Re: [Treebase-devel] ABI proposal for phyloinformatics

[Arlin S. <ar...@um...>]

Today is the deadline for our 1-page synopsis to pitch to an NSF  
program officer (before going further).   Currently we seem to have 3  
pitches.  It is time now for some energetic person to consolidate  
this, so that we can move ahead.

Arlin

On May 31, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Karen Cranston wrote:

> Tomorrow morning (Wed, June 1) looks to be good for everyone, and
> sooner seems better than later. I propose we talk at 9:00 am EST. I
> will send connection information later today.
>
> Cheers,
> Karen
>
> On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Karen Cranston
> <kar...@ne...> wrote:
>> There has been some interest among various groups in an ABI proposal
>> for development of phyloinformatics resources. This email is an
>> attempt to connect those threads and move the process forward. The
>> conversations that have been happening up to this point are:
>>
>> 1. The Phyloinformatics Research Foundation (phylofoundation.org,
>> stewards of TreeBASE and ToLWeb) started a Google doc aimed at
>> TreeBASE
>> 2. MIAPA developers started a wiki page
>> (https://www.nescent.org/sites/evoio/NSF_ABI_2011), recognizing the
>> need for coordination with TreeBASE and other resources
>> 3. NESCent (Todd, Hilmar and myself), as the current TreeBASE host  
>> and
>> as a third party interested in coordinated development across
>> resources started a third document (now added to the already  
>> mentioned
>> Google doc)
>>
>> If you are interested in this discussion and do not already have
>> access to the Google doc entitled TreeBASE_ABI.doc, let me know and I
>> can grant you access. Hilmar and I made some substantial edits  
>> earlier
>> this morning. I point you specifically to the section at the end
>> entitled "An attempt to re-think all of this". Briefly, we wanted to
>> encourage some radical thinking and explore the idea of developing a
>> PhyloCommons that incorporates both TreeBASE and ToLWeb into the
>> proposal (as the data repository and the data sharing / dissemination
>> / synthesis platform, respectively).
>>
>> The ABI deadline is July 7, so we have a short period of time to pull
>> this together. Here is a link to a Doodle poll for an initial
>> teleconference.
>>
>> http://doodle.com/zf2tz7sftyk3naxy
>>
>> During this meeting, we hope to come to agreement on the broad
>> direction of the grant, identify possible leaders of the various
>> components and create a plan for getting this pulled together in time
>> for the deadline. Please feel free to continue the conversation on  
>> the
>> Google doc between now and the teleconference. If there are others  
>> who
>> you think should be invited, feel free to do so. Not everyone who
>> participates in this first phase will end up being named on the  
>> grant,
>> but these resources require input from a much larger group.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Karen
>>
>>
>> --
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Karen Cranston
>> Training Coordinator and Informatics Project Manager
>> nescent.org
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
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