[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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