3 PM US Eastern Time

Call-in Information

To join the online meeting:

• Go to: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/my/vivo1
• One tap mobile:
  • US: +16699006833,,9358074182# or +19292056099,,9358074182#
• Or Telephone:
  • US: +1 669 900 6833 or +1 929 205 6099 or 877 853 5257
  • Meeting ID: 935 807 4182
• International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/aeANHanzED

Attendees

Ann Beynon

Terrie R. Wheeler

Virginia (Ginny) Pannabecker

Michele Mennielli

Mike Conlon

Dong Joon (DJ) Lee

David Wilcox

Resources

• Shared folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1bruWU6ogsDf77S0M8H6rCpHQK5Fd0THw
• Prospect tracking is here:  http://bit.ly/2KmUIxF
• Current members are here:  http://vivoweb.org/community/membership
• Current Sites are here:  https://duraspace.org/registry/?gv_search=&filter_10=VIVO

Agenda

1. Reseting the purpose and goals for this group
   1. Should the focus be purely tactical, or should we also work on membership strategy?
   2. What about community engagement? Should this group work on organizing user group meetings, workshops, etc.?
2. Who is in this group
   1. Who are the full members? Are there others we should invite for specific meetings/initiatives?
3. Updates on prospects

Notes

• Task forces and groups
  • New groups suggested in Montenegro
  • This group should include both membership and community engagement, strategy
• Membership as a standing item in LG meetings
  • Raising awareness about members and revenue
• Community engagement
  • German user group coming up soon
  • Work with Christian to develop and engagement strategy
    • Invite to specific calls related to this
  • Mic working on organizing an event in Spain with SIGMA
  • Future VIVO camps
    • Nothing on the calendar yet
• Prospects
  • New sites from registry added to prospect spreadsheet
  • Task force members to add names beside prospects where they know anyone
• Next meeting agenda
  • More of a strategic focus
  • Identify areas of activities to focus on (camps, user groups, etc.)
    • Who organizes camps, where are they, what are the criteria, etc.
  • Conference proposals, workshops, webinars, etc.
  • Should we pursue joint users groups?

Action Items

• David Wilcox Draft membership report indicating which prospects are likely to become members
• Ann Beynon send message to VIVO leaders with link to last LG meeting agenda and pitch to join this group (instead of this, we discussed it in the August LG meeting)
• David Wilcox poll the group to see if there is a better time for this meeting
• David Wilcox reach out to Christian about meeting on engagement re: German user group
• Ann Beynon contact Communication task force about following up with conference attendees about membership