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8:15-8:30 am

Arrivals & continental breakfast (muffins, bagels, cut fruit, orange juice, and coffee/tea)

8:30-10:00 am

Introductions and arXiv Overview (10 minute per topic and Q&A)          

• Introductions - welcome to new members (Takashi Hikihara, Tracey Clark, Alison Scott)
• arXiv Program at CUL & Financial Update (Oya Y. Rieger, Program Director)
• Moderation Update (Jim Entwood, Operations Manager)
• IT Update (Martin Lessmeister, Lead Programmer)
• SAB Update (Karen Vogtmann & Carol Hoover)
  
  

10am-noon

Beyond 2013-2017 Business Plan: Planning for Next Business Cycle

• Membership model and bylaws
  
  • increasing annual fees from $3,000-1,500 to ??
  • future of 'platinum membership' concept - contributions from institutions with the heaviest use
  • adding a membership tier for societies and publishers
• Additional revenue sources: corporations, state/federal agencies, foundations
• Online fund raising campaigns
  
• Grant writing in support of development efforts
  

Background Documents

• arXiv Business Model, 2013-2017
  CY16 budget (with mid-year adjustment)
  CY17 draft budget (draft to be discussed during the meeting)
  
  (includes a 10-minute break)

LUNCH

Working lunch  - Next-Gen arXiv

Findings of the IT architecture review and user study

Maintaining the current arXiv + building next-gen = managing/funding parallel activities

Please be prepared to share your insights and experiences to inform us about the evolving user expectations and use patterns. Also, we are interested in trends in repositories and publishing that should inform arXiv's future directions. This will be an informal discussion, no need to bring any slides.

 (includes a 15-minute break)

1:30-2:30pm

MAB Executive Session

Executive session without the Cornell team facilitated by Jim Mullins & Carol Hoover:

• What are the strengths of the current arXiv governance and membership model? What is working well?
• What are the areas for improvement? How should the Cornell team strengthen the operation from technical, policy, user support, fund raising, and communication perspectives?
• Do you find your role as an MAB member fulfilling?  Has Cornell set the right expectations? What are the other ways MAB could be involved in advising the Cornell team?
• Any other input/suggestions you may want to relay to us.
  

 Cornell team will join the last 15 minutes to hear recommendations.

2:30-3:00pm

Conclusions

• Review of the meeting outcomes
• Rotating off members - recruiting new ones
• Any feedback, questions, recommendations for arXiv team