<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Quick follow-up to below.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV>This is the Moore Foundation URL: <A href="http://www.moore.org">http://www.moore.org</A>/<DIV>They provide(d) the key support to get PLoS going.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best,</DIV><DIV>Drew</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Drew Endy <<A href="mailto:endy@MIT.EDU">endy@MIT.EDU</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">August 15, 2006 12:58:50 PM EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">oww-sc <<A href="mailto:sc@openwetware.org">sc@openwetware.org</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>[OWW-SC] OWW funding report</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> OWW SC,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Belated report from last week's exploratory lunch with Don Odom of Blackwell Publishing (<A href="http://www.blackwellpublishing.com">http://www.blackwellpublishing.com</A>/). 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).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Meanwhile, more to report...</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>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.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>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).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Best,</DIV><DIV>Drew</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Odom Don" <<A href="mailto:DOdom@bos.blackwellpublishing.com">DOdom@bos.blackwellpublishing.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">August 10, 2006 5:35:45 PM EDT</FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><<A href="mailto:endy@mit.edu">endy@mit.edu</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Cc: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"John Benditt" <<A href="mailto:jbenditt@mac.com">jbenditt@mac.com</A>>, "Harington Robert" <<A href="mailto:RHarington@bos.blackwellpublishing.com">RHarington@bos.blackwellpublishing.com</A>></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>OpenWetWare</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="716041221-10082006">Drew,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="716041221-10082006"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="716041221-10082006">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.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="716041221-10082006"></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="716041221-10082006">Best regards,</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="716041221-10082006">Don</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">--<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Don Odom<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Sr Editor, Science Journals<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Blackwell Publishing Inc.<BR></SPAN><ST1:STREET w:st="on"><ST1:ADDRESS w:st="on"><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">350 Main Street<BR></SPAN></ST1:ADDRESS></ST1:STREET><ST1:PLACE w:st="on"><ST1:CITY w:st="on"><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Malden</SPAN></ST1:CITY><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">, <ST1:STATE w:st="on">MA</ST1:STATE> <ST1:POSTALCODE w:st="on">02148<BR></ST1:POSTALCODE></SPAN></ST1:PLACE><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Tel: 781 388 8331<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Fax: 781 338 8331<BR></SPAN><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Cell: 781 301 1057<BR>Visit our website: <A href="http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/"><FONT color="#000000">www.blackwellpublishing.com</FONT></A><BR>Visit our online journals: <A href="http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/"><FONT color="#000000">www.blackwell-synergy.com</FONT></A></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">_______________________________________________</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">OpenWetWare Steering Committee Mailing List</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:sc@openwetware.org">sc@openwetware.org</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-sc">http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/oww-sc</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>