Thanks for sharing the details,<br><br>so essentially we are a nonprofit 'foundation' under dutch law, recognized by the EU,<br><br>and we also have a legal Dutch coop that is associated with it, whenever a 'private' partner is required,<br>
<br>the Association of P2P Researchers has no legal existence, and has not yet been formally launched, though it reflects the reality of a network of interested researchers,<br><br>Michel<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:26 PM, Cubitt S.R. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:S.R.Cubitt@soton.ac.uk">S.R.Cubitt@soton.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">Hi Franco and colleagues<br>
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I will be discussingthis with members of the Southampton research office<br>
shortly - basically they have asked me - as the only person not on leave -<br>
to draft an expression of interest. This will have to be quite open: we<br>
must involve other interest groups in the university; and there may be<br>
constraints on links with other UK institutions<br>
<br>
On the positive side, we are near fixing a public debate between Lawrence<br>
Lessig and Ian Hargreaves, the author of the Digital Britain report that<br>
started al this<br>
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Here are Diana Galpin's notes; followed by her response to my suggestion<br>
that Volker might be the director. I need to know the legal standing of<br>
P2P (registered charoty / trust / not-for-profit / country/ies of<br>
incirporation etc for these pruposes; also Volker I am presuming you are<br>
freelance for these purposes: can you send me a CV<br>
<br>
I have a skype conference with the admin team this morning at 11.30/12 BST<br>
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Sean<br>
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Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:06<br>
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Sounds a good result. We do need to be careful about what and how much we<br>
expect P2P to do as from the looks of things they are an international<br>
organisation. Now that is fine but we may not be able to flow grant monies<br>
to them..<br>
<br>
Niki P checked with AHRC and their response was that an international<br>
company could participate in Œmutually beneficial¹ hub based activities<br>
that were badged under the heading of Œinternational cooperation¹ and paid<br>
for using the grant. The reciprocity would arise from the fact the<br>
company might be making a contribution to the project (indirectly) through<br>
their participation and bringing new knowledge/expertise into the arena.<br>
However, it would not be possible to pay an international company for<br>
other goods and services or enter into a contracting/sub-contracting<br>
relationship on a one-to-one basis using AHRC grant monies.<br>
<br>
Of course that was with respect to them being a companyŠ are they? Before<br>
we can get definitive advice from AHRC can you confirm what type of<br>
organisation they are and in what capacity you would expect them to be<br>
involved?<br>
<br>
If you are going ahead with a telecom probably worth including Nikki<br>
Matthews as she probably has most capacity to provide the RIS support to<br>
you at the moment.<br>
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Kind Regards<br>
<br>
Diana<br>
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Diana Galpin<br>
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Research & Innovation Services<br>
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</div>Wednesday, 17 August 2011 14:49<br>
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Sean<br>
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Careful on the automatic ³employ Volker as a director² front being your<br>
easy fix as any role would need to be advertised externally following<br>
usual University of Southampton HR and recruitment policiesŠ I am also not<br>
entirely sure whether due to limitations on our insurance, health & safety<br>
risks & complexities of then having to adopt local employment laws etc<br>
that we would employ someone to be permanently based overseas<br>
<br>
Sorry not trying to put barriers in the way but help guide you to what is<br>
possible/not!<br>
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KR<br>
DIana<br>
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