On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 12:48 AM, James Salsman <jsalsman(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I would love to see the Foundation support
archive.org
and
webcitation.org. I have seen dozens of community members express hopes
for Foundation monetary support of both continued survival and faster
response time for both. But I am not aware of any acknowledgement from
the Foundation other than Jimmy saying that he hoped someone would
help them apply for grants. Did anyone in the Foundation ever do that?
Yes: re Webcite, at the specific request of community members, I responded
on the [[m:Webcite]] discussion and commented on the prospects of a grant
(making clear that the Webcite operator may apply for one). A grant
application was never submitted, and it appears the immediate need has been
addressed in some other manner.
And re the Internet Archive, shortly after the recent fire at the Archive
in San Francisco, concerned community members urged us to look into whether
the Archive needed help. We did. There was no such need. It seems the
Archive is doing okay with its own revenue model and institutional
supporters.
Asaf
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