Member Relations
- Special services for membership (such as providing additional statistics to member institutions)
- Strategies for promoting libraries' research laboratories' role in arXiv's sustainability to scientists
Members: Jim, Eva, Molly, Zhixiong
Financial Planning
- Raising additional funds in order to lower the current tier structure or to support R&D projects
- Creating a lower-priced tier for members from developing countries
- Guidelines for using reserve funds, communication with members and scientists about arXiv
- Assessment of the current financial model, adding new arXiv members
Members: Uwe (Esther), Yuri, Philip
Collaboration with Publishers and Societies
- Please see the September 2011 planning meeting summary about the outcomes of a collaboration discussion with a group of publisher and society representatives. We would like to review, prioritize, and move our initial meeting recommendations into action. What are your recommendations?
Members: Catriona, Carol, Tim, Diane, Tommy
Research and Development Agenda
- Moving beyond the current sustainability model that focuses on operations to a strategic plan for arXiv's further development and innovation
- Setting R&D priorities, assessing collaboration opportunities
- Setting a 3-5 year strategic plan for arXiv (encompassing all aspects of arXiv, not limited to technologies)
Members: Tommy, Mackenzie