[Open-access] Open Access Initiative - meeting notes, names and moving forwards

[Mark MacGillivray]

On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:54 AM, Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:
> I would simplify the masthead, right back to how it was originally proposed:
>
> @ccess
> For Everyone

I do prefer the simple version... if we are going to say more, are we
restricting ourselves to science? We probably are mostly science
oriented, but is that a decision or a state?


Mark



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> -- Mike.
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> On 3 February 2012 11:46, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Much better,
>>
>>  this excercise is already about content, but as Peter wrote we need to have
>> our purposes defined in a clear way.for me the text goes a long way in the
>> right direction..........
>> TOM
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>> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:37 PM, Nick Barnes <nb at climatecode.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Good.  Tinkering with your text:
>>>
>>> Open @ccess for All
>>>
>>> ‘Sharing the results of scientific research’
>>>
>>> “Most of the 2.5 million articles published each year
>>> in the world’s 24,000 peer-reviewed journals are denied to many of
>>> their potential users because they cannot afford access.”
>>>
>>> The solution to this problem is open access: free and unrestricted access
>>> to
>>> scientific information for everyone: free to read, reuse, and
>>> redistribute.
>>>
>>> This site is dedicated to the promotion of Open Access, as defined by
>>> the Budapest Open Access Initiative.
>>>
>>> It will:
>>>
>>> publish an Open Access Index: a novel way to measure access to
>>> information;
>>>
>>> provide a portal to Open Access related information;
>>>
>>> be a one-stop resource for access to all published scientific
>>> information organized around themes: for instance malaria, cancer
>>>
>>> include tools for easy access
>>>
>>> offer novel ways of sharing information made possible by Open Access
>>>
>>> build and host communities of scientists and other citizens sharing
>>> information
>>>
>>> link to other Open Access groups.
>>> --
>>> Nick Barnes, Climate Code Foundation, http://climatecode.org/
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