The arXiv is separating from Cornell University, and is hiring a CEO, who will be paid roughly $300,000/year:
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@ftranschel @Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez @pluralistic agree completely. But then it's our own fault. I've been fighting in various university/academic board of directors to reserve budget for things like arxiv. Those are the line items that get cut first
@freyablekman @Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez @pluralistic It's surely the case that scholars need to be vocal.
However, it's also related to what the kids call #terminal #capitalism; There's only so many hills you can die on *within* faculty.
If the society at large decides* there is no money for #arXiv, then arXiv will go the way of all #enshittified platforms.
* And it should be obvious that the high-level decision-making process should be questioned, not [only] scholars fighting for #budget.
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The arXiv is separating from Cornell University, and is hiring a CEO, who will be paid roughly $300,000/year:
They say:
"After decades of productive partnership with Cornell University, and with support from the Simons Foundation, arXiv is establishing itself as an independent nonprofit organization, marking the next stage in its 35-year history as a pioneer of open-access science."
The arXiv’s current annual budget is approximately $6 million and they employ ~27 staff members, most of whom work remotely, primarily in the U.S. The new chief executive officer (CEO) will be responsible for all aspects of arXiv, including strategic planning, financial management, technical infrastructure, personnel oversight and stakeholder engagement. They will work closely with board member representatives of Cornell University and the Simons Foundation to establish the organization’s independence.
A firm called Spencer Stuart is recruiting the CEO. For confidential nominations and expressions of interest, you can contact them at arXivCEO@SpencerStuart.com. The salary is expected to be around $300,000, though the actual salary offered may differ.
@johncarlosbaez ArXiv already faces real challenges from AI generated papers, and this doesn't seem to be the way to fence off what's coming.
I was just thinking the other day that anything you can prompt AI to generate within a few minutes would not be worth publishing. Existing papers should also undergo an evaluation by AIs (one AI reads it, summarizes the main ideas, and feeds to another AI to reconstruct.) And we should probably only archive the prompts.
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The arXiv is separating from Cornell University, and is hiring a CEO, who will be paid roughly $300,000/year:
They say:
"After decades of productive partnership with Cornell University, and with support from the Simons Foundation, arXiv is establishing itself as an independent nonprofit organization, marking the next stage in its 35-year history as a pioneer of open-access science."
The arXiv’s current annual budget is approximately $6 million and they employ ~27 staff members, most of whom work remotely, primarily in the U.S. The new chief executive officer (CEO) will be responsible for all aspects of arXiv, including strategic planning, financial management, technical infrastructure, personnel oversight and stakeholder engagement. They will work closely with board member representatives of Cornell University and the Simons Foundation to establish the organization’s independence.
A firm called Spencer Stuart is recruiting the CEO. For confidential nominations and expressions of interest, you can contact them at arXivCEO@SpencerStuart.com. The salary is expected to be around $300,000, though the actual salary offered may differ.
@johncarlosbaez lets nominate you!
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@dan131riley @Thcoudreau - I didn't list the job qualifications, but you can read them, and it seems they're looking for the kind of prestigious scientist who would need a high salary to consider dropping their research for this sort of complex, time-consuming, attention-demanding administrative job. I'm curious to see who gets hired.
@johncarlosbaez @dan131riley @Thcoudreau There is likely to be a lot of fund-raising associated with the CEO job. That may make it less attractive to some people who might otherwise be interested.
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The arXiv is separating from Cornell University, and is hiring a CEO, who will be paid roughly $300,000/year:
They say:
"After decades of productive partnership with Cornell University, and with support from the Simons Foundation, arXiv is establishing itself as an independent nonprofit organization, marking the next stage in its 35-year history as a pioneer of open-access science."
The arXiv’s current annual budget is approximately $6 million and they employ ~27 staff members, most of whom work remotely, primarily in the U.S. The new chief executive officer (CEO) will be responsible for all aspects of arXiv, including strategic planning, financial management, technical infrastructure, personnel oversight and stakeholder engagement. They will work closely with board member representatives of Cornell University and the Simons Foundation to establish the organization’s independence.
A firm called Spencer Stuart is recruiting the CEO. For confidential nominations and expressions of interest, you can contact them at arXivCEO@SpencerStuart.com. The salary is expected to be around $300,000, though the actual salary offered may differ.
@johncarlosbaez That is some salary
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@johncarlosbaez @bks @dan131riley @Thcoudreau i'm curious what would the extra 2700000 bring you that compensates the misery of this kind of job.
I'm asking because i'm going to do a 50% management job for almost no extra soon.
@jaztrophysicist @johncarlosbaez @bks @dan131riley
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@jaztrophysicist @johncarlosbaez @bks @dan131riley
Eager to know more about this job…@Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez it's official already...
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@Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez it's official already...
@jaztrophysicist @johncarlosbaez I wish you the best in this endeavor. It is likely a great opportunity to learn many new things.
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@jaztrophysicist @johncarlosbaez I wish you the best in this endeavor. It is likely a great opportunity to learn many new things.
@Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez that's the idea, yes ! Trying something new in support of the future
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@freyablekman @Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez @pluralistic It's surely the case that scholars need to be vocal.
However, it's also related to what the kids call #terminal #capitalism; There's only so many hills you can die on *within* faculty.
If the society at large decides* there is no money for #arXiv, then arXiv will go the way of all #enshittified platforms.
* And it should be obvious that the high-level decision-making process should be questioned, not [only] scholars fighting for #budget.
@ftranschel @Thcoudreau @johncarlosbaez @pluralistic this has nothing to do with "society as a whole" and just so it is clear:
it was for YEARS possible to support arxiv via donations. My group always did. The number of groups that did so worldwide was in the few hundred.
So, now we will get a shitty arXiv instead. Own fault. Academic institutions are happy to shell out 20k+ publishing fees to Nature/Science for one paper but not a few 1000 for one of the essential open science tools in our field. And so we will get what we pay for.
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