VIVO Management Team and Working Groups
Management Team
The Management Team, an extension to the DuraSpace model, is led by the full-time Project Director funded by the project and employed by DuraSpace. This Team includes Working Group leaders and the principal VIVO-funded project positions. DuraSpace staff members participate as needed to address issues including development, ontology, fundraising, engagement, and communications.
The Management Team provides ongoing operational project management complementing the task-oriented activities of the VIVO Working Groups. The team supervises the work of in-kind and paid technical, outreach, and administrative staff doing VIVO-related work.
The Management Team meets biweekly, via webex (click here to access to these meetings) .
The Management Team operates by consensus following Apache Foundation conventions (http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html). Any significant disagreements among Management Team members are referred to the Steering Group (mgmt@vivoweb.org)
Working Groups
Working Groups operate under the oversight and direction of the VIVO Steering Group, and are advised by the VIVO Community at large. The working groups provide regular reports to the VIVO Steering Group on activities, issues, opportunities, plans, and resource needs. The leaders of the Working Group are members of the VIVO Management Team, which also includes the VIVO Project Director and DuraSpace Colleagues (as needed). Anyone, even if you are not a VIVO Member, is invited and encouraged to participate in the VIVO Working Groups.
The VIVO Working Groups:
Plan events;
Manage development tasks;
Coordinate with other projects, tool developers, and partners;
- Engage with other projects and experts on key issues and opportunities for the VIVO community.
Current VIVO Working Groups and Leaders, Meeting Schedules and Dial In Instructions
- Applications and Tools Working Group - Chris Barnes, University of Florida, Chair, Ted Lawless, Brown University, Co-Chair. Meetings are held monthly on Tuesdays at 1:00 p.m. ET. A schedule of upcoming meetings can be found by referring to the Calendar on VIVOweb.org. Click here to access these meetings. Meeting phone: (213) 493-0014. Anyone is invited and encouraged to participate.
Implementation/Development Joint Working Group - Jon Corson-Rikert, Cornell University, Chair, and Jim Blake, Cornell University, Co-Chair. Meetings are held weekly on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. ET. A schedule of upcoming meetings can be found by referring to the Calendar on VIVOweb.org . Click here to access these meetings. If requested, enter your name and email address and click "Join". Meeting phone: 1-855-244-8681 (Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada), or 1-650-479-3207 (Call-in toll number (US/Canada). Enter the access code: 641 825 891 #. Enter your Attendee ID: 8173 #. Anyone is invited and encouraged to participate.
VIVO-ISF (Integrated Semantic Framework) Ontology Working Group - Dr. Melissa Haendel, Oregon Health & Science University, Chair. Meetings are held monthly on Thursdays at 12:00 p.m. ET. A schedule of upcoming meetings can be found by referring to the Calendar on VIVOweb.org. Click here to access these meetings. To call in to the meeting: 1-855-244-8681 (Call-in toll-free number (US/Canada), or 1-650-479-3207 (Call-in toll number (US/Canada). Enter the access code: 647 884 014 #. Global call-in numbers may be found here. Toll-free dialing restrictions may be found here. Anyone is invited and encouraged to participate.
Outreach and Engagement Working Group - Dr. Kristi Holmes, Northwestern University, Chair, Julia Trimmer, Duke University, Co-Chair. Meetings are held on an as needed basis. The Outreach and Engagement Working Group ensures that the VIVO Community and prospective partners and other stakeholders know about VIVO efforts and provides visibility for VIVO goals, activities, and achievements. Anyone is invited and encouraged to participate.
