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Roadmap Process. We are entering week three of the public discussion of roadmap items. I'll be on the Implementation and Development call this Thursday at 1 PM US Eastern to participate in the discussion, and answer any questions you may have about the process. See Weekly Implementation and Development Calls for call details. All are welcome to attend.
Outreach and Engagement Work Group calls starting. The Outreach and Engagement workgroup, co-chaired by Julia Trimmer of Duke and Kristi Holmes of Northwestern, will be restarting its regular call series beginning Tuesday, July 21 at 1 PM Eastern. See Outreach and Engagement Working Interest Group for call details. All are welcome.
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- A new task force is forming. VIVO in a Networked Research EcoSystem (NetRES), led by Jing Wang will consider approaches to data redundancy, including cross-linking VIVOs. Results will be presented at a panel discussion at the VIVO Conference. If you are interested in participating, please contact Jing Wang.
- The Asset Inventory and Recommendations Task Force will have draft recommendations for community review shortly. Thanks to all who helped review the asset inventory and those who contributed suggested recommendations. VIVO has accumulated a large collection of materials. The task force will recommend ways for VIVO to slim down and organize its assets.
- The VIVO Contributed Software Task Force is also finalizing recommendations. The group has reviewed methods for including contributed software in VIVO releases.
- The VIVO Implementation Documentation Task Force is developing a high level project plan view of a VIVO implementation that includes project management, data management, outreach and engagement, and technical development. The high level view will provide structure to for materials supporting each activity. In addition, the group has significantly improved the VIVO Glossary. Check it out!
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Nominations for Steering Group. Another way to help the VIVO community is by serving as a Steering Group member. Five additional members will be elected to the Steering Group this summer. We have begun to receive nominations. Elections will be held the week of July 20. If you know someone who you feel would make a great addition to the Steering Group, please nominate them by dropping a note to Mike Conlon. The current Steering Group is Dean B. Krafft, Robert H. McDonald, Melissa Haendel, Jon Corson-Rikert, Kristi Holmes, and Paul Albert. Please consider who might join them.
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