Manager Call 2018-08-01

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Feedback form update

Are we going to have a form ?

  • Yes, Seth is working on paying for Tender, yearly plan
  • Hopefully resolved by next week
  • (Chris: USC can pay if needed)

New GO-announcement repo

Done: obo-discuss, go-friends, isb

Anything else ?

  • Twitter/facebook

New GAF Submissions

Need to create a protocol for new website

Case 1: Existing organism, new group:

Plasmodium annotations

See mail thread related to https://github.com/geneontology/helpdesk/issues/143

Case 2: New Organism, new group:

Asiatic mangrove

Made own IEAs "using Canopi", http://www.aggenome.com/bioinformatics-services#

Outreach coordinator role

MGD outreach job description:

  • Helpdesk: Responsible for assisting users with questions regarding biological/scientific aspects of GO Consortium
  • Helpdesk: triage and tracks requests using the GitHub & Tender Helpdesk systems
  • Helpdesk: answer or forward user queries, as appropriate, and tracks responses.
  • Documentation: work closely with the GOC software team as new software is implemented to ensure that new users help documents are written, and existing documents updated.
  • Documentation: develop online turorials and FAQs, including pictorial step-by-step instructions, and animated videos.
  • Communication: organize training sessions at conferences and meetings and at road shows given at other institutions.
  • Documentation: responsible for developing problem sets and tutorials for training sessions, as well as tutorials for the GO website.
  • Communication: maintains the listserve system for our Email scientific community forum and technical forum, monitors email flow, responds to GO-relevant listserve postings, and updates the Lists as needed.
  • Communication: maintains the Facebook and Twitter accounts
  • Communication: reach out to outside groups/ensure groups are on calls, mailing lists, meetings, etc.

Everyone please review this list, see if we agree with the points/want to add anything, then PIs can work on assigning tasks to specific people List needs to be prioritized.

Action Item (?) for Montreal
define all roles within GO, not just outreach

Ontology Editors' Meeting

  • Geneva in December 2nd or 3rd week (push for 1st weekend from DavidH)
  • Logical definitions and design patterns
  • Troubleshooting conflicts
  • GO-Rhea-Reactome alignment-- moving forward
  • GH tickets!
  • Attendees-- DavidH, Pascale (Host), Kimberly, Harold, Karen, PeterD?(get him funded?), Chris, Ben?, Alan and Anne (for at least the Rhea part)

Discuss with PIs: Let Kimberly/Pascale know if there are barriers to having this meeting (money, etc.)

Logistics: Alternative plan = Split into two meetings, one US (North Carolina?)/one Geneva

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