This update is sent weekly on Friday afternoon and goes to ELIXIR key stakeholders. It contains requests for actions regarding operations and developments within ELIXIR. Contact joana.wingender@elixir-europe.org for any questions.
An ELIXIR HoNs shared folder including meeting materials from HoN meetings, reference documents, slides & graphics archive can be found on google drive.
For action
Ongoing Final Reminder! The HoN meeting on 12 December will take place in Brussels at the Crowne Plaza - Le Palace. If you require accommodation for the night of 11 December, please note that the option to book a discounted room will be available if registration is completed by Mon, 19 November. Registration can be completed at the Crowne Plaza via this link.
Due to the confidential nature of several items on the agenda, the meeting will be open for participation to Heads of Nodes only, or the corresponding Deputy in the event that a Head of Node cannot attend. Final Reminder! We would like to open an ELIXIR-wide consultation on the proposal of the formal adoption of standardised training and feedback metrics across ELIXIR Nodes. The proposal is available on Google Drive, please provide any feedback by Fri, 16 November. For any questions, please contact Kim Gurwitz (ktg27@cam.ac.uk).
For information
The tenth ELIXIR Board meeting took place in Ljubljana from 12-13 November. At the meeting, the ELIXIR Board unanimously approved the 2019-2023 ELIXIR Scientific Programme and Financial Plan, as well as the 2019 Work Plan and Budget for the ELIXIR Hub.
The revised ELIXIR Collaboration Agreement Template and the outstanding Commissioned Services Contracts, to begin 1 January 2019, are to be approved by the Board via written procedure end of 2018.
A draft of ELIXIRs Long-term Funding Plan is now available on Google Drive. The purpose of the document is to set out the various activities taking place that support the long-term funding and sustainability of ELIXIR, its Nodes and their services. The draft document is being shared now for information and early input for those that wish to contribute to it: the final draft will be shared in January for formal sign-off by HoN. The plan follows on from the recommendations made previously by the ELIXIR Long-Term Sustainability Working Group.
Key dates and meetings
ELIXIR 5th Anniversary event
- 11 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium
Heads of Nodes meeting
- 12 December 2018, Brussels, Belgium
Heads of Nodes Teleconference
- 28 February 2019
Heads of Nodes meeting
- 13-14 May 2019, Woking (Heathrow), UK
Heads of Nodes Teleconference
- 11 September 2019