9 AM US Eastern Time

Call-in Information

To join the online meeting:

Attendees

Ann Beynon

Michele Mennielli

David Wilcox

Regrets

Terrie R. Wheeler

Resources

Agenda

  1. Inactive members
  2. Ambassadors
  3. Active Sites
  4. Changing from a task force to an interest group
  5. Community engagement strategy
    1. VIVO Camps
      1. Draft VIVO Camp survey
    2. Conference strategy
      1. Proposing presentations, panels, workshops, etc.
      2. Conferences attended and to attend
      3. Event opportunities
      4. Cross-reference with Fedora conferences
    3. Joint user groups
  6. Updates on prospects

Notes

  1. Inactive members
    1. Update comments in spreadsheet for inactive members
    2. Send summary to task force members
    3. Ask DJ about contact with any inactive members
    4. Mic will look into efforts to establish a Latin American user group
  2. Ambassadors
    1. DSpace experience wasn’t successful - difficult to maintain coordination and activity

    2. Transform into national/regional user group program

      1. Set of responsibilities, organizing meetings, etc.

      2. Varies by country - smaller countries may want national groups, places like the US benefit more from regional groups

  3. Active sites
    1. Spreadsheet of active sites
  4. VIVO conference
    1. One day workshop in the US instead of a conference

    2. Scheduled adjacent to another similar conference

    3. EFS or NIH Bibliometrics Symposium

Action Items

  • David Wilcox Draft membership report indicating which prospects are likely to become members
  • David Wilcox add CfP dates to conferences on events page
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