MIT DIYbio:Meetings/2009-09-19
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Saturday, September 19, 2009
3pm
W20-1
Attendance
Paul -- MIT undergrad, 2011, Course 20 (bioengineering)
Feng -- MIT post-doc (Church Lab); undergrad at Harvard (chemistry & physics), doctorate at Stanford (neuroscience)
Cory -- MIT undergrad, 2012, Course 6 (EECS), may transfer to Course 20
Notes
- Paul: would like more feedback on constitution ideas
- Feng: formalize outline into an actual document
- Paul: goes over mission statement
- Feng: we should develop sample experiments for curious people
- Feng: interested in making posters
- Feng: what is membership currently?
- Paul: 12 people on mailing list
- Paul: should we have dues?
- Feng: hold off on discussion, try to get other money
- Cory: no one would join if we had dues
- Paul: thoughts on keyholder policies?
- Feng: seems fair to restrict to MIT students/affiliates
- also consider liability concerns
- would need to see what the interest in the group is like
- Cory: easier to not worry about this yet
- Feng: seems fair to restrict to MIT students/affiliates
- Cory: do you envision this being like the Edgerton Center or Hobby Shop, and anyone who gets trained can come in and do things?
- Paul: that's a great comparison
- Feng: yeah, maybe like those groups, but with a little more student involvement/oversight
- Cory: would have to be a bit smaller
- Feng: perhaps we should require a proposal before doing projects?
- could be necessary for safety reasons anyway
- Cory: Hobby Shop is funded by its members, which goes into hiring administrative people
- our model would probably deviate from this
- crazy idea -- local biotech companies as sponsors?
- Paul: I'll look more into Edgerton/Hobby Shop models
- Feng: would we have to limit the size of the group?
- Paul: no idea; would prefer not to; would depend on constraints of EHS
- Paul: what do you think about the proposed executive board structure?
- Feng: might make sense to require the four officers to be students
- definitely keep members-at-large as position for anyone willing to serve as an advisor
- Feng: might make sense to require the four officers to be students
- Cory: random idea -- any space in the new Koch cancer building?
- Paul: ASA application deadline soon (two weeks!)
- discussion of supplies/space requirements [below]
- have next meeting in classroom (larger, whiteboard, easier to find)
List of supplies
- flasks, beakers (glassware)
- dishes
- gloves
- tips
- goggles
- pipettes
- hot plates
- tubes
- waste containers (from EHS)
- shaker
Space requirements
- sink
- gas lines
- incubator access (ask politely from nearby labs?)