OpenWetWare:Steering committee/Meeting - October 2007

SC Reports

Brief reports on the month's activity should be written by each chair 2 days before the SC meeting. At the meeting each chair will bring up any open issues that require discussion, but won't need to recount everything described below.

Coordinator

• Nature wikiReviews -- they are just going to try out one review, I think it's going to go nowhere unless they make a more serious effort. I offered to have them periodically publish reviews that live on OWW in the meantime: we would serve as a sort of buffer (in that we're OK with non-peer reviewed content) and also would provide a support base for wiki-editing / scientists who are already familiar with it. Will let you know if anything comes of it. In the meantime, if anyone is interested in following up with another publisher about this, I suspect there would be some takers.

News and highlights

• MIT course 20.109 is highlighted this month, and I hope to do a highlight on PHYC500 in November. For now, there is a link to the OWW blog portal as a news item. I also am unable to make the SC meeting this month.

Outreach

• I will fill in stats on the user survey progress on Wed night. Unfortunately, I'll be unable to make the meeting. Julius B. Lucks 10:09, 2 October 2007 (EDT)

Board

• We've launched a search for a managing director -- see OpenWetWare:Hiring.
• We're writing a community page for PLoS Biology. Comments welcome. We hope to submit by Oct 15.