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Sakai Foundation Board Officers Elections

I am pleased to announce the results of the Sakai Foundation Board of Directors officer elections. Maggie Lynch, of Thanos Partners, and formerly Vice-Chair of the Board, was elected Chair, and David Ackerman, Associate Vice President for .edu Services at New York University, elected Vice-Chair.

Thanks go to Josh Baron, outgoing Chair, for his commitment to service over the years, and to the incoming officers for their willingness to serve.

Ian

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Ian Dolphin
Executive Director, Sakai Foundation

Sakai Open Academic Environment Project Update

In November and December last year, several stakeholders in the Sakai OAE Managed Project, including Indiana University, the University of Michigan, UC Berkeley and New York University committed to a substantially increased collective investment in the project. Others recommitted, and rSmart has recently approached the stakeholders with an offer to join the managed project and contribute resources under its direction, the first Sakai Commercial Affiliate to do so.

Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award 2012

Teaching with Sakai Innovation Award Competition Opens

The Sakai Teaching and Learning community announces the official opening of the 5th annual Teaching With Sakai Innovation Award (TWSIA) competition. The award recognizes innovation and excellence in technology-supported teaching, academic collaboration, and student engagement.

Entries are accepted in the following five categories, and may be implemented in Sakai CLE or Sakai OAE.

Jasig/Sakai Annual Conference - June 10th-15th

Save the dates for the first Joint Jasig/Sakai Annual Conference!

Sunday, June 10 through Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta, Georgia. Supplementary half-day Jasig and Sakai Seminars on Sunday, June 10

More details to follow soon.

If you are interested in participating in either the Conference Planning Committee (logistics) or the Conference Program Committee (content) please contact Patty Gertz at ed@jasig.org, or Ian Dolphin at iandolphin@sakaifoundation.org .

Sakai Ibero-American Lead

Strengthening regional communities within the broader Sakai community is an important priority for the Sakai Foundation. Over the last fifiteen months, there have been particularly strong regional events in Japan, Australia, South Africa, and Europe. Within Europe, the Spanish Sakai community has been especially dynamic. It's with great pleasure, then, that I can report the latest volunteer addition to Sakai Foundation staff. David Roldan-Martinez, of the Universitat Politècnica de València has volunteered to help strengthen and build the Sakai community in Latin America.

Sakai Foundation Board Election Results

I am pleased to announce that Steve Swinsburg, of the Australian National University, David Ackerman, of New York University, and Seth Theriault, of Columbia University have been elected to the Board of Directors of the Sakai Foundation.

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