At the 2007 NCURA national meeting, I helped a group of folks come up
with a list of improvements for the New Grants.gov.  I finally
prepared the report of that meeting.  Take a look here

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~abeattie/selfhelpgroupreport.htm

I have been making list of people who attended that meeting. Many
have sent me their email address so I can communicate back to them.
If any of you were at that meeting and have not done so, please send
me your name and address.  It must have been the first meeting where
I did not circulate the usual sign-in sheet. If you support these
suggestions please send me your name also.  I would like to create a
"petition" with as many names as are supportive.

I would be happy to discuss any of the topics on the list.  The irony
is that neither the current Grants.gov staff nor any of us users had
anything to do with creating the original system. There is no one to
"blame." Thus it is a perfect time for both groups to work together
to improve the new system.

I would like to get a first batch of comments and suggestions in time
for the January FDP meeting -- Jan 8.

Thanks for all the great help from many on this list to make
Grants.gov do-able in 2006.  Let's now work towards a significant
improvement for 2007.

Happy holidays to everyone, and a safe and productive new year.

Bob
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Robert Beattie
Managing  Project Representative
 for Electronic Research Administration
Division of Research Development and Administration
University of Michigan
3003 S. State Street   Ann Arbor, MI  48109-1274
office: 734 936-1283    mobile: 734 717-6281
xxxxxx@umich.edu

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