Sean, Hi. I have read the current draft and it is excellent. I have worked before in roles where I have been a grants assessor, so I have cast my eye over it from the point of view of does this meet criteria and is it credible. I have 2 minor comments from that perspective. 1. Emphasising Southampton's commitment: I know the last section will cover that, but the Key Features and strategic fit section requires us to show how the centre will 'address the lead research organisations business and community engagement policy'. If that is covered in the last section that should be fine, but it may be worth including something about that in the Key Features. 2. In the Partnership Section we list agencies from whom we have 'received preliminary support' and mention UK IPO, NESTA and TSB. Can I just check this is accurate, if they have signalled support excellent. If we intend to work with them, but haven't had those conversations yet, it would be prudent to say that we intend to work closely etc... As there are some words to play around with in that section we could mention them in more detail referencing particular programmes, people etc. Best Nikki Nicola Matthews Collaboration Manager (Social & Human Sciences, Humanities, Business& law) Research & Innovation Services Building 37, R4107 University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ Phone: 023 8059 8340 Internal: 28340 web: www.soton.ac.uk/ris/ "This email and any attachments are confidential to the intended recipient and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it from your system and notify the sender. If you are not the intended recipient you should not copy it or use it for any purpose nor disclose or distribute its contents to any other person." -----Original Message----- From: Cubitt S.R. Sent: 06 September 2011 17:45 To: Group working in the Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy Cc: Matthews N.S.; Amelia Wakeford; Taylor C.; Ed Steinmueller; Caroline Bassett; Kirk Woolford Subject: Centre:new draft Here's the new version, incorporating everything I could from wiki and mails and comments; and removing all previous comments and track changes - you may have to turn track changes back on to make your comments. The word counts require very sharp writing: not too much detail, not too much abstraction. I welcome all suggestions, but we must get this signed on Thursday morning to be sent in officially. The paragraph on "strategy for how to bring stakeholders in to the research process" at the end of the Partnership section is of special interest: it is an amalgam of a conversation I once had with the late Bill Mitchell on how MIT Media Lab was funded mixed in with an outsider view of how Ubuntu make a living from Linux. This I would especially thank you for help with. The section on strategic fit is one hundred words over, mainly because when I'd accommodated all suggestions, I realised we hadn't done the required bit on pubic communications. I will cut to size after I get your reactions The most heavily worked section as you'd expect is the first, Demonstration of Need. I have tried to be more diplomatic, without sacrificing the vision, and in a very tight word-budget. We have about 15 words to play with here In Funding and Legacy, we are near complete figures. These will have to be digested into the 500 word limit. In the meantime I have included the draft of the required paragraph on 'potential for a sustainable legacy' Your comments here also appreciated Thanks so much for the process so far: even if we don't nail this one, it is a great, collegial process. Sean PS Franco: if not on already, could you add the names in the cc list to the Group mail? Grazie tanto.