Executive Council
Responsibilities
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- Meet quarterly for Executive style briefing.
- Fund Executive and Business Council meetings.
- Annual donation covers travel and meeting cost associated with the Executive and Business Councils.
- Motivate and promote participation of their company representatives on the Business Council.
- Enable access to philanthropists to gain funding for the grand prize.
Business Council
Responsibilities
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- Meet on an as needed basis.
- Specifying the business model.
- Determining the payoffs (ALS CURE grand prize, possible interim prizes (ex. for BioMarkere)).
- Reviewing legal documents.
- Supporting fund-raising for fundamental research (BioMarkers), bare bone organization.
- Approve fundamental research proposals and funding.
Research Council
Responsibilities
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- Meet on an as needed basis.
- Determine measurable metrics that will be used to adjudicate the ALS Cure.
- Determine the fundamental research objectives for ALS fund-raising funding (non-philanthropic).
- Work with Biotech and Pharma company ALS drug developers to develop research goals.
- Identification of and recruiting of organizations to conduct the foundational research.
- Identification of potential BioMarkers and druggable targets.
- Prioritize fundamental research objectives and recommended allocations of funds to Business Model Council.