From: Danny Kingsley <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2015 05:41:48 +0000

Thank you Fred for explaining the status of this project.

Danny

Dr Danny Kingsley
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Australian National Centre for the Public Awareness of Science (CPAS)
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On 07/05/2015 05:03, "LIBLICENSE" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>From: Fred Dylla <[log in to unmask]>
>Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 21:02:50 +0000
>
>Response to Dr. Danny Kingsley¹s post of Sat, 2 May 2015 17:39
>
>Dear Dr. Kingsley,
>
>Let me assure you that STM consultation on article sharing is still
>very much a work in progress. When the two-month consolation period
>closed on April 10th, we received quite a few (50) comments, including
>very thoughtful commentary from several readers of Liblicense.
>
>The STM working group met in late April to review the submitted
>comments and consider next steps, including ongoing engagement with
>those in the wider community who use and provide content for these
>networks. We will post progress reports on the original STM site where
>all the submitted comments can still be viewed:
>
>http://www.stm-assoc.org/stm-consultations/scn-consultation-2015/.
>
>The announcement by Elsevier does not mean these voluntary principles
>are fixed or no longer open to discussion by the research community.
>Elsevier participates in the STM working group that has been carefully
>considering this issue for several months now, and remains closely
>engaged with its other members, its process, and with the feedback
>received to date. It is encouraging to see a publisher taking steps to
>make article sharing easier for researchers based on this first draft
>of the voluntary principles. Meanwhile, the STM working group
>continues its efforts to engage the wider community to develop revised
>principles that reflect the views of all major stakeholders in this
>important area of scholarly research.
>
>H. Frederick Dylla
>
>Chair, STM working group for article sharing on scholarly
>collaboration networks (SCNs)
>
>Executive Director & CEO, American Institute of Physics