[Themaintainers] Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Support for The Maintainers

[Stephanie Steinhardt]

Congratulations! I very much look forward to what lies ahead!

On Mon, Dec 3, 2018, 4:33 PM Andrea Goulet <andrea at corgibytes.com wrote:

> Congrats! This is wonderful news. Let us know if there's anything we can
> do at Corgibytes to support your efforts. We're focused in the software
> maintenance and modernization space. :)
>
> To your success,
>
> Andrea Goulet
> Co-Founder & CEO
> Corgibytes, LLC
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> Mon, Dec 3, 2018 10:27 AM, Camille E. Acey <connect at camilleacey.com>
> wrote:
>
> Bravo. This is excellent news to start the day and workweek!
>
> On December 3, 2018 9:39:36 AM EST, Lee Vinsel <lee.vinsel at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi, everyone.
>
>
> Andy Russell and I are pleased to announce that the Alfred P. Sloan
> Foundation will be supporting some activities of The Maintainers. With
> funding from the Sloan Foundation, we plan to build our capacity to create
> and nurture communities that connect scholarly research and practical
> applications. We’re thrilled to be partnering with the Educopia Institute,
> a non-profit organization focused on "building communities, connecting
> likeminded people, and using collective action to advance institutions of
> all kinds." Educopia will provide some staff support and its considerable
> expertise in community cultivation to help us further grow The Maintainers
> network.
>
> Our primary focus will be something we call the Maintenance Community
> Framework, through which we'll study the state of maintenance in individual
> sectors and professions, and document and disseminate best practices and
> lessons learned. The first two maintenance communities we'll focus on are
> InfoMaintainers - people working in libraries and digital preservation -
> and Maintainers in the Workforce, a group of experts on the law and policy
> of labor and poverty. We plan to identify and seed some other maintenance
> communities this year, including ones on transportation and water
> infrastructure, engineering, and philanthropy. We'll also be seeking
> additional funding sources that can sustain this effort for several years.
> And we’re now starting the planning process for Maintainers III, a
> conference that will take place in the fall of 2019. We’ll be sending out
> announcements soon to detail different ways that individuals or
> organizations can get involved – so stay tuned, and drop us a line in the
> meantime if you have any ideas or questions!
>
> Most of all we are happy that the Sloan Foundation has given a vote of
> confidence in The Maintainers, and we are grateful for all of your support.
>
>
> Best to all,
>
> Lee
>
> --
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Science, Technology, and Society
> Virginia Tech
> leevinsel.com
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