I couldn't agree with you more Chris!!

I can totally relate with Lynette going down memory lane on InfoEd Spin with the same experiences, floppy's and all.   I also remember The Annual Register of Grant Support and the Foundation Directory.
That was the way we did things then.  I still think SPIN and InfoEd Global is a terrific product with great staff.

Jean Freiser, CRA
Contracts and Grants Associate Director
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Office 858 552 8585 ext. 2797
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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@lists.healthresearch.org] On Behalf Of Chris Thompson
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2017 12:22 PM
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Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] SPIN

Let's not forget Bill DiCocco!  Possibly the nicest man I've EVER met.

-Chris

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On Fri, July 21, 2017 2:43 pm, Michael, Lynette wrote:
> In response to the conversation about SPIN, I would just say that I've
> been a fund searcher since 1986 (Wash U in St Louis) and remember the
> first SPIN iteration from the late 80's (I think). It was the brain
> child of the grants office at SUNY-Albany, and Ed Johnson Senior
> (InfoEd
> Global) purchased the database sometime later. The original version
> was online with a printout of funding opportunities from your search
> mailed (as in Post Office) to you about a week later. I also remember
> a floppy disk version and then the web version. (Wow, I have been
> around way longer than I realized!)
>
>
> In comparison to my original fund searching tools (two thick books -
> the Annual Register of Grant Support and the Foundation Directory),
> SPIN was and is an amazing tool. There is no such thing as a perfect
> database (have you reviewed your electronic health records lately?),
> but I use SPIN on a daily basis to help me keep up with funding
> opportunities and to perform fund searches for our faculty. And as
> several others on the list noted, the people responsible for SPIN,
> especially Keith Willis, have provided invaluable assistance and are
> always open to suggestions for improvement of the product.
>
>
> Thank you.
>
>
>
> Lynette
>
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> Office of Research Development and Education (ORDE) University of
> Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus
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> E-Mail Address: mailto:xxxxxx@ucdenver.edu
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