[Neurobureau-hubs] next large group call

Wed Jul 13 11:11:36 PDT 2011

Please let's move to "the neuro bureau 2" meeting instead. Cameron just sent
the contact.

Pierre Bellec, PhD
Chercheur adjoint
Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle
Centre de recherche de l'institut de Gériatrie de Montréal
4565, Chemin Queen-Mary
Montréal (Québec)
H3W 1W5
Université de Montréal
http://simexp-lab.org/brainwiki/doku.php?id=pierrebellec
(001)(514) 340 3540 #3367

2011/7/13 Pierre Bellec <pierre.bellec at criugm.qc.ca>

> Dear all,
>
> Yet another update to the agenda, to include (very briefly) the feedback of
> Clare and Joshua
>
> 1. Discussion on organizational principles
>     * open membership ?
>     * active call for new members ? (voluntary?) membership fees ????!!!!!
> add a description of membership principles on the web and encourage
> membership on social platforms ? More generally should we try to appeal at
> the neuroscience community at large or restrict ourselves to a subfield (and
> be identified as such) ? Right now the neurobureau is more of a
> resting-state connectome bureau really.
>      * election of the hubs ? what status for the hubs ? (hierarchy :
> members -> elect local hubs -> participate in large group calls, elect
> steering commitee, oversee the creation of work groups). Also, would the
> hubs be officially in charge of couch surfing facilities, like providing
> couchs ? and a bureau ? Do we actually want a bureau/commune organized at
> each hub location, or is Berlin enough ?
>     * push students/post-docs for the hubs ? -> what status for "seniors" ?
> see next point.
>     * creation of a neurobureau steering committee ? composed of "senior"
> members (that would be DM, PB, CK and AF in September I guess ...) ? what
> mandate exactly ... run large group calls ? look after money if there is
> money one day ? Or something more absolute, like (quoting OL) "championing
> the cause of open-neuroscience, and looking after the rights of the student
> body". I like that a lot I have to say, it has something very knight-like.
> After all my laptop is named after Don Quichote's horse. But I am getting
> side-tracked here.
>     * roles / workgroups ?
>     * teams within each group ? specific roles inside the themes ?
>     * creation of a neurobureau senior advisory board ? who ? What for ?
> (see point below, raised by Clare)
>     * A specific workgroup dedicated to support students/careers ? Could
> this be part in a way of the mandate of the senior advisory board ? Could
> there even be some sort of pairing between members for mentorship purposes ?
>
>    2. Quick follow-up on active projects
>     * ADHD200
>     * art at HBM 2011
>     * art at HBM 2012
>      * blog/facebook/twitter
>  3. possible new projects
>     * neurobureau workshop ?
>       * theme ?
>       * location ?
>       * how to set the objectives ?
>       * educational dimension ?
>       * artists as well ?
>     * grants
>       * Human frontier
>     * open neuroscience network
>       * hackaton to put a computational infrastructure together ?
>       * online database system ?
>       * strategy for storage space ?
>
> See you in two hours,
>
>
> Pierre Bellec, PhD
> Chercheur adjoint
> Département d'informatique et de recherche opérationnelle
> Centre de recherche de l'institut de Gériatrie de Montréal
> 4565, Chemin Queen-Mary
> Montréal (Québec)
> H3W 1W5
> Université de Montréal
> http://simexp-lab.org/brainwiki/doku.php?id=pierrebellec
> (001)(514) 340 3540 #3367
>
>
>
>
> 2011/7/13 MCLAREN, Donald <mclaren.donald at gmail.com>
>
> I think this is the link Clare mentioned:
>>
>> http://www.hhmi.org/resources/labmanagement/moves.html
>>
>> I've found it very useful as well.
>>
>> On Wednesday, July 13, 2011, Clare Kelly <amclarekelly at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Sorry to chime in so late in the game people, but my ideas for the NB
>> (my ideas will always tend to be more practical and less lofty :b ) are:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > An open (social, professional) network for anyone involved (even
>> remotely) in all things brain. I think that could, as it has already begun
>> to, include artists and non-scientists. I don't think there needs to be any
>> specification of limiting things to students, postdocs, junior faculty
>> etc... although (see next point) some of the main functions the bureau
>> serves would be in their interest. But a big thing in this regard would be
>> making a major push on the facebook page (or google+ or whatever...) - at
>> OHBM people really wanted to know how they could become members and I really
>> didn't have a good answer for them (besides, if you want to be a member,
>> then you are). Mike mentioned this but we need to eradicate the notion that
>> we are some super cool clique of super cool people part of some super cool
>> secret-not-so-secret organization and establish clearly how someone can get
>> involved.... on that note, I think that something on the NB webpage along
>> the lines of "Who are we", "What are we about" and "How can I become a
>> member?" would be very helpful good (I know that "What is the NB" is already
>> there). Daniel added a Facebook "like" button yesterday but there are
>> probably other buttons (twitter, google+) we can add.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > An organization that provides support and (currently non-monetary, but
>> potentially monetary in the future) resources for students, postdocs and
>> junior faculty... I talked with Daniel about this yesterday and it's very
>> much in line with (to requote) OL's idea of  "championing the cause of
>> open-neuroscience, and looking after the rights of the student body" - but I
>> would not restrict this to "student body" - I can speak as the wife of
>> someone who just started a faculty position and has spent the last 6 months
>> floundering in a terrifying and frustrating fog of the unknown, without much
>> support. I discovered the amazing HHMI resources on "How to start your own
>> lab" about 4 months too late :(
>> >
>> >
>> > Some (I count myself as one) of us are extremely lucky and have amazing,
>> supportive mentors who know a lot about the "system" (university, NIH,
>> whatever) and so can provide guidance and advice when e.g., applying for an
>> NIH grant. Not everyone is so lucky, and not every mentor knows
>> everything... I would really like to bureau to provide as much of that
>> information (that may be in the collective heads of its members) as
>> possible, via a wiki or message board or whatever is the best way.. secrets
>> and tips of the trade or whatever. We could also post job positions, grant
>> announcements etc. I know there are lots of other resources out there (e.g.,
>> the HHMI resources I mentioned), but I still think it would be incredibly
>> useful... also more senior members could serve as "spiritual" (there's a
>> better word, but I can't think of it right now) mentors for other (junior)
>> members.... Along those lines, Heather, I'd really like (at some point) for
>> us to talk about the women's organizations you are involved in.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Those are the main things that I wanted to vocalize... I concur with
>> almost all of the other points, particularly the workshop idea, the
>> facilitation of grant collaboration among members (and applications from the
>> NB the organization),  the creation of senior advisory board, the assignment
>> of specific roles and responsibilities to members of steering committee....
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Sorry for the late, long and not-exactly-coherent email... just wanted
>> to get some of the thoughts down. Talk to you all later!
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Clare
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 12:04 AM, Pierre Bellec <
>> pierre.bellec at criugm.qc.ca> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Dear all,
>> > So here's an updated agenda, based on the feedback I received. There
>> have been a lot of points raised, so I may have forgotten something. Please
>> let me know if you want a specific point added. We won't have time to
>> discuss much (2) and probably not (3) with all the subpoints in there. I've
>> added them mainly to serve as future reference.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >   1. Discussion on organizational principles
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     * open membership ?
>> >     * active call for new members ? (voluntary?) membership fees
>> ????!!!!!
>> >     * election of the hubs ? what status for the hubs ? (hierarchy :
>> members -> elect local hubs -> participate in large group calls, elect
>> steering commitee, oversee the creation of work groups). Also, would the
>> hubs be officially in charge of couch surfing facilities, like providing
>> couchs ? and a bureau ? Do we actually want a bureau/commune organized at
>> each hub location, or is Berlin enough ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     * push students/post-docs for the hubs ? -> what status for
>> "seniors" ? see next point.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     * creation of a neurobureau steering committee ? composed of
>> "senior" members (that would be DM, PB, CK and AF in September I guess ...)
>> ? what mandate exactly ... run large group calls ? look after money if there
>> is money one day ? Or something more absolute, like (quoting OL)
>> "championing the cause of open-neuroscience, and looking after the rights of
>> the student body". I like that a lot I have to say, it has something very
>> knight-like. After all my laptop is named after Don Quichote's horse. But I
>> am getting side-tracked here.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     * roles / workgroups ?    * teams within each group ? specific roles
>> inside the themes ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >     * creation of a neurobureau senior advisory board ? who ? What for ?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >   2. Quick follow-up on active projects    * ADHD200
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Clare Kelly, Ph.D.,
>> > Associate
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards, Donald McLaren
>> =================
>> D.G. McLaren, Ph.D.
>> Postdoctoral Research Fellow, GRECC, Bedford VA
>> Research Fellow, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital
>> and
>>
>> Harvard Medical School
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