Hello all,

 

JULY DATES, LEIPZIG

Gregory just confirmed the dates for the meeting, so we all are happy to have the meeting from 9 July 12:00 SAT till 11 July 17:00 MON in Leipzig.

 

VENUE, HOTELS

I am looking for the meeting rooms and suitable hotel options. Melodie, Quentin, please let me know where are you staying, if you know already.

One option that we will use the GEO BON conference hotels http://conf2016.geobon.org/information/accomodation/. This is not set yet.

 

PLANE TICKETS, FORM

You can now send your travel authorization forms to GBIF as described at http://links.gbif.org/travel_guidelines.pdf , note that your travel will be approved as soon as we have the meeting venue booked and the range of hotels identified. Note that you need to have your form approved before you buy the plane ticket, the original travel dates are 8 July to and 12 July from. Coming in the morning of 9 July and leaving late on 11th is also possible.

 

PREVIOUS SKYPE CALL

I have now tidied up the minutes a bit, please have a look and correct / expand where needed. This is just a summary of the Skype call, aiming to preserve the good ideas and discussion bits for the report. Apologies for

 

ACTION POINTS

Here are the action points as for today, updated with links from Melodies and from me:

 

1.    Add your Title, Name, Affiliation, Photo 1 paragraph biography for the GBIF news here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PfD4bXdnqeFUWKpwShVESujRAI7YVr8nV-pnSlgkYJs/edit

2.    List min 10 top contacts in the google table: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Byyg7vYAqPoWCdkI_wU6PLsycQw6nq4J4ZSx303y6F8/edit#gid=0.

3.    Comment and expand the draft report and strategy on information harvesting, set a running list of key points and key ideas.: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PEvOpbkNJq-ISpd63fkhEOB_o_wqLJBs5edaAfMxC4o/edit

4.    Explore GBIF.org by using a set of dummy questions, save the questions you have and the experiences of answering them

5.    DS will update Gregory

  1. Next Skype call to schedule - at the Washington DC -friendly time. Feel free to send me you suggestions for the Skype call  - 11 May was mentioned, I would actually prefer 17, 18 or 19 May (on leave on 4-14 May in Moscow, planning to meet with Varos & colleagues).

Dmitry