[open-archaeology] AIA and open access

Fri Apr 27 12:20:44 UTC 2012

The draft at the bottom looks fine, but its quite a departure from the content of the earlier one. Perhaps this is a reflection of further skype discussion, but for what it is worth, I wonder whether it might not be useful to keep much more of the point-by-point focus and referencing of the original? 

Andy

On 27 Apr 2012, at 13:51, Leif Isaksen wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> there's now a draft letter at the bottom of the ether pad for those
> who want to add their names to it. The focus is directly on the AIA's
> actions (past and future), rather than on the general issues, and from
> the perspective of archaeologists based outside the US. Thoughts on
> where to post/publish it are welcome.
> 
> Best
> 
> L.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 8:30 AM, Stefano Costa <stefano.costa at okfn.org> wrote:
>> Il 23/04/2012 16:59, Sebastian Heath ha scritto:
>> 
>>> The AIA is sometimes slow moving but "incredibly stuffy" doesn't quite
>>> capture the range of people in either the membership or on the board.
>>> And there's no reason to think the board actually had a hand in this.
>>> There is a lot of anger about the statement over here.
>> 
>> 
>> Sebastian and Chuck Jones have now published a response at AWBG:
>> http://ancientworldbloggers.blogspot.com/2012/04/aia-and-open-access-response.html
>> 
>> The outcome of the Skype call we had on Monday (available at the bottom of
>> the etherpad http://archeo.okfnpad.org/responsetoaia ) was that the working
>> group should take a public position supporting those AIA members who are not
>> comfortable either with the position stated in Bartman's editorial, or with
>> the AIA response to the consultation held in November 2011 (the two are,
>> roughly speaking, equivalent).
>> 
>> If deemed useful, we could turn our response into a public petition.
>> 
>> Ciao and "buon 25 aprile",
>> Stefano
>> 
>> 
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