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'''Audiobridge Phone No.: 617-452-5190'''
'''Audiobridge Phone No.: 617-452-5190'''


To participate in the meeting, call the above number a little before 12pm EST.  You should be connected in to the conference call. Apologies that this requires you to call in, but this is how the audiobridge system works at MIT.
To participate in the meeting, call the above number a little before 12pm EDT.  You should be connected in to the conference call. Apologies that this requires you to call in, but this is how the audiobridge system works at MIT.


==Agenda/Notes==
==Agenda/Post-meeting notes in bold==


*'''Software Development''': [[Alex Mallet]]
*'''Software Development''': [[Alex Mallet]]
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*'''Education Coordinator''': [[Reshma Shetty]]
*'''Education Coordinator''': [[Reshma Shetty]]
*'''Lab highlights''': [[John Cumbers]]
*'''Lab highlights''': [[John Cumbers]]
**Video on the front page? -- awesome video by the way.
**Video on the front page? -- awesome video by the way. '''Video on front page approved, action item below.'''
*'''Funding''':
*'''Funding''':
**[[OpenWetWare:Steering committee/NSF BDI Grant|NSF Grant Finished - thanks everyone!]] - [[Jason Kelly]]
**[[OpenWetWare:Steering committee/NSF BDI Grant|NSF Grant Finished - thanks everyone!]] - [[Jason Kelly]]
**Non-profit status, a good idea? [[Sriram Kosuri]]
**Non-profit status, a good idea? [[Sriram Kosuri]] '''Not at the moment, would like to remain under MIT's umbrella.'''
**iCampus further funding request for establishing formal decision making / SC org /etc by Dec 31 - [[Jason Kelly]],[[Jeff Gritton]]
**iCampus further funding request for establishing formal decision making / SC org /etc by Dec 31 - [[Jason Kelly]],[[Jeff Gritton]] '''[[Jason Kelly|Jason]] looking into who would help us with this, and we will be discussing it at the retreat.'''
**NPG offer, long term plans, etc (see Retreat Planning below) [[Drew Endy]]
**NPG offer, long term plans, etc (see Retreat Planning below) [[Drew Endy]] '''Holding on NPG until after the retreat.'''


*'''Other''':  
*'''Other''':  
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==Action List! ;)==
==Action List! ;)==
''Don't have my notes with me unfortunately, so please add if I missed something.''
''Don't have my notes with me unfortunately, so please add if I missed something.''
#Comment on the [[OpenWetWare steering committee/SC retreat|retreat agenda]].  
#Comment on the [[OpenWetWare steering committee/SC retreat|retreat agenda]]. (EVERYONE)
#Put the video (or picture link to video) on the Main Page, but make sure video works with IE. [[John Cumbers]]
#Put the video (or picture link to video) on the Main Page, but make sure video works with IE. ([[John Cumbers]])
#Look into who we would hire/ask to help us put in place [[OpenWetWare steering committee/SC retreat|formal decision making processes and organizational structure.]] [[Jason Kelly]]
#Look into who we would hire/ask to help us put in place [[OpenWetWare steering committee/SC retreat|formal decision making processes and organizational structure.]] ([[Jason Kelly]])
#Put a page listing all the suggested categories up on the protocols page. [[Jenny Nguyen]]
#Put a page listing all the suggested categories up on the protocols page. ([[Jenny Nguyen]])
 
#Write [[Jennyn lab page activate|letter to labs with empty homepages]] ([[Jenny Nguyen]])


==Discussions==
==Discussions==
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*'''[[OpenWetWare:Community development/Article or editorial in a journal]]'''
*'''[[OpenWetWare:Community development/Article or editorial in a journal]]'''
**Should we write up and submit an article to a journal to expose OWW to more scientists? and push the agenda of sharing scientific information more broadly on the web?
**Should we write up and submit an article to a journal to expose OWW to more scientists? and push the agenda of sharing scientific information more broadly on the web?
*'''[[OpenWetWare:Community development/Removing Inactive Sites]]'''
*'''[[Jennyn lab page activate|Letter to labs with empty homepages]]'''
**Plan to move inactive sites from the main page
**Draft of letter for moving empty sites from the main page
*'''[[OpenWetWare:Community development/New user experience]]'''
*'''[[OpenWetWare:Community development/New user experience]]'''
**What should the new user experience look like?  Should we have a “welcoming committee”?
**What should the new user experience look like?  Should we have a “welcoming committee”?

Revision as of 14:34, 14 July 2006

Time/Location

  • Time : 12-1pm EST, 7/13/06
  • Room : 32-262 (Stata center)

To Conference Call:

Audiobridge Phone No.: 617-452-5190

To participate in the meeting, call the above number a little before 12pm EDT. You should be connected in to the conference call. Apologies that this requires you to call in, but this is how the audiobridge system works at MIT.

Agenda/Post-meeting notes in bold

Action List! ;)

Don't have my notes with me unfortunately, so please add if I missed something.

  1. Comment on the retreat agenda. (EVERYONE)
  2. Put the video (or picture link to video) on the Main Page, but make sure video works with IE. (John Cumbers)
  3. Look into who we would hire/ask to help us put in place formal decision making processes and organizational structure. (Jason Kelly)
  4. Put a page listing all the suggested categories up on the protocols page. (Jenny Nguyen)
  5. Write letter to labs with empty homepages (Jenny Nguyen)

Discussions

These are discussion topics brought up during the last meeting, that will be continued on the wiki. Each heading links to a discussion on the topic. Will update after this meeting with new dicussions / remove completed discussions.