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Strategy and Timeline for Vision Setting and Fund Raising

November-December 2015:

• Relay to SAB/MAB our plans: We want to engage in fund raising after we set a vision and create a compelling set of goals - DONE
• 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 
• Analyze and report findings, 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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We would like your input on what sorts of services arXiv should be providing. Our primary goal here is getting feedback on "what arXiv should be doing" rather than "how is arXiv doing it.” We are in the process of developing a survey instrument, which will seek your input in regard to the following issues:

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

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