<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-e0299f5a-7fff-cb80-c9f2-791ca9097993"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Dear Fellow Maintainers,</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We are writing to share an exciting piece of news: The Maintainers have been awarded a grant from the Alfred. P. Sloan Foundation in support of the “Building the Movement for Maintenance Thinking and Action: A Community-Based Approach” project. Through this project, The Maintainers and its organizational partners—SUNY Poly, Educopia, and Virginia Tech—will develop an organizational and financial model to extend and sustain a movement that advocates for the importance of maintenance in technology and American society. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The “Building the Movement for Maintenance Thinking and Action: A Community-Based Approach” project team will work to achieve these goals by accomplishing the following:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Build operations and capacity-building for the Maintainers organization</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Circulate for feedback and further develop the Maintenance Community Framework</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Support existing Maintenance Communities and convene two new Maintenance Communities</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Plan and convene virtual and in-person community events</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Develop the Maintainers research agenda</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Find new ways, monetarily and otherwise, to recognize the work of maintainers and their foundational contributions to society</span></p></li></ol><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">You can read the full award announcement </span><a href="http://themaintainers.org/blog/2020/6/2/announcing-3-years-of-sloan-foundation-support" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">In order to move these goals forward, we are now hiring a Project Coordinator. Review begins <b>June 24, 2020</b>, and the job description and application details can be found</span><a href="https://educopia.org/project-coordinator-the-maintainers/" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> here</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. Please share widely with your colleagues and within your communities! For questions about the Project Coordinator, please contact </span><a href="mailto:hr@educopia.org" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">hr@educopia.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Maintainers and its partner institutions are deeply appreciative of the Sloan Foundation’s generous support of this work. For more information about our work, visit our blog to read more or contact </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">the Maintainers co-directors. Our contact information can be found </span><a href="http://themaintainers.org/about-us" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">here</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. </span></span> </font><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-ac4ff5b8-7fff-ae4f-0c9b-fc7c779c3c75"><font color="#000000"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Yours in Maintenance, </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:11pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Lato,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Jess, Lee, Andy</span></p></font></span></div>