all sounds good to me, <br>John<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/15/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jason Kelly</b> <<a href="mailto:jasonk@mit.edu">jasonk@mit.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Moore Foundation -- this seems like a good idea to me as well. I<br>don't think we want to wait for another SC meeting for a vote or<br>anything, so if anyone thinks this is a bad idea please email me (or<br>the list) and we can try and address any concerns. If it looks OK,
<br>then lets move forward with it as soon as possible.<br><br>Alumni Donor - Can we recieve a donation like this currently (e.g.<br>through drew somehow?) or should we put together an official MIT<br>donation account thing like we have for iGEM? (this also means some %
<br>goes to MIT - though don't know if that can be avoided with some other<br>method?)<br><br>jason<br><br>On 8/15/06, Drew Endy <<a href="mailto:endy@mit.edu">endy@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> OWW SC,<br>>
<br>> Belated report from last week's exploratory lunch with Don Odom of Blackwell<br>> Publishing (<a href="http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/">http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/</a>). By way<br>> of background, this was a random connection that I took advantage of in
<br>> order to "test float" the idea of developing a consortium of publishing<br>> houses who might individually or collectively support OWW as an incubator<br>> for next-generation online publishing and community building. Basically,
<br>> they thought it was a neat idea and they need to think about some stuff. My<br>> guess is that any publisher would be of the same opinion. I'm not anxious<br>> to push this forward until we hear back re: NSF grant (and possible items
<br>> below, see below).<br>><br>> Meanwhile, more to report...<br>><br>> I spoke with Mike Eisen on Saturday. Mike is a friend and one of the PLoS<br>> founders. He suggested asking the Moore Foundation for a small grant ($250k
<br>> per year, 3 years) to provide turnkey financial support to OWW. He'd be<br>> happy to help put our proposal in front of the right person. Basically,<br>> this would be a 3-page white paper that I could pull together pretty quickly
<br>> from the NSF grant. It seems like a good idea to me. Please let me know if<br>> I should go ahead or not.<br>><br>> I'm still supposed to follow-up with the possibility of a small gift from an<br>> MIT alum ($50k?) to support OWW. I will do this unless there's some reason
<br>> not to (hard to imagine).<br>><br>> Best,<br>> Drew<br>><br>><br>><br>> Begin forwarded message:<br>><br>> From: "Odom Don" <<a href="mailto:DOdom@bos.blackwellpublishing.com">
DOdom@bos.blackwellpublishing.com</a>><br>> Date: August 10, 2006 5:35:45 PM EDT<br>> To: <<a href="mailto:endy@mit.edu">endy@mit.edu</a>><br>> Cc: "John Benditt" <<a href="mailto:jbenditt@mac.com">
jbenditt@mac.com</a>>, "Harington Robert"<br>> <<a href="mailto:RHarington@bos.blackwellpublishing.com">RHarington@bos.blackwellpublishing.com</a>><br>> Subject: OpenWetWare<br>><br>><br>> Drew,
<br>><br>> It was a pleasure to brainstorm with you and John concerning the various<br>> exciting avenues for partnering in the further development of OpenWetWare. I<br>> will brief Robert regarding our discussion and get back to you with any
<br>> additional questions or points that may need clarification as we continue<br>> the discussion. When Robert is back from parental leave, hopefully we can<br>> find an opportunity to meet again.<br>><br>> Best regards,
<br>> Don<br>><br>> --<br>> Don Odom<br>> Sr Editor, Science Journals<br>> Blackwell Publishing Inc.<br>> 350 Main Street<br>> Malden, MA 02148<br>> Tel: 781 388 8331<br>> Fax: 781 338 8331<br>
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