{"id":132,"date":"2012-11-01T16:28:51","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T15:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.frank-m-richter.de\/freescienceblog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2012-11-04T07:19:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-04T06:19:33","slug":"summary-of-the-kickoff-meeting-for-oali-at-the-fu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frank-m-richter.de\/freescienceblog\/2012\/11\/01\/summary-of-the-kickoff-meeting-for-oali-at-the-fu\/","title":{"rendered":"Summary of the Kickoff Meeting for OALI at the FU"},"content":{"rendered":"

The kickoff meeting of the OALI initiative took place on Monday 29th of October at the Freie Universit\u00e4t in Berlin. The participants were Anke L\u00fcdeling (Humboldt Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin), Martin Haspelmath (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig), Gereon M\u00fcller (Universit\u00e4t Leipzig), Felix Bildhauer (FU Berlin), Matthias H\u00fcning (FU Berlin),\u00a0 Janna Lipenkova (FU Berlin), Judith Meinsch\u00e4fer (FU Berlin), Roland Sch\u00e4fer (FU Berlin), Horst Simon (FU Berlin), Ferdinand von Mengden (FU Berlin). Katja Mruck from the Center of Digital Systems<\/a> (CeDiS<\/a>, FU Berlin) was also present as a guest. Adam Przepi\u00f3rkowski (Polish Academy of Sciences and University of Warsaw), Andrea Schalley\u00a0(Griffith University, Brisbane), Joseph T. Farquharson (University of the West Indies, St. Augustine), and Sebastian Nordhoff (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig) took part via Skype.<\/p>\n

I first gave a presentation<\/a> introducing the issue and mentioning some questions that should be discussed and decided.<\/p>\n

The General Setup<\/h2>\n

We decided that it is best to attach the initative to a university or other research institution. I will explore the options at the FU Berlin. After the meeting Martin Haspelmath suggested that attaching the initiative to the MPI in Leipzig may also be an option. We will explore these possibilities as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n

We discussed founding a Verein (Association<\/em>) since this would allow us to accept donations. The downside is that you have to have annual meetings where the six members of the board are present. A German Verein seems to be inappropriate\u00a0 for our international enterprise. We decided to try without this additional structure. I found out today that it is possible to get donations to a research project at the FU. I will explore this option further.<\/p>\n

There will be series editors that are responsible for certain subparts of linguistics. One series will be established that covers all publications that do not fit the descriptions of the other series.<\/p>\n

Series proposals and editors are judged by an advisory board that will be established in the near future.<\/p>\n

Series in other languages than English will be possible.<\/p>\n

Advantages of the New Publishing Format<\/h2>\n

It was agreed in the discussion that the advantages of the new way to publish should be emphasized. They are:<\/p>\n