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Provide intellectual and scientific leadership by serving as facilitator of the SAB, which acts as an advisory board in setting policies and criteria for submission, moderation and administration, in collaboration with the SAB chair;
Serve as the final arbiter for complex moderation decisions (e.g., when moderators disagree or if there is an author dispute); [Note: SD would delegate most decisions to moderators and admins and deal with issues that escalate to him/her as the final authority on creating and enforcing policies];
Contribute to strategic planning process representing the scientific communities served by arXiv, including serving on the steering committee of the next generation arXiv (arXiv-NG);
Participate in setting system development (IT) priorities with a focus on submission and moderation processes and arXiv-NG;
Work closely with the SAB members and subject advisory committees to ensure smooth moderation processes, such as assisting them in recruiting moderators;
Liaise to arXiv’s Member Advisory Board (MAB) on scientific and SAB matters;
Advocate arXiv’s role in open access and represent arXiv in disciplinary or scientific communication forums;
Contribute to the arXiv team’s grant writing and fundraising efforts.
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