From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:15:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [96.241.121.183] (HELO cni-joan-mb-ic2.home) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4.9) with ESMTPS id 22864365 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:14:07 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-28--381408972 Subject: Carnegie Mellon - Olive RFP X-Original-Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 08:14:07 -0400 X-Original-Message-Id: <3AF7C40B-EE82-4B94-8605-D85BEE81E3FA@cni.org> X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1085) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1085) --Apple-Mail-28--381408972 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Our colleagues from Carnegie Mellon are soliciting responses to a = Request for Proposal for a white paper on a model organizational = structure for sustaining their Olive project. Members of the CNI = community are invited to respond. A URL with a link to the full RFP is = included below. --Joan Lippincott ----------------------- Carnegie Mellon University's Olive project seeks to create an archive = for executable content so that all kinds of software, games, and new = scholarly articles containing programs can be preserved for the long = term in the same way that libraries now preserve analog and digital = content. Carnegie Mellon has received a grant from Sloan Foundation to = continue technical work and to develop a sustainable economic model for = the eventual Olive Archive. The purpose of this RFP is to pursue the = plan for an effective organizational structure to sustain the archiving and = access to executable content, and to manage such an organization=92s growth and evolution. Responders to this RFP should propose a model organizational structure = that would be the most effective for sustaining Olive. The successful = (selected) proposer will have four months to write a white paper of = 10-15 pages including a brief environmental scan and substantive details = about the proposed model. The selected proposer will present his/her = white paper at a 2014 international invitational summit of approximately = ten (10) participants who will review and evaluate the white paper and = translate its recommendations into an organizational structure. Review of proposals will begin April 10, 2013 Successful proposer announced April 26, 2013 White paper due September 30, 2013 You can access the full RFP from this link: https://olivearchive.org/rfp/= --Apple-Mail-28--381408972 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Our = colleagues from Carnegie Mellon are soliciting responses to a Request = for Proposal for a white paper on a model organizational structure for = sustaining their Olive project. Members of the CNI community are = invited to respond. A URL with a link to the full RFP is included = below.

--Joan = Lippincott

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Carnegie = Mellon University's Olive project seeks to create an archive for executable content so that all kinds of software, games, and new = scholarly articles containing programs can be preserved for the long term in the = same way that libraries now preserve analog and digital content. Carnegie = Mellon has received a grant from Sloan Foundation to continue technical work = and to develop a sustainable economic model for the eventual Olive Archive. The purpose of this RFP is to pursue the plan

for an effective organizational structure to sustain the archiving = and access to executable content, and
to manage such an organization=92s growth and evolution.=20

Responders to this RFP should propose a model organizational structure = that would be the most effective for sustaining Olive. The successful = (selected) proposer will have four months to write a white paper of 10-15 pages including a brief environmental scan and substantive details about the proposed model. The selected proposer will present his/her white paper = at a 2014 international invitational summit of approximately ten (10) participants who will review and evaluate the white paper and translate = its recommendations into an organizational structure.=20

Review of proposals will begin	April 10, = 2013
Successful proposer announced	April 26, 2013
White paper due	September 30, = 2013

You can access the full RFP from = this link:

https://olivearchive.org/rfp/= --Apple-Mail-28--381408972--