Sustainability & Adoption Cluster Report Out September 10-11, 2013

ISEES Classes of Stakeholders Researchers (multi-sector) Meta Organizations (professional societies, networks) Institutions (libraries, academic computing) Funders (agencies, foundations, corporate) Data Repositories Software Community (developers, users, code repositories)

Incentives to Participate in ISEES Access to Reusable Resources Collaboration Reputation Building - Recognition Access to Expertise Reduce Risk of Failure Efficiencies

Where ISEES Should Engage Professional societies Blogosphere Social Media Feeds Meet Ups & Hackathons Online Classes Academic Technology Centers

ISEES Values – Year 1 Results-Oriented – Responsive – Catalyst for Productivity – SW as the Outcome of Design Transparent – Communicative Collaborative Community-Driven Useful

Day 2

ISEES Structure Lean & Mean – funds toward community Light weight structure (admin) Honest Broker-Director Fellows (sabbatical; doing the work) Limiting the scale in Year 1 – small community to start to build the network Membership model (members have a say in governance but all can benefit from ISEES assets) Thematically-oriented steering committees that would report into a governing board Governance development takes time

ISEES Processes Governance takes time Phased Approach – More centralized at beginning – Moving toward community-driven model in out years – Build community interest early Proposals solicited thru Announcements of Opportunity; Fellowship models Early on, Benevolent Dictator model

ISEES Code Sustainability NO Peer Review of Code – But technical review okay Identify best practices for software development Use existing code repositories Focus on the culture

ISEES Community & Financial Sustainability Income Streams – Swag – Membership Fees – Corporate Partnerships – Etc… Activities/Relevance – Brand building – Success stories – Active/provocative blogging – Etc… Policies – Transparent interactions with community – Mission development – leads to policies Metrics for Success – Use of software – How many participate – Assessment of success