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Meeting Location: Bio21 Level 1 Conference Room, Meeting Outside at specified time.
Meeting Location: Bio21 Level 1 Conference Room, Meeting Outside at specified time.


Meeting Logistics: someone buy lollies, borrow project again. If you can come earlier (@530pm to help setup that would be much appreciated.
Meeting Logistics: someone buy lollies, borrow projector again. If you can come earlier (@530pm to help setup that would be much appreciated.


Present: insertnamehere
Present: insertnamehere
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'''Administrative'''
'''Administrative'''
*primary contact (for iGEM)?
*primary contact (for iGEM)?
**hand over melbigem account
*put timetables on wiki (zoho)
**hand over melbigem account (get credit card info, and change plan - di?)
**responsible for communication w/ david
*igem administrative person
*igem administrative person
**in charge of tickets/hotels/deadlines/payments... have this as one person?
**in charge of tickets/hotels/deadlines/payments... have this as one person?
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hindsight is definitively 20/20
hindsight is definitively 20/20
*if we take this seriously, need to implement project management methodologies
*if we take this seriously, need to implement project management methodologies
*need to define project phases / gates
*need to define project phases / gates
** initiation/preparation - includes learning about synbio and brainstorming
** PHASE 1 - scope/plane - includes learning about synbio and brainstorming
** design/blueprint -  
*** GATE 1 - exit scope/plan - shortlist, rank, select ideas, include contingency
*need to implement project management processes
** PHASE 2 - design/blueprint - research and design selected ideas, determine resources required (can we get the DNA?)
*** GATE 2 -  design document, design walkthrough (build plan), critical path
** PHASE 3 - build - lab work/modeling ...
*** GATE 3 - go live (Jamboree 2008), send Dna, finish wiki, poster/presentation, jamboree etc.. (flyers)
** PHASE 4 - closure - recruitment and selection of next years team, secure funding/supervisor involvement
*** GATE 4 - next year's team is integrated into bio21, working, and on their way to iGEM 2009!
 
*do you want this or just short-term planning/action lists ???... (we did that)(does this need a planning responsible)
*we couldn't plan ahead ... just reacted to problems ...
 
 
*need to implement project management processes/methodologies/standards
**objectives
**setup weekly meetings - manage by exception
**setup weekly meetings - manage by exception
**agendas/minutes
**role definition - lab/modeling responsible hard at this stage, but can do wiki and admin responsible
**team expectations
***participation (what do we expect of each other)
***communication (problems, small - ie. experiment didn't work, big - can't do iGEM anymore...)
***wiki-updating





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Team Meeting 2.0

Link to Meeting 2 Minutes

Meeting Date: 21 December, 2008 (6pm)

Meeting Location: Bio21 Level 1 Conference Room, Meeting Outside at specified time.

Meeting Logistics: someone buy lollies, borrow projector again. If you can come earlier (@530pm to help setup that would be much appreciated.

Present: insertnamehere

Absent: insertnamehere


Current Time ~ 2.0 hours

Meeting Primer

  • minutes taker
  • time keeper


Action from last Meeting

  • Access Cards
  • OpenWetWare - wiki
  • internet handover (di)
  • iGEM primer (everyone) - do we want this?


Administrative

  • primary contact (for iGEM)?
  • put timetables on wiki (zoho)
    • hand over melbigem account (get credit card info, and change plan - di?)
    • responsible for communication w/ david
  • igem administrative person
    • in charge of tickets/hotels/deadlines/payments... have this as one person?
    • need to have team name
    • need to have team logo
    • need to have team t-shirt
    • need to have team mascot ... just kidding
    • organise these early!!! and outsource some of the tasks to skilled friends


items from SBS meeting!

  • where were you all (besides simon, who had a xmas party to go to?) :P
  • standard assembly (shiny) - explain part,prefix,suffix,restriction enzyme(sticky ends),ligate etc)
  • toggle switch(haozhen)
  • repressilator(di)
  • eth zurich(louis) - equations/modeling


are we daunted by the task? / learnings from last year

hindsight is definitively 20/20

  • if we take this seriously, need to implement project management methodologies
  • need to define project phases / gates
    • PHASE 1 - scope/plane - includes learning about synbio and brainstorming
      • GATE 1 - exit scope/plan - shortlist, rank, select ideas, include contingency
    • PHASE 2 - design/blueprint - research and design selected ideas, determine resources required (can we get the DNA?)
      • GATE 2 - design document, design walkthrough (build plan), critical path
    • PHASE 3 - build - lab work/modeling ...
      • GATE 3 - go live (Jamboree 2008), send Dna, finish wiki, poster/presentation, jamboree etc.. (flyers)
    • PHASE 4 - closure - recruitment and selection of next years team, secure funding/supervisor involvement
      • GATE 4 - next year's team is integrated into bio21, working, and on their way to iGEM 2009!
  • do you want this or just short-term planning/action lists ???... (we did that)(does this need a planning responsible)
  • we couldn't plan ahead ... just reacted to problems ...


  • need to implement project management processes/methodologies/standards
    • objectives
    • setup weekly meetings - manage by exception
    • agendas/minutes
    • role definition - lab/modeling responsible hard at this stage, but can do wiki and admin responsible
    • team expectations
      • participation (what do we expect of each other)
      • communication (problems, small - ie. experiment didn't work, big - can't do iGEM anymore...)
      • wiki-updating



Brainstorming/Research

  • ideas posted so far ... can we take these further.
  • other ideas


Finalise Action Points

  • insert here

Next Meeting Time

  • insert here