<div dir="ltr">Dear All,<div><br></div><div style>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</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>1. Meet at a Cafe/Bar/Restaurant (possibly Saturn Cafe) in Berkeley at 6pm</div><div style>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?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>My preference (for simplicity) would probably be Sudo Room</div><div style><br></div><div style>Let me and our fellow Biohacker members know if you have a preference?</div><div style><br></div>
<div style>Please also see the agenda below compiled by Ron:</div><div style><br></div><div style><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent">1) <span style="text-decoration:underline">How to build a self-sustaining community?</span> What sorts of organization, resources, people, physical requirements would there be to get a space off the ground? </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
<span style="background-color:transparent">Who will be in the community and what are their goals? </span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><div style="background-color:transparent">
<br>How might membership work? </div><div style="font-size:12pt">What are our self sustaining budget numbers?</div><div style="font-size:12pt">How will the lease and other such legal obligations work? </div></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:12pt">
<br>How can we collaborate with biocurious and nextgen? <span style="font-size:12pt">Who can be our allies to build this momentum?</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
<span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent">Other topics related: legal, regulatory, fiscal requirements, organization, volunteers, building momentum, lab rules </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
<span style="background-color:transparent">2) <span style="text-decoration:underline">Projects</span>.</span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent">Everyone loves talking about projects. Given some idea of what the community needs, how can projects build that community?</span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
<span style="background-color:transparent">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. </span></div>
<div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
<span style="background-color:transparent">Team projects should probably be focused and supported by vote, but how can we gauge what is too ambitious for a first round? </span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
<span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">For example: </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
- open benchtop*</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">- the bioprinter project is an experience to learn from</div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
- bio Informatics support for the lab or diyBio </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">- open source bioreagent design. </div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px">
<br></div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:transparent;font-size:16px"><div style="background-color:transparent"><br>3) Appendix: Lessons learned:</div><div style="background-color:transparent">
- Biologists involved in the core of the startup process have been pretty useful.</div><div style="background-color:transparent">- getting members up to speed can take months and they need mentorship to get to a leve<span style="background-color:transparent">l of creative practice. </span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="background-color:transparent">- projects build enthusiasm as well as get people experience</span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="background-color:transparent">- classes are important</span></div>
<div style="font-size:medium;background-color:transparent">- 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). </div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent">* BTW - This is the gogofuge link I mentioned - really a niceified dremel centrifuge. </div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/" target="_blank">http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/</a></font></div></div></div></div>
<div style><br></div><div style>All the best,</div><div style>Ryan</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Ron Shigeta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rtshigeta@yahoo.com" target="_blank">rtshigeta@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><div><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
Hey everyone,</div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Really enjoyed seeing everyone in last month! </div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Since we have decided to talk more about an East Bay DIYBio space... I thought I'd suggest some structure for the meeting Friday...</div><div style="font-size:12pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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?</div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
Feel free to add or hold forth...just want to get the ball rolling. </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent">1) <span style="text-decoration:underline">How to build a self-sustaining community?</span> What sorts of organization, resources, people, physical requirements would there be to get a space off the ground? </span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent">Who will be in the community and what are their goals? </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent"><div style="background-color:transparent"><br>How might membership work? </div><div style="font-size:12pt">What are our self sustaining budget numbers?</div><div style="font-size:12pt">
How will the lease and other such legal obligations work? </div></span></div><div style="font-size:12pt;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br>How can we collaborate with biocurious and nextgen? <span style="font-size:12pt">Who can be our allies to build this momentum?</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent">Other topics related: legal, regulatory, fiscal requirements, organization, volunteers, building momentum, lab rules </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">2) <span style="text-decoration:underline">Projects</span>.</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent">Everyone loves talking about projects. Given some idea of what the community needs, how can projects build that community?</span></div>
<div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent">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. </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent">Team projects should
probably be focused and supported by vote, but how can we gauge what is too ambitious for a first round? </span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<span style="background-color:transparent"><br></span></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">For example: </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
- open benchtop*</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- the bioprinter project is an experience to learn from</div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
- bio Informatics support for the lab or diyBio </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">- open source bioreagent design. </div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
<br></div><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div style="background-color:transparent"><br>3) Appendix: Lessons learned:</div><div style="background-color:transparent">
- Biologists involved in the core
of the startup process have been pretty useful.</div><div style="background-color:transparent">- getting members up to speed can take months and they need mentorship to get to a leve<span style="background-color:transparent">l of creative practice. </span></div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="background-color:transparent">- projects build enthusiasm as well as get people experience</span></div><div style="background-color:transparent"><span style="background-color:transparent">- classes are important</span></div>
<div style="font-size:medium;background-color:transparent">- 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). </div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><br></div><div style="font-size:12pt"><div style="font-size:12pt"><br></div><div style="background-color:transparent">* BTW - This is the gogofuge link I mentioned - really a niceified dremel centrifuge. </div>
<div style="background-color:transparent"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/" target="_blank">http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/</a></font></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div style="font-style:normal;font-size:16px;background-color:transparent;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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