<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:18pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">*** With apologies for cross-posting ***</font></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:18pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">A progress report for The OA Switchboard has today been posted on the <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu%3Dhttps-3A__oaspa.org_oa-2Dswitchboard-2Dinitiative-2Dprogress-2Dreport-2Dmay-2D2020_%26d%3DDwMFaQ%26c%3DWMhnfwkfN4LR6wX29ZSgFCZf_hw4vy5MAv7iZJNaAD4%26r%3DiOIJup5yikk6b4AOGCOzB-Gh2HbCg_Mg-UDBQ7BbPAM%26m%3DVru1rdFtIp1P5pEgGkQnycxLYCsV9vG13iPtOKC5H6s%26s%3DaK_oNkWqJWeeHTaHswIvgYw7z1Yyf4kcsHm2UgjQZ1s%26e%3D&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C81d9679eaf1749e4813908d8647ed936%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=fS%2F%2FxM1uFRVlvsVbg%2F5QlYu%2BkxyOG2rL3MUBXu4x7I8%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__oaspa.org_oa-2Dswitchboard-2Dinitiative-2Dprogress-2Dreport-2Dmay-2D2020_&d=DwMFaQ&c=WMhnfwkfN4LR6wX29ZSgFCZf_hw4vy5MAv7iZJNaAD4&r=iOIJup5yikk6b4AOGCOzB-Gh2HbCg_Mg-UDBQ7BbPAM&m=Vru1rdFtIp1P5pEgGkQnycxLYCsV9vG13iPtOKC5H6s&s=aK_oNkWqJWeeHTaHswIvgYw7z1Yyf4kcsHm2UgjQZ1s&e=" shash="QjxHhm/dSEGE0eCz6VbNjKtl83JZ77xYMGCAkIypIiC6Ukz5Woh0JUiQhnL94RrK7HgXFv14ZJFZKA1lgtBCsIllIoO8HrveBmG3JEZSfjwQV1H1DuiAqliAuxgfMC3IfKYDJUThbBj6Cw5OqrWgk4Zt7ysR89cbiXqAWAfx7bs=" target="_blank">OASPA blog</a>.</font></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:18pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif"><span id="gmail-m_995735041875091407gmail-docs-internal-guid-a7df40ad-7fff-707f-13e8-aeacdebf6fbe"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The OA Switchboard initiative (</span><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oaswitchboard.org%2F&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C81d9679eaf1749e4813908d8647ed936%7C4a5378f929f44d3ebe89669d03ada9d8%7C0&amp;sdata=zlLA15MxUB8EOeJDhnfFvhAUTBsL4qt%2Fdl8O9djhY1g%3D&amp;reserved=0" originalSrc="http://www.oaswitchboard.org/" shash="n4M0kV4es2wnDWTECoKTYNkizDghUKPstLL4RGpcqCi2SE9P1BQvgvBLNjX4VUSJV1+6wwf9aY0i47cdhKhbhMDmRx/IxggmwzYfmXdBxYmebVLb9MQL+JmoMuCdxNWo2B/oxErG9BuheUq7qx3ZwmsUzLgrtI1Dw60xA7ZgSK4=" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">www.oaswitchboard.org</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">) is a not-for-profit collaboration between funders, institutions and publishers to provide essential infrastructure, standards and back-office services to achieve a breakthrough in the transformation of the market such that Open Access is supported as the predominant model of publication.</span></span> <span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Over the summer the MVP (Minimum Viable Product) was developed in close collaboration with representatives of all stakeholder groups. </span><span style="background-color:transparent;white-space:pre-wrap">Simultaneously, we’re preparing, as planned, for a sustainable set-up for 2021 and beyond. </span>Further information is available from <a href="mailto:yvonne.campfens@oaswitchboard.org" target="_blank">Yvonne Campfens</a>, OA Switchboard Project Manager.</font></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:18pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">The post includes information on how to be kept informed and get involved.</font></p><p style="margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:18pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif">Best wishes,<br>Bernie</font></p><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#666666">Bernie Folan</font></b><div><font color="#666666">Events and Communications </font></div><div><font color="#666666">OASPA, Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association</font></div><div><font color="#666666"><a href="mailto:bernie.folan@oaspa.org" target="_blank">bernie.folan@oaspa.org</a><br>___________________________________________________________________<br></font><font color="#999999">Stay up to date:  <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Feepurl.com%2FbYkP8r&amp;data=01%7C01%7Cboai-forum%40ecs.soton.ac.uk%7C81d9679eaf1749e4813908d8647ed936%7C4a5378f92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