[Rdap] Fwd: [openrepositories_sc] Call for Expressions of Interest in hosting the annual Open Repositories Conference, 2017

[Carol Minton Morris]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

2 July, 2015

Read it online:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Call+for+Expressions+of+Interest+in+hosting+OR2017

Call for Expressions of Interest in hosting the annual Open Repositories
Conference, 2017

The Open Repositories Steering Committee seeks Expressions of Interest from
candidate host organizations for the 2017 Open Repositories Annual
Conference. Proposals from all geographic areas will be given consideration.

Important dates
The Open Repositories Steering Committee is accepting Expressions of
Interest (EoI) to host the OR2017 conference until August 31st, 2015.
Shortlisted sites will be notified by the end of September 2015.

Background
Candidate institutions must have the ability to host at least a four-day
conference of approximately 300-500 attendees (OR2015 held in Indianapolis,
USA drew more than 400 people). This includes appropriate access to
conference facilities, lodging, and transportation, as well as the ability
to manage a range of supporting services (food services, internet services,
and conference social events; conference web site; management of
registration and online payments; etc.). The candidate institutions and
their local arrangements committee must have the means to support the costs
of producing the conference through attendee registration and independent
fundraising. Fuller guidance is provided in the Open Repositories
Conference Handbook on the Open Repositories wiki.

Expressions of Interest Guidelines
Organisations interested in proposing to host the OR2017 conference should
follow the steps listed below:

1. Expressions of Interest (EoIs) must be received by August 31st, 2015.
Please direct these EoIs and any enquiries to OR Steering Committee Chair
William Nixon <william.nixon at glasgow.ac.uk>.

2.  As noted above, the Open Repositories wiki has a set of pages at Open
Repositories Conference Handbook (
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/or11/Open+Repositories+Conference+Handbook)
which offer guidelines for organising an Open Repositories conference.
Candidate institutions should pay particular attention to the pages listed
at "Preparing a bid" before submitting an EoI.

3.  The EoI must include:
* the name of the institution (or institutions in the case of a joint bid)
* an email address as a first point of contact
* the proposed location for the conference venue with a brief paragraph
describing the local amenities that would be available to delegates,
including its proximity to a reasonably well-served airport

4. The OR Steering Committee will review proposals and may seek advice from
additional reviewers.  Following the review, one or more institutions will
be invited to submit a detailed proposal.

5.  Invitations to submit a detailed proposal will be issued by the end of
September 2015; institutions whose interest will not be taken up will also
be notified at that time.  The invitations sent out will provide a timeline
for submitting a formal proposal and details of additional information
available to the shortlisted sites for help in the preparation of their
bid.  The OR Steering Committee will be happy to answer specific queries
whilst proposals are being prepared.

About Open Repositories
Since 2006 Open Repositories has hosted an annual conference that brings
together users and developers of open digital repository platforms. For
further information about Open Repositories and links to past conference
sites, please visit the OR home page: http://sites.tdl.org/openrepositories/
.

Subscribe to announcements about Open Repositories conferences by joining
the OR Google Group http://groups.google.com/group/open-repositories.

Please feel free to reflect this call for Expressions of Interest out
through your communities.
Thank you!

William Nixon and Elin Stangeland
For the Open Repositories Steering Committee
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