10 AM US Eastern Time

Call-in Information

Please see calendar invite for the Zoom link.

Attendees

David Wilcox

Michele Mennielli

Julia Trimmer

Ann Beynon 

Jenn Bielewski 

Bruce Herbert 

Regrets

Terrie R. Wheeler

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
• Active VIVO Sites: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1r39-DnShVEVA8Rlsl0CFcB6jYDhs-27hyVrlzovCXAo

Agenda

1. Announcements
2. VIVO in a box town hall
   1. Debrief, next steps
   2. Should we do a webinar version?
3. Welcome meeting for new members
   1. University of Lausanne (Bronze)
   2. Saxon State and University Library Dresden (Supporter)
4. User group meetings
   1. Scheduling the next user group meetings
5. Review new VIVO registered sites since last meeting
   1. Welcome package for new registered users
6. Review list of active VIVO sites
   1. Progress update on investigating potentially inactive sites

Notes

1. VIVO in a box town hall
   1. Very successful event
   2. Live translation into Spanish
   3. Interest in network of collaborating agricultural research
   4. Do we have anything on the wiki for VIAB?
      1. Probably not, but this would be helpful
   5. Bruce will do a webinar version of this presentation in September
2. VIVO website
   1. Can we add some news items, flyers, etc. about VIAB
3. Welcome meeting for new members
   1. This will be held in September
4. Community engagement activities
   1. We held 4 community events this year, which directly resulted in 4 new members, a 40% increase
   2. Need to continue engaging directly with the community
5. Annual report
   1. Julia is working on this with the marketing group
6. North American user group meeting
   1. Tentatively scheduled for Oct 26-27
   2. First day presentations, next day workshop
7. Spanish speaking user group meeting
   1. Anna is on holiday until late August, will start planning when she returns

Action Items

• David Wilcox talk to Brian Lowe about VIVO trainings and improving the documentation
• David Wilcox Create a conference recommendations doc in the shared folder
• David Wilcox Work on press release for new member