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- Start the 2016 annual fund raising campaign with the goal of increasing annual contributions (MAB subgroup will come up with recommendations to increase annual membership revenue)
- Plan, test, conduct a user survey
- Analyze and report findings of the vision setting exercise and organize follow up discussions
- Hold the first planning meeting with a small group (10-12) of colleagues representing scientists, librarians, funders, publishers/societies, federal agencies to discuss our preliminary findings
- Receive recommendations from the MAB IT subgroup about hosting a meeting with experts to consider arXiv's current infrastructure and workflows - hold an initial planning meeting
- Host IT external consultants to advise us on future directions
- Consider submitting an NSF workshop proposal (based on finding thus far that need to be further explored)
- Continue to identify funding sources, make initial contacts
- Repeat the online fund raising campaign (Give button) based on the findings of the pilot conducted in September 2015
April 2016-June 2016
- Analyze findings - prepare proposals and white papers for consideration
- Develop scenarios, work plans, etc.
- Plan an August workshop (in conjunction with MAB/SAB annual meeting)
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