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Fundraising and Membership

Laurie:

*There are currently 66 billable members (a consortium count as one billable member); 39 have paid, 3 have deferred to July, 23 have not yet responded. Those who have not yet responded account for $100k of potential income.
One member who has actively cancelled is moving away from using DSpace in their institution.
Mic currently calls members who are leaving and asked whether members of Leadership would be be willing to participate in contacting vulnerable members.
Kristi - expressed willingness and asked for participation; possibly work on a regional basis.
Laurie - Lyrasis could work to match up Leaders with possible best contacts based on region.
Maureen - for many members the July start year doesn't match up with their institutions budget year.
Laurie - should there be some leeway in this exceptional year?
John T. - unknown autumn enrolments having an additional impact - should we proactively communicate some flexibility?
Pascal - members impacted differently depending on source of funding - how to judge best time to communicate?
Mic - wait until after end June as elections will offer a good opportunity to contact members in different categories
Kristi - asked for volunteers willing to reach out; will provide talking points. This approach demonstrates engagement with the community and an opportunity to learn.
Joao - use economic resources to predict impact on membership.

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MOU: MOU: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/2020-06-24+DSpace+Leadership+Group+Meeting?preview=/134873089/134873093/LYRASIS-DSpace%20MOU%20June24_2019.pdf
The original MOU expires at the end of June 2020. Members of the Leadership team discussed the scale of revision of the MOU the result of which was an agreement to wait until after November/December for any strategic changes as we'll be in a better position to understand the basis of funding.
Agreed to make small changes now (Kristi) and appoint a Working Group (Nov / Dec 2020) to consider a broader revision.

Lyrasis organisational update

Laurie delivered the update on behalf of Robert. Unfortunately, due to challenges of this current economic situation Lyrasis has made the sad decision to let go a number of individuals, including a highly respected member of the Marketing team [NB I've omitted the name of this individual for reasons for reasons of privacy; please do add it if appropriate]. Members of Leadership acknowledged their contribution and expressed regret at this parting.