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This page is meant to both be a record of the activities of the IG and a central point for resources and discussions about fiscal continuity.
== Report ==
The FCIG published its [[FCIG_Report|report]] on 23 January 2017. On 25 July 2017, the FCIG updated it to add an Appendix B summarizing its conversation with Educopia. On 25 August, it added an Appendix C with responses from the Open Library Foundation, and on 11 September an Appendix D with responses from DuraSpace. Parts of the analysis section were expanded on 19 September. It is available on the wiki as well as the following formats:
* [[Media:Fcig_report.pdf|PDF]]
* [https://github.com/code4lib/fcig/blob/master/Report_of_the_Code4Lib_Fiscal_Continuity_Interest_Group.md Markdown]
=== Endorsements ===
The following members of the FCIG endorse the report and its recommendations for the Code4Lib community to consider.
* Galen Charlton
* Morgan McKeehan
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]]
* Coral Sheldon-Hess
* Eric Lease Morgan
== Fiscal Options Vote ==
The FCIG held a community vote to choose among several options based on the report. The vote was held via SurveyMonkey from 12 October 2017 to 3 November 2017. A total of 310 responses were received.
There were two questions on the ballot, each listing a set of options that voters were asked to score on a range from 0 (least preferred) to 3 (most preferred).
=== Question 1 ===
''In this community vote, the FCIG asks C4L to evaluate the data presented in the FCIG Report, and to choose among the three options for moving forward that the Report outlines:''
* ''do nothing/maintain status quo''
* ''obtain an ongoing fiscal sponsorship with an organization external to Code 4 Lib''
* ''seek out official status for C4L as an independent, non-profit organization.''
The total score given to each option was
* do nothing/maintain status quo: 184
* '''obtain an ongoing fiscal sponsorship: 805'''
* incorporate Code4Lib as a non-profit organization: 413
=== Question 2 ===
''Relative to the option of obtaining ongoing fiscal sponsorship from an organization external to Code4Lib (option b, in Question 1 above), the FCIG Report presents possible sponsorship terms that have been offered by four different external organizations. If the community as a whole chooses to go with this option, how would you rank your preferences as far as the terms offered by each organization?Please assign a rank for each of the organizations below, according to your assessment of the terms offered by that organization. Note: If the Code4Lib community instead chooses to maintain the status quo (option a, in Question 1 above) or to incorporate as a nonprofit entity (option c, in Question 1 above), the results of this question will be ignored.''
The total score given to each of the four potential fiscal sponsors was:
* ALA/LITA: 210
* '''DLF/CLIR: 771'''
* Open Library Federation: 423
* DuraSpace: 326
=== Additional information ===
* A [[Media:Code4Lib_Community_Vote_on_Fiscal_Continuity_Options.xlsx.zip|spreadsheet]] showing the calculation of the scores
== Interest Group ==
* Galen Charlton
* [[User:highermath|Cary Gordon]]
* Tom Johnson
* Kate Lynch
