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Semester End / Spring Planning #70

Closed tomhohenstein closed 7 years ago

tomhohenstein commented 7 years ago

Hello Everyone,

I hope you had a great break! I'm testing the waters to see if there is interest in a end-of-semester event and to think about planning for the spring.

wkearn commented 7 years ago

I'm up for a little gathering next week, but I (and I know at least @ashiklom and @bcow) are going to AGU the week after that, and I think everyone is probably more than a little busy for the end of the semester.

Perhaps we should focus on the Spring then, and gather here the ideas we've had for events but not had a chance to implement.

I have two questions:

  1. Is the format of the events (generally a little presentation plus some working time) we've been having what we want? Do we want more working time, more presentation, something else entirely?
  2. How can we get a wider variety of people to show up? We had some interest from bioinformatics early in the semester, and attendance certainly plummeted from all disciplines in the last few weeks, but it would be nice to see some more people.
tomhohenstein commented 7 years ago

all great questions - curious if we can get a group together before the break or if we should wait until Jan. I'd prefer to meet sooner but understand the time of the semester we are in.

ashiklom commented 7 years ago

I don't think I'll be able to do anything before the New Year -- still lots to do before an upcoming conference.

My two cents on question 2 above: I think the best way to do this is to try to recruit ambassadors from other departments. The best way to get people to attend seems to be guilting them in person, which we obviously can't do effectively outside our own departments. Plus, that will allow us to cater events closer to the needs of different departments. Not sure about the best way to do this though -- maybe just ask attendees from other departments if they would be willing to take on a more active role?

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tomhohenstein commented 7 years ago

one thing we could do it to survey everyone on the mailing list about interests and what people would be willing to teach. a few other groups have done that with success.

tomhohenstein commented 7 years ago

it might also be best to wait until after the new year ...