Hydra Connect 2014 Planning Team

The 2014 Hydra Connect Planning Team will help determine the structure and agenda for the event, solicit input & materials from Partners, and help run the logistics while on site. 

Planning Team members:

  • Mark Bussey
  • Karen Cariani
  • Tom Cramer
  • Richard Green
  • Robin Ruggaber
  • Bess Sadler
  • Declan Fleming
  • Mark Notess
  • your name here

Local Hosts:

  • Declan Fleming (UCSD)
  • Matt Critchlow (UCSD)


Key Topics

  • get estimate on numbers of attendees - see  Hydra Connect 2014 Attendee/Needs Estimation
  • get a hotel block in SD
  • identify rooms needed in SD for library
  • 2+2 or 3+1
  • make a call for proposals
    • for demos
    • for posters
    • for tutorials
    • for working groups / BOFs
  • social program

Straw Schedule for Hydra Connect 2014

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Planning Team Kickoff Meeting - Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Meeting Notes

  • Logistics
    • Estimate of attendees - Robin to setup attendee list
      • Cap attendance at 100 
    • Partner (& Adopter) Invites - Robin to setup partners list, this committee to self-organize and personally invite contacts at each institution
      • Institution Name, person making invite, person invited, date of invite
    • Lodging
      • Stanford (Ava) to investigate room blocks 
      • DCE (Eddie & Mark) to investigate house rental options
  • Conference Schedule
    • Demos, Posters, Birds-of-a-feather, Lightning Talks, Pre-conference workshop
    • Day #1 (Tuesday) - Breakouts + Workshops
      • 4 conference rooms (accommodate approximately 100 people)
      • Potential pre-conference workshops - Bess will send out an email asking about what workshops people want
        • RailsBridge
        • Dive into Hydra
        • GIS for Hydra
        • Hydra for Managers
        • Open Track planning
    • Day #2 (Wednesday) - Plenary (+ Breakouts)
      • Ballroom + potentially keep conference rooms
    • Day #3 (Thursday) - Plenary (+ Breakouts)
      • Ballroom + potentially keep conference rooms
    • Day #4 (Friday) - Breakouts
      • 4 conference rooms
  • FRIDAY AGENDA
    • Decide on Conference fees (& swag)


  • ACTION ITEMS

 

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Planning Team Meeting - Friday, October 30, 2013

  • ATTENDEES
    • Tom C., Robin R., Richard G. Mark B., Bess S.

  • FRIDAY AGENDA
    • Review Previous Action Items
      • Attendee signup - 
    • Decide on Conference fees (& swag)
      • Charge $40 per attendee - DCE to collect and redistribute as determined
      • Tom to check on whether additional shirts needed
      • Stickers & Bookmarks
    • Draft conference agenda
      • Identify & solicit potential presenters
    • Other


  • ACTION ITEMS
    • Mark - Check-in with Declan regarding refreshments during meeting days
      • Morning coffee & pastries - at breaks
      • Afternoon snacks - afternoon break
    • Chris & Richard - check inventory of stickers & bookmarks
    • Tom - check on T-Shirt inventory
    • All - solicit potential presenters
      • Ask all partners to prepare at least one 'Poster' or 'Live Demo' for Wednesday Poster Session
      • Solicit demos for Curate/Sufia/Shared-IR; Avalon; DIL; HydraDAM
      • 24x7s - coordinated with Poster session if possible
    • Mark - finalize conference agenda - draft here:  HydraConnect - Conference Agenda
    • Robin - set up Nov & Dec planning meetings
    • Mark - check on Event Brite name badges - 12/2 update: can be done easily from Eventbrite

 

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Planning team meeting 2013-12-02