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First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11

First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11. First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11. Welcome Aims of Meeting: Entire project team and “friends” of project to meet Learn about the people & project elements of e monocot Start to learn to work together Other aims? Introductions Name Background Role

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First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11

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  1. First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11

  2. First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11 • Welcome • Aims of Meeting: • Entire project team and “friends” of project to meet • Learn about the people & project elements ofemonocot • Start to learn to work together • Other aims? • Introductions • Name • Background • Role • Personal goal(s) in eMonocot

  3. Agenda • Background & Aims of emonocot • Project updates • ICT Team • Content Team • Discussion on communities in groups • Reporting back • Pub

  4. Background 2007 Autumn: CATE project seeks eTaxonomic successor November: Submission of Consortium grant proposal to NERC 2008 April: NERC Consortium grant panel presentation July: Proposal not funded December: CATE project finishes 2009 September: Permission to resubmit granted November: Resubmission of Consortium grant proposal to NERC 2010 April: NERC Consortium grant panel presentation May: Proposal Funded November/December: Project start.

  5. Aims (1) • Sustainable integrated web resource for Monocots • Family key/pages • Generic keys/pages: • Araceae [CATE-Araceae] • Arecaceae [Palmweb] • Poaceae [GrassBase] • Orchidaceae • Asparagaceae • Cyperaceae • Dioscoreaceae • Liliaceae • Three species level resources: • European Monocots • Sampled Red List Index Project • Cypripedioideae

  6. Aims (2) • emonocotScratchpads http://scratchpads.eu • Aus Grasses • Dracaenoids • CITES bulbs • More needed • Link to core eMonocot family resources • Conduct five Workshops • Integrate eMonocot with EOL and other biodiversity informatics partners (CBOL, GBIF…) • Ensure compatibility and compliance with the Zoological Code of Nomenclature • Develop a Web-based system of assessing the impact of taxonomic work

  7. PROJECT STRUCTURE PROJECT BOARD: AB, CG, VS, PW & Sarah Phillips (Project strategy) Outreach board: CG, IK, MS, VS, PW [Impact plan, workshops] ICT Board: AB, CG, VS & Sarah Phillips [ICT deliverables] Content board: WB, SM, DS & PW [Content deliverables] Grassbase: Maria Vorontsova & Derek Clayton Ben Clark Soraya Villalba Palmweb: Alex Theys & Bill Baker Ed Baker Joseph Kelly A.N. Other CATE-Araceae: Anna Haigh & Simon Mayo Ruth Bone Odile Weber

  8. Now • Content • RB/OW/SV Recruitment & Start dates • Check/revise plan for content capture & key generation • Start family key development • Draft SRLI species pages • Identify & record content sources • Continue to develop Palmweb, CATE-Araceae, Grassbase • ICT • BC & VS update

  9. Now • Project Board • Meeting earlier this afternoon • to review project strategy • Outreach team • Meet February to start planning: • International Workshops • Web outreach • ID guide to UK monocots • eTaxonomy days at NHM/Kew • 2012 Linnean eTaxonomy Day meeting • Other impact plan activities

  10. Communities To deliver the goals of eMonocot a level of community involvement is critical How do we propose to work with taxonomic communities to generate both core eMonocot and scratchpad resources? Four questions: 1) How do taxonomists divide themselves into groups offline? What groups exist already?2) What are the benefits and disadvantages of many small communities compared to few large communities?3) What are the benefits and disadvantages of ad-hoc / organic community creation versus more controlled organization?4) What are the stages in the life of an online community and where could or should support be provided?

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