, documenting the organisation's
>> finances and creating a projected cashflow, and I'm happy that these
>> activities should be taking priority at this stage.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Becky
>>
>>
>>
>> On 19 February 2012 20:46, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:
>> > I should perhaps add to this that I would recommend accepting the
>> > grant; the project is around open cultural heritage content and
>> > bibliographic metadata, both areas of interest and experience for the
>> > OKFN.  It will fund a range of outreach activities with partners
>> > across the EU (some of which we have existing relationships with) to
>> > meet the project requirements and will also pay for project overheads
>> > easily, so the project will properly pay its way. We have staff in
>> > place to deliver the majority of the work and the work will be nicely
>> > aligned with other activities around metadata and cultural heritage,
>> > meaning we can maximise the benefits we get from the project.
>> >
>> > Laura
>> >
>> > --
>> >
>> > Dr Laura James
>> > Foundation Coordinator, Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >
>> > http://okfn.org
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On 16 February 2012 15:35, Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org> wrote:
>> >> After many delays at the EC side, we finally have confirmation of the
>> >> Digital Manuscripts to Europeana project, on which we will be a
>> >> partner.  The relevant documents are attached. Our work on the project
>> >> is primarily outreach and community building.
>> >>
>> >> The contract is now ready for signature on Form A for the OKFN.
>> >> Signing such a contract is beyond my current signing authority.
>> >>
>> >> Would the board be willing to grant me the authority to sign this
>> >> contract?
>> >>
>> >> (if not, any volunteers to print&sign&courier it over to Stefan?)
>> >>
>> >> many thanks,
>> >>
>> >> Laura
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >>
>> >> Dr Laura James
>> >> Foundation Coordinator, Open Knowledge Foundation
>> >>
>> >> http://okfn.org
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> >> From: Stefan Gradmann <stefan.gradmann at ibi.hu-berlin.de>
>> >> Date: 2012/2/16
>> >> Subject: Final Grant Agreement project DM2E - ref 297274 and A-forms
>> >> To: "Dr .Jutta Weber" <jutta.weber at sbb.spk-berlin.de>, Max Kaiser
>> >> <max.kaiser at onb.ac.at>, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>,
>> >> Stefanos Kollias <stefanos at cs.ntua.gr>, Vassilis Tzouvaras
>> >> <tzouvaras at image.ntua.gr>, Michele Barbera <barbera at netseven.it>,
>> >> Christian Morbidoni <christian.morbidoni at gmail.com>, Dirk Wintergrün
>> >> <dwinter at mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de>, Chris Bizer
>> >> <christian.bizer at fu-berlin.de>, Timm-Martin Siewert
>> >> <Timm-Martin.Siewert at exlibrisgroup.com>, Axel Kaschte
>> >> <axel.kaschte at exlibrisgroup.com>, "Lena Stanley-Clamp (EAJC)"
>> >> <lstanley-clamp at jpr.org.uk>, post at fa.uib.no, Nikolov-Ramirez Gaviria
>> >> Jeanna <jeanna.nikolov at onb.ac.at>, Dov Winer <dov.winer at gmail.com>,
>> >> rennoffice <rennoffice at mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de>, Holger Busse
>> >> <holger.busse at sbb.spk-berlin.de>, Alois Pichler
>> >> <Alois.Pichler at fof.uib.no>, Everardus Overgaauw
>> >> <Everardus.Overgaauw at sbb.spk-berlin.de>, Gerhard Müller
>> >> <Gerhard.Mueller at sbb.spk-berlin.de>, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org>,
>> >> Laura James <laura.james at okfn.org>, Rune Kyrkjebø
>> >> <Rune.Kyrkjebo at ub.uib.no>
>> >> Cc: Renate Ubachs <renate.ubachs at humboldt-innovation.de>, steffen
>> >> hennicke <steffen.hennicke at ibi.hu-berlin.de>, Evelyn Dröge
>> >> <evelyn.droege at ibi.hu-berlin.de>, Tiina Ison <Tiina.ison at gmail.com>,
>> >> Konstantin Baierer <konstantin at baierer.de>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dear DM2E partners,
>> >> good news: I am now forwarding the message below from the EC asking us
>> >> to sign the grant agreement - and that will be done immediately. But
>> >> there's work for you, as well: this message has two attachments, the
>> >> final version of the DoW and the A-forms you will need to sign to
>> >> access to the contract.
>> >>
>> >> Each of you should thus sign three copies of your accession form (Form
>> >> A).
>> >>
>> >> In the event that the accession form of one of the beneficiaries is
>> >> not signed by the person(s) named in the grant agreement, this
>> >> beneficiary should confirm in an accompanying letter that he/she is
>> >> empowered to sign the grant agreement.
>> >>
>> >> Each of you should return three original signed copies of your Form A
>> >> to me by express courier. These Form A''s will then be countersigned
>> >> by our authorised legal representative and I will keep one of the
>> >> original signed accession forms for my own files, return the second
>> >> original to you and send the third original signed accession form to
>> >> the Commission services to our Project Officer (see above).
>> >>
>> >> The signed Forms A should be sent to the Commission at the latest 45
>> >> days after entry into force of the grant agreement.
>> >>
>> >> In the event that any of the other beneficiaries do not accede to the
>> >> grant agreement within 45 days after entry into force of the grant
>> >> agreement, the Commission may terminate the grant agreement.
>> >> Lastly, please note that the starting date of the project is mentioned
>> >> in Article 3(2) of the grant agreement.
>> >>
>> >> I thus count on all of you to quickly return the accession forms and
>> >> am really glad we thus will have a signed contract with the Commission
>> >> before our Kick-Off meeting :)
>> >>
>> >> Best -- Stefan Gradmann
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Dear Coordinator,
>> >>
>> >> You will find attached to this email PDF documents containing the
>> >> above-referenced grant agreement and its annexes.
>> >>
>> >> This includes the pre-completed accession forms (Form A) for all
>> >> beneficiaries listed in Article 1(2) of the grant agreement. Kindly
>> >> forward a copy of the grant agreement (in electronic or paper form as
>> >> appropriate), the respective Form A and a copy of this e-mail to each
>> >> of the beneficiaries.
>> >>
>> >> We kindly ask you to sign and date two copies of the grant agreement.
>> >> Please indicate above the signature of the authorised legal
>> >> representative of your organisation his or her name and position and
>> >> if applicable add the stamp of your organisation. If the authorised
>> >> legal representative named in the preamble of the grant agreement is
>> >> not the person signing the grant agreement, please confirm in the
>> >> accompanying letter the legal authorisation of the person having
>> >> signed.
>> >>
>> >> Please confirm in writing in the accompanying letter that no
>> >> modification has been made to the text of the grant agreement. Any
>> >> modification that has not been discussed and agreed with our services
>> >> cannot and will not be taken into consideration.
>> >>
>> >> We request that you return both copies of the signed grant agreement
>> >> within 10 working days by express courier to the Commission services
>> >> to the following address:
>> >>
>> >> THOMAS Claudine
>> >> European Commission
>> >> DG INFSO - E06
>> >> Office: EUFO 01/284
>> >> L-2920 LUXEMBOURG
>> >> Please note that, in accordance with Article 9(1) of the grant
>> >> agreement, the above address is to be used for any communication or
>> >> request concerning the grant agreement.
>> >> For information or documents to be transferred by electronic means,
>> >> the following addresses shall be used:
>> >> INFSO-ICT-PSP-297274 at ec.europa.eu
>> >> In your accompanying letter, please inform us of your communication
>> >> address and of the addresses of the beneficiaries communicated to you,
>> >> in accordance with Article 9(1) and II.2(1) of the grant agreement.
>> >>
>> >> As soon as the Commission receives the dated and signed original
>> >> copies of the grant agreement, both copies will be signed and dated by
>> >> the Director General (or his authorised representative) on behalf of
>> >> the Commission. One original grant agreement will be returned to you
>> >> as Coordinator of the consortium as legal proof that the grant
>> >> agreement has been signed by the Commission and has therefore entered
>> >> into force. We will ask you to distribute a copy of this signed grant
>> >> agreement to all the beneficiaries.
>> >>
>> >> The other beneficiaries should sign three copies of their accession
>> >> form (Form A).
>> >>
>> >> In the event that the accession form of one of the beneficiaries is
>> >> not signed by the person(s) named in the grant agreement, this
>> >> beneficiary should confirm in an accompanying letter that he/she is
>> >> empowered to sign the grant agreement.
>> >>
>> >> Each of the beneficiaries should return three original signed copies
>> >> of their Form A to you by express courier. These Form A''s should be
>> >> countersigned by the authorised legal representative of your
>> >> organisation and you should keep one of the original signed accession
>> >> forms for your own files, return the second original to the
>> >> beneficiary and send the third original signed accession form to the
>> >> Commission services to your Project Officer (see above).
>> >>
>> >> The signed Forms A should be sent to the Commission at the latest 45
>> >> days after entry into force of the grant agreement.
>> >>
>> >> In the event that any of the other beneficiaries do not accede to the
>> >> grant agreement within 45 days after entry into force of the grant
>> >> agreement, the Commission may terminate the grant agreement.
>> >> Lastly, please note that the starting date of the project is mentioned
>> >> in Article 3(2) of the grant agreement.
>> >>
>> >> If you have any questions with regard to the content of this e-mail,
>> >> please do not hesitate to contact your Project Officer.
>> >>
>> >> Yours sincerely,
>> >> BEUSELING Peter
>> >> European Commission
>> >> Directorate General Information Society and Media
>> >> Head of Unit DG INFSO - E07
>> >> Admin and Finance
>> >> <
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> ____________________________________
>> >> Prof. Dr. Stefan Gradmann
>> >> Präsident der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Informationswissenschaft und
>> >> Informationspraxis (DGI)
>> >> Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
>> >> Berlin School of Library and Information Science
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>> >> Tel.:  +49 30 2093-4481
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