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• Identify a number of areas to be considered for a vision setting process and create a survey instrument - IN PROCESS
• Conduct a SAB/MAB survey to poll their opinions on future directions and priorities (survey instrument will be ready in early December)
• Analyze and report findings , of the vision setting exercise and organize follow up discussions
• Start the user survey planning process based on the initial findings from the vision exercise, taking into consideration different segments: users as readers, users as submitter, users as moderators
• Hire a part-time person (or assign this role to an existing staff) to work with us in coordinating the planning activities
• Receive recommendations from the MAB IT subgroup about hosting a meeting with experts to consider arXiv's current infrastructure and workflows  

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Vision Setting Survey Outline

We would like are in the process of developing a survey instrument to get your input on what sorts of services arXiv should be providing. Our primary goal here is will be getting feedback on "what arXiv should be doing" rather than "how is arXiv doing it.” We ” Here are in the process of developing a survey instrument, which will seek your input in regard to the following issuessome of the issues that will be included in the survey:

 (1) Rapid Dissemination = Time required to process and announce submissions.

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