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Welcome to the 2 nd Annual iDigBio Retreat!. David Jennings iDigBio Project Manager. June 30, 2014. Agenda for today. 8:30a Gather at Austin Carey 9:00a Get started with some presentations 10:00a Break 10:15a Breakout Session 1 / Group Discussion 1 11:45a Lunch
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Welcome to the 2nd Annual iDigBio Retreat! David Jennings iDigBio Project Manager June 30, 2014
Agenda for today • 8:30a Gather at Austin Carey • 9:00a Get started with some presentations • 10:00a Break • 10:15a Breakout Session 1/ Group Discussion 1 • 11:45a Lunch • 1:00p Breakout Session 2 / Group Discussion 2 • 2:30p Break • 2:45p Breakout Session 3 / Group Discussion 3 • 4:15p Summary & wrap-up • 5:00p Adjourn • 6:00p Eat, drink, and be merry!
Where are the materials? • https://www.idigbio.org/content/idigbio-retreat-2014 • Agenda • Materials • Seed breakout topics • Maps & directions
Seed Breakout Topics • Sessions 1 & 2 • Topics for the iDigBio Summit • How do we deal with TCNs that are going to sunset? • Lessons learned regarding bringing new TCNs on board effectively and helping TCNs to communicate effectively • Organization and presentation of website content • How do we engage collections (including large collections) not part of TCNs and possibly not already digitizing? • How do we strengthen our relationships with Symbiota, VertNet, GBIF, etc.? Are we all going in the same direction together as well as we can? • Improving iDigBio’s “reaching out”; also improving communication of how iDigBio reaches out • Other? • Session 3 • Priorities for the final two years of the present iDigBio award (Years 4-5) • Priorities for the next five-year term (Years 6-10) to start the discussion for the development of the proposal to renew iDigBio