[OWW-SC] OWW funding report

[Drew Endy]

OWW SC,

Belated report from last week's exploratory lunch with Don Odom of  
Blackwell Publishing (http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/).  By way  
of background, this was a random connection that I took advantage of  
in order to "test float" the idea of developing a consortium of  
publishing houses who might individually or collectively support OWW  
as an incubator for next-generation online publishing and community  
building.  Basically, they thought it was a neat idea and they need  
to think about some stuff.  My guess is that any publisher would be  
of the same opinion.  I'm not anxious to push this forward until we  
hear back re: NSF grant (and possible items below, see below).

Meanwhile, more to report...

I spoke with Mike Eisen on Saturday.  Mike is a friend and one of the  
PLoS founders.  He suggested asking the Moore Foundation for a small  
grant ($250k per year, 3 years) to provide turnkey financial support  
to OWW.  He'd be happy to help put our proposal in front of the right  
person.  Basically, this would be a 3-page white paper that I could  
pull together pretty quickly from the NSF grant.  It seems like a  
good idea to me.  Please let me know if I should go ahead or not.

I'm still supposed to follow-up with the possibility of a small gift  
from an MIT alum ($50k?) to support OWW.  I will do this unless  
there's some reason not to (hard to imagine).

Best,
Drew


Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Odom Don" <DOdom at bos.blackwellpublishing.com>
> Date: August 10, 2006 5:35:45 PM EDT
> To: <endy at mit.edu>
> Cc: "John Benditt" <jbenditt at mac.com>, "Harington Robert"  
> <RHarington at bos.blackwellpublishing.com>
> Subject: OpenWetWare
>
> Drew,
>
> It was a pleasure to brainstorm with you and John concerning the  
> various exciting avenues for partnering in the further development  
> of OpenWetWare. I will brief Robert regarding our discussion and  
> get back to you with any additional questions or points that may  
> need clarification as we continue the discussion. When Robert is  
> back from parental leave, hopefully we can find an opportunity to  
> meet again.
>
> Best regards,
> Don
>
> --
> Don Odom
> Sr Editor, Science Journals
> Blackwell Publishing Inc.
> 350 Main Street
> Malden, MA 02148
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> Fax: 781 338 8331
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>

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