[sudo-announce] East Bay DIYBio next meeting possible topics of discussion...
Michael Scroggins
michaeljscroggins at gmail.com
Fri Feb 22 10:35:30 PST 2013
We can grab one of the side rooms if the hacker social hour gets to
loud. I think there is also a move showing tonight in the main room...
Michael
Ryan Bethencourt wrote:
> Okay great, let's say 6.30pm to start just to give everyone enough
> time to arrive, I'll probably be around from 6pm onwards.
>
>
> So just a quick reminder
>
> *East Bay DIY BIO meeting TODAY starts at 6.30pm* but I'll be around a
> little earlier at 6pm (probably talking with Marc about the Open
> source desktop biotech lab and doing inventory)
>
> *Agenda*
> PLEASE FIND THE EDITABLE AGENDA ATTACHED FOR THE MEETING BELOW FOR OUR
> MEETING TODAY:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LHZdD9XVasdFDvGL2kyyMVyxZ_w8rXLuu7bw5nWIL3k/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Stefan Hristu <romanian at gmail.com
> <mailto:romanian at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I will not be able to make this.
>
> Stefan
>
> On Feb 21, 2013 11:14 PM, "Ron Shigeta" <rtshigeta at yahoo.com
> <mailto:rtshigeta at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> either works for me... will be about 6:30 p.m. tho
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Ryan Bethencourt <ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com
> <mailto:ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com>>
> *To:* Ron Shigeta <rtshigeta at yahoo.com
> <mailto:rtshigeta at yahoo.com>>
> *Cc:* East DIYbio <east-bay-diybio at googlegroups.com
> <mailto:east-bay-diybio at googlegroups.com>>; Carl Crott
> <carlcrott at gmail.com <mailto:carlcrott at gmail.com>>; John
> Schloendorn <zauberkugel at gmail.com
> <mailto:zauberkugel at gmail.com>>; sudo-discuss
> <sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org
> <mailto:sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org>>
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:24 PM
> *Subject:* Re: East Bay DIYBio next meeting possible topics of
> discussion...
>
> Dear All,
>
> I just wanted to confirm that we are indeed still meeting this
> Friday at 6pm if that still works for everyone. At the moment
> I'm still trying to get us access to the Berkeley space that
> we discussed before for the possible East Bay DIY Bio hacker
> space but no word yet. So we have a choice
>
> 1. Meet at a Cafe/Bar/Restaurant (possibly Saturn Cafe) in
> Berkeley at 6pm
> 2. Alternatively, we could meet back at Sudo room at 6pm just
> before the hacker happy hour and talk for a while as people
> arrive until about 7/7.30pm?
>
> My preference (for simplicity) would probably be Sudo Room
>
> Let me and our fellow Biohacker members know if you have a
> preference?
>
> Please also see the agenda below compiled by Ron:
>
> 1) How to build a self-sustaining community? What sorts of
> organization, resources, people, physical requirements would
> there be to get a space off the ground?
>
> Who will be in the community and what are their goals?
>
> How might membership work?
> What are our self sustaining budget numbers?
> How will the lease and other such legal obligations work?
>
> How can we collaborate with biocurious and nextgen? Who can be
> our allies to build this momentum?
>
> Other topics related: legal, regulatory, fiscal requirements,
> organization, volunteers, building momentum, lab rules
>
> 2) Projects.
> Everyone loves talking about projects. Given some idea of
> what the community needs, how can projects build that community?
>
> Because it takes at least 6 months of focused experience to
> get up to speed in actual biological hacking, team projects
> will probably be the mainstay of the lab for a while.
>
> Team projects should probably be focused and supported by
> vote, but how can we gauge what is too ambitious for a first
> round?
>
> For example:
> - open benchtop*
> - the bioprinter project is an experience to learn from
> - bio Informatics support for the lab or diyBio
> - open source bioreagent design.
>
>
> 3) Appendix: Lessons learned:
> - Biologists involved in the core of the startup process have
> been pretty useful.
> - getting members up to speed can take months and they need
> mentorship to get to a level of creative practice.
> - projects build enthusiasm as well as get people experience
> - classes are important
> - the community is made of people all of whom are needed to
> build the community successfully (e.g. members, volunteers,
> class attendees, board members (or something like board
> members anyway).
>
>
> * BTW - This is the gogofuge link I mentioned - really a
> niceified dremel centrifuge.
> http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/
>
> All the best,
> Ryan
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Ron Shigeta
> <rtshigeta at yahoo.com <mailto:rtshigeta at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
> Hey everyone,
>
> Really enjoyed seeing everyone in last month!
>
> Since we have decided to talk more about an East Bay
> DIYBio space... I thought I'd suggest some structure for
> the meeting Friday...
>
> If Ryan can swing it, walking through the space and taking
> it in will help establish the agenda more firmly, but in
> the interests of having a focused discussion I wanted to
> send out an agenda proposal - please lets change it, but
> have something like an agenda for the meet this month?
>
> Feel free to add or hold forth...just want to get the ball
> rolling.
>
> 1) How to build a self-sustaining community? What sorts of
> organization, resources, people, physical requirements
> would there be to get a space off the ground?
>
> Who will be in the community and what are their goals?
>
> How might membership work?
> What are our self sustaining budget numbers?
> How will the lease and other such legal obligations work?
>
> How can we collaborate with biocurious and nextgen? Who
> can be our allies to build this momentum?
>
> Other topics related: legal, regulatory, fiscal
> requirements, organization, volunteers, building momentum,
> lab rules
>
> 2) Projects.
> Everyone loves talking about projects. Given some idea of
> what the community needs, how can projects build that
> community?
>
> Because it takes at least 6 months of focused experience
> to get up to speed in actual biological hacking, team
> projects will probably be the mainstay of the lab for a
> while.
>
> Team projects should probably be focused and supported by
> vote, but how can we gauge what is too ambitious for a
> first round?
>
> For example:
> - open benchtop*
> - the bioprinter project is an experience to learn from
> - bio Informatics support for the lab or diyBio
> - open source bioreagent design.
>
>
> 3) Appendix: Lessons learned:
> - Biologists involved in the core of the startup process
> have been pretty useful.
> - getting members up to speed can take months and they
> need mentorship to get to a level of creative practice.
> - projects build enthusiasm as well as get people experience
> - classes are important
> - the community is made of people all of whom are needed
> to build the community successfully (e.g. members,
> volunteers, class attendees, board members (or something
> like board members anyway).
>
>
> * BTW - This is the gogofuge link I mentioned - really a
> niceified dremel centrifuge.
> http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/
>
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