Wednesday,  March 22 at 12:00 EDT

LG members:

Bruce Herbert Christian Hauschke Sonja Schulze Brian Lowe L Bryan Cooper Fadwa Alshawaf Anna Guillaumet Washington Luís Ribeiro de Carvalho Segundo Terrie R. Wheeler

LYRASIS:

 Laurie Gemmill ArpDragan Ivanovic  

Regrets:

Robert Cartolano Michele Mennielli 

Agenda

Announcements (0 mins)

Eunis Conference. (June Conference in Spain). Anna will present overview of VIVO. Dragan will present on VIVO ontology mapping project.

VIVO Annual Report: maybe?

Discussion (60 mins)

1. Marketing report (Bruce, Anna and Mic, 20 mins)
   • Webinar series
   • Newsletter & survey to community
   • White paper on “Why VIVO?”
     Discussion about VIVO USPs
     - (Open) Data Model approach (Ontology)
     - Open Science
2. Seeking funding discussion (Bruce, 20 mins)
   • NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE): https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pathways-enable-open-source-ecosystems-pose
     Examples: https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?ActiveAwards=true&AwardAmount=&AwardInstrument=&AwardNumberOperator=&BooleanElement=Any&BooleanRef=All&ExpDateOperator=&Keyword=&OriginalAwardDateOperator=&PICountry=&PIFirstName=&PIId=&PILastName=&PIOrganization=&PIState=&PIZip=&ProgEleCode=211Y&ProgOfficer=&ProgOrganization=&ProgRefCode=&Program=&StartDateOperator=&
   • NSF Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) program (https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/science-science-discovery-communication-impact)
   • NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI): https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cyberinfrastructure-sustained-scientific
3. Transferring VIVO Copyright (Terrie, 10 mins)
   • Values of VIVO community are carried forward to new copyright with Lyrasis. Get agreement from Lyrasis to guard these values.
   • Should copyright follow VIVO community in the case that the VIVO partnership with Lyrasis ends? So the copyright would be transferred to the new organization that houses VIVO. (VIVO is not a legal entity).  Further discussion on whether VIVO can be a legal entity.  There is a cost to build up the legal infrastructure to be our own legal entity.  The conversation continued around hosting VIVO and future revenue sharing.  
4. Budget Presentation (Terrie, 10 mins)
5. Cost of incorporation (Bryan)

Minutes

Announcements (0 mins)

Eunis Conference. (June Conference in Spain). Anna will present overview of VIVO. Dragan will present on VIVO ontology mapping project.

VIVO Annual Report: maybe?

Discussion (60 mins)

1. Marketing report (Bruce, Anna and Mic, 20 mins)
   • Webinar series
   • Newsletter & survey to community
   • White paper on “Why VIVO?”
     Discussion about VIVO USPs
     - (Open) Data Model approach (Ontology)
     - Open Science
2. Seeking funding discussion (Bruce, 20 mins)
   • NSF Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE): https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/pathways-enable-open-source-ecosystems-pose
     Examples: https://nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?ActiveAwards=true&AwardAmount=&AwardInstrument=&AwardNumberOperator=&BooleanElement=Any&BooleanRef=All&ExpDateOperator=&Keyword=&OriginalAwardDateOperator=&PICountry=&PIFirstName=&PIId=&PILastName=&PIOrganization=&PIState=&PIZip=&ProgEleCode=211Y&ProgOfficer=&ProgOrganization=&ProgRefCode=&Program=&StartDateOperator=&
   • NSF Science of Science: Discovery, Communication and Impact (SoS:DCI) program (https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/science-science-discovery-communication-impact)
   • NSF Cyberinfrastructure for Sustained Scientific Innovation (CSSI): https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/opportunities/cyberinfrastructure-sustained-scientific
3. Transferring VIVO Copyright (Terrie, 10 mins)
   • Values of VIVO community are carried forward to new copyright with Lyrasis. Get agreement from Lyrasis to guard these values.
   • Should copyright follow VIVO community in the case that the VIVO partnership with Lyrasis ends? So the copyright would be transferred to the new organization that houses VIVO. (VIVO is not a legal entity).  Further discussion on whether VIVO can be a legal entity.  There is a cost to build up the legal infrastructure to be our own legal entity.  The conversation continued around hosting VIVO and future revenue sharing.  
   • Unanimous: Send Cornell's most recent changes on to Lyrasis legal for their review/response.
4. Budget Presentation (Terrie, 10 mins)
5. Cost of incorporation (Bryan)