Key Contributors Update 15 December 2017

Action items

We would like to schedule an extra TC with the Heads of Nodes in January to discuss the INFRAEOSC-4 proposal and agree on ELIXIR participation. In addition, at this TC we would like to continue the discussion on ELIXIR Communities. Please fill in this doodle asap, but no later than Monday the 8th January.

As Alan Archibald will be stepping down as SAB member in 2018, we now seek nominations for a new member. Please send your nominations (names and CVs) to info@elixir-europe.org by 12 January 2018. The SAB will then assess the nominations and make a recommendation to the ELIXIR Board.

Action items

ONGOING

As notified in the HoN TC, the HoN are asked to review and agree three documents through Written Procedure:

ELIXIR HON/2017/34 - Process for extending​ ​the​ ​list​ ​of​ ​ELIXIR​ ​Deposition​ ​Databases
ELIXIRHON/2017/37 - Proposal for Staff Exchange call: Building a highly skilled and coherent community of trainers through exchanges between ELIXIR Nodes
ELIXIRHON/2017/38 - Implementation Study project plans for review and agreement

For each document, please consider if you have:
No further comments and can agree with the proposed plan;
Minor comments (please specify what these are), which you would like to see addressed but can agree with the proposed plan;
Major reservations, which means that you cannot agree with the proposed plan in its current form.

Please provide your feedback and comments on all four documents to Susanna Repo by 22 December 2017.

Deadline for feedback on draft ELIXIR 2019-23 Programme extended to 22 December

As a reminder, HoN are asked to provide feedback on the first draft of the Programme by 22 December to susanna.repo@elixir-europe.org. Any questions, please contact Susanna. Applications are currently being taken by the Data Platform for the second round of Core Data Resource selection.

One representative - Head of Node or Deputy Head of Node - from each node is needed for the Consensus Ranking meeting on 9 May 2018.

This will be a full day meeting and will take place at Schiphol airport. The format will follow that established for the first round of Core Data Resource selection. Please mark your diaries to save the date. ELIXIR are looking for additional members of the Editorial Board for the ELIXIR F1000R Channel to help with reviewing submissions to the channel and to ELIXIR tracks at ECCB and other conferences. Volunteers from among ELIXIR Heads of Nodes, please contact premysl.velek@elixir-europe.org.

Key dates and meetings

ELIXIR SAB meeting

  • 1-2 February 2018, Hinxton, UK (Platforms expected to present draft plans)

Heads of Nodes TC

  • 2 March 2018, 13.00-16.00 UK time /14.00-17.00 CET

ELIXIR Board meeting

  • 24-25 April 2018 | Tel Aviv

ELIXIR Core Data Resouece selection - Consensus Ranking meeting

  • 9 May 2018 | Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Heads of Nodes meeting @ ELIXIR All Hands

  • 6-7 June 2018, Berlin, Germany

Heads of Nodes meeting @ ECCB 2018

  • to be held alongside ECCB conference taking place 9-12 September 2018 in Athens, Greece. Time/date TBC.ELIXIR

Board meeting

  • 12-13 November 2018 | Ljubljana, Slovenia

Heads of Nodes TC

  • 7 December 2018, 13.00-16.00 UK time /14.00-17.00 CET