[Ga_2016] CODATA Prospectus - General Assembly Minutes and Presentations

[Simon CODATA]

To attendees, 2016 CODATA General Assembly, Greetings!

Some of you may have received some of this information by other means: however, I am writing to all registered participants of the CODATA General Assembly 2016 with some important information: an updated CODATA Prospectus and the presentations and minutes of that General Assembly.

CODATA Prospectus 
I would like to draw your attention once more to the CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830>

The Prospectus provides a brief but detailed summary of the most significant CODATA activities, achievements and deliverables over the last 2 years.  It is a significant catalogue of achievement and is testament to the hard work, commitment and generous support of our members and participants.

CODATA is a lightweight and effective organisation that brings considerable return on investment for National Members’ contributions, as is demonstrated in the Prospectus:

'From September 2015 to September 2016, the annual income from membership fees of c.€205K leveraged further investment in activities to a total of over €1.9M: a leverage ratio of over 9.6:1.  This estimate includes external contributions to events, Task Groups and similar activities, sponsorship obtained, as well as host and participant investment in events.  As a specific example, in August 2016, the CODATA-RDA School of Research Data Science was held at ICTP in Trieste.  CODATA’s own investment in the event totals c.€10K in travel and student support.  The event as a whole leveraged an additional c.€270,000 in support, comprising international and local travel and accommodation for experts and students as well as sponsorship and local expenses.  It should be noted that this estimate considerably undervalues CODATA’s leveraging power as it does not include any estimate for contributions in kind (e.g. co-chairs’ time).'

Minutes of the 2016 General Assembly
Please find attached the DRAFT minutes of the 2016 General Assembly held in Denver, Colorado, USA on 11 September 2016.

Delegates and observers are invited to forward any comments or corrections to me no later than 31 January 2017.

Presentations from the General Assembly
The key presentations from the General Assembly are now available online:
Treasurer’s Presentation, ‘Financial Report to the 2016 CODATA General Assembly’ <http://www.codata.org/uploads/Treasurers%20Report-2016%20CODATA%20GA-v05%20FINAL.pdf>
Executive Director’s Presentation, 'CODATA Strategy and Achievement, 2015-16’ <https://zenodo.org/record/215789/files/Executive%20Director%20Report-2016%20CODATA%20GA.pdf>
President’s Presentation, 'Vision, strategy and key activities for 2016-2018’ <https://zenodo.org/record/215789/files/Presidents%20Presentation-2016%20CODATA%20GA.pdf>
CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830>
All these documents are available from the General Assembly page on the CODATA Website: http://www.codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2016 <http://www.codata.org/events/general-assembly/general-assembly-2016>

And finally…
It has been a very busy and successful 2016.  I would like to express my personal gratitude to the CODATA community for support and engagement with our activities.  For all those of you who are taken time away from work over the winter or summer solstices, I would like to wish you a safe, enjoyable and restorative time.

With very best wishes,

Simon.
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Updated CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830 <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830>

Legal Interoperability of Research Data: Principles and Implementation Guidelines <https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.162241>
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Dr Simon Hodson | Executive Director CODATA | http://www.codata.org

E-Mail: simon at codata.org | Twitter: @simonhodson99 | Skype: simonhodson99
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