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First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11

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WelcomeAims of Meeting:

•Entire project team and

“friends” of project to meet•Learn about the people &

project elements of emonocot•Start to learn to work together•Other aims?

Introductions•Name•Background•Role•Personal goal(s) in eMonocot

First Plenary Meeting Kew 27/1/11

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Agenda

Background & Aims of

emonocotProject updates

•ICT Team•Content Team

Discussion on

communities in groupsReporting backPub

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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.

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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

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Aims (2)emonocot Scratchpads http://scratchpads.eu

•Aus Grasses•Dracaenoids•CITES bulbs•More needed•Link to core eMonocot family resources

Conduct five WorkshopsIntegrate eMonocot with EOL and other

biodiversity informatics partners (CBOL, GBIF…) Ensure compatibility and compliance with the

Zoological Code of NomenclatureDevelop a Web-based system of assessing the

impact of taxonomic work

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PROJECT STRUCTURE

PROJECT BOARD: AB, CG, VS, PW & Sarah Phillips (Project strategy)

ICT Board: AB, CG, VS & Sarah Phillips

[ICT deliverables]

Content board: WB, SM, DS & PW

[Content deliverables]

Outreach board: CG, IK, MS, VS, PW

[Impact plan, workshops]

Ben Clark Soraya Villalba

Ruth Bone

Odile Weber

Ed Baker

Joseph Kelly

A.N. Other

CATE-Araceae: Anna Haigh & Simon Mayo

Grassbase: Maria Vorontsova & Derek Clayton

Palmweb: Alex Theys & Bill Baker

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NowContent

•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

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Project BoardMeeting earlier this afternoonto review project strategy

Outreach teamMeet 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

Now

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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?

Communities