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Laurie: Six institutions dropped their membership and one member downgraded, which is a loss of $32,000. One new member, UC Davis, joined at the Bronze Level ($1000). Laurie would like us to determine our long-term plan, so she can advise on what “sustainability” might look like for the VIVO Project. She notes that we have reserves net assets of $60-70K that we have not dipped into yet, but that may have to happen shortly if we do not increase membership or find other revenue sources.
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Brian: just about ready to announce the alpha release of VIVO. There has been a lot of effort by the developer team, and I am very excited about what we can accomplish in the next four months (Brian’s contract period).
Laurie: Lyrasis LYRASIS would like two or three people to write up the advertisement for a full-time job descriptionfrom leadership to work with on the process. Part of what Laurie needs to know is what the long-term goal should be for VIVO.? Do we need a coordinator or a heads down developer, for example? There is a lot of opportunity to think about with this position. Bruce will coordinate involvement of the VIVO LG with position description writing and recruitment.
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Ann Beynon: Membership update is as follows: The VIVO Project has a total of 17 institutional members, which breaks out accordingly:
- Platinum: 3,
- Gold: 3
- Silver: 3
- Bronze: 6
- Copper: 2
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