[sudo-announce] East Bay DIYBio next meeting possible topics of discussion...

Fri Feb 22 11:06:05 PST 2013

Good point thanks Michael!

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Michael Scroggins <
michaeljscroggins at gmail.com> wrote:

> We can grab one of the side rooms if the hacker social hour gets to loud.
> I think there is also a move showing tonight in the main room...
>
> Michael
>
> Ryan Bethencourt wrote:
>
> Okay great, let's say 6.30pm to start just to give everyone enough time to
> arrive, I'll probably be around from 6pm onwards.
>
>
> So just a quick reminder
>
> *East Bay DIY BIO meeting TODAY starts at 6.30pm* but I'll be around a
> little earlier at 6pm (probably talking with Marc about the Open source
> desktop biotech lab and doing inventory)
>
> *Agenda*
> PLEASE FIND THE EDITABLE AGENDA ATTACHED FOR THE MEETING BELOW FOR OUR
> MEETING TODAY:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LHZdD9XVasdFDvGL2kyyMVyxZ_w8rXLuu7bw5nWIL3k/edit?usp=sharing
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Stefan Hristu <romanian at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I will not be able to make this.
>>
>> Stefan
>> On Feb 21, 2013 11:14 PM, "Ron Shigeta" <rtshigeta at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> either works for me... will be about 6:30 p.m. tho
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>> *From:* Ryan Bethencourt <ryan.bethencourt at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Ron Shigeta <rtshigeta at yahoo.com>
>>> *Cc:* East DIYbio <east-bay-diybio at googlegroups.com>; Carl Crott <
>>> carlcrott at gmail.com>; John Schloendorn <zauberkugel at gmail.com>;
>>> sudo-discuss <sudo-discuss at lists.sudoroom.org>
>>> *Sent:* Thursday, February 21, 2013 1:24 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: East Bay DIYBio next meeting possible topics of
>>> discussion...
>>>
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>> 1. Meet at a Cafe/Bar/Restaurant (possibly Saturn Cafe) in Berkeley at
>>> 6pm
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> My preference (for simplicity) would probably be Sudo Room
>>>
>>> Let me and our fellow Biohacker members know if you have a preference?
>>>
>>> Please also see the agenda below compiled by Ron:
>>>
>>> 1) How to build a self-sustaining community? What sorts of
>>> organization, resources, people, physical requirements would there be to
>>> get a space off the ground?
>>>
>>> Who will be in the community and what are their goals?
>>>
>>> How might membership work?
>>> What are our self sustaining budget numbers?
>>> How will the lease and other such legal obligations work?
>>>
>>> How can we collaborate with biocurious and nextgen? Who can be our
>>> allies to build this momentum?
>>>
>>> Other topics related: legal, regulatory, fiscal requirements,
>>> organization, volunteers, building momentum, lab rules
>>>
>>> 2) Projects.
>>> Everyone loves talking about projects.  Given some idea of what the
>>> community needs, how can projects build that community?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Team projects should probably be focused and supported by vote, but how
>>> can we gauge what is too ambitious for a first round?
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> - open benchtop*
>>> - the bioprinter project is an experience to learn from
>>> - bio Informatics support for the lab or diyBio
>>> - open source bioreagent design.
>>>
>>>
>>> 3) Appendix: Lessons learned:
>>> - Biologists involved in the core of the startup process have been
>>> pretty useful.
>>> - getting members up to speed can take months and they need mentorship
>>> to get to a level of creative practice.
>>> - projects build enthusiasm as well as get people experience
>>> - classes are important
>>> - 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).
>>>
>>>
>>> * BTW - This is the gogofuge link I mentioned - really a niceified
>>> dremel centrifuge.
>>> http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Ryan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 9:09 AM, Ron Shigeta <rtshigeta at yahoo.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>  Hey everyone,
>>>
>>> Really enjoyed seeing everyone in last month!
>>>
>>> Since we have decided to talk more about an East Bay DIYBio space... I
>>> thought I'd suggest some structure for the meeting Friday...
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> Feel free to add or hold forth...just want to get the ball rolling.
>>>
>>> 1) How to build a self-sustaining community? What sorts of
>>> organization, resources, people, physical requirements would there be to
>>> get a space off the ground?
>>>
>>> Who will be in the community and what are their goals?
>>>
>>> How might membership work?
>>> What are our self sustaining budget numbers?
>>> How will the lease and other such legal obligations work?
>>>
>>> How can we collaborate with biocurious and nextgen? Who can be our
>>> allies to build this momentum?
>>>
>>> Other topics related: legal, regulatory, fiscal requirements,
>>> organization, volunteers, building momentum, lab rules
>>>
>>> 2) Projects.
>>> Everyone loves talking about projects.  Given some idea of what the
>>> community needs, how can projects build that community?
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Team projects should probably be focused and supported by vote, but how
>>> can we gauge what is too ambitious for a first round?
>>>
>>> For example:
>>> - open benchtop*
>>> - the bioprinter project is an experience to learn from
>>> - bio Informatics support for the lab or diyBio
>>> - open source bioreagent design.
>>>
>>>
>>> 3) Appendix: Lessons learned:
>>> - Biologists involved in the core of the startup process have been
>>> pretty useful.
>>> - getting members up to speed can take months and they need mentorship
>>> to get to a level of creative practice.
>>> - projects build enthusiasm as well as get people experience
>>> - classes are important
>>> - 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).
>>>
>>>
>>> * BTW - This is the gogofuge link I mentioned - really a niceified
>>> dremel centrifuge.
>>> http://diybio.org/2012/06/12/gogofuge/
>>>
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