Attendees
Darren, Flavio, Hilde, Ingo, Jared, Simon, Wendy, Wolfgang,
1. Admin
a) Hackathon
Ingo reported that the Gothenburg hackathon was an absolute success.
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Ingo will liaise with Wendy and Jared regarding how to make the results from the Gothenburg hackathon available from the DDI website.
b) Scientific Community meeting March 28th – ideas for further community engagement
On March 28th the Scientific Board organised a virtual Scientific Community meeting in order to report about the updates to the Scientific Work Plan for 2023, and to collect input from participants on the next two year plan running from 2024.
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Prepare well for discussion and announce good time in advance of a meeting.
Prepare a page where people can put in contributions before a meeting, during a meeting or after.
Roundtable feedback at a meeting, ask all participants for thoughts or recommendations.
Small breakout groups during a meeting.
Online discussion forum would allow to capture thoughts and feedback in a relaxed environment.
Use the meetings as a kick off to a topic for further discussion.
2. DDI Developers group
Ingo, along with Johan Fihn Marberg from SND and Oliver Hopt from Gesis submitted an application to start a DDI Developers Working Group to the Scientific Board for approval – (see application proposal at the bottom of these notes)
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Wendy has set up a basic page in Confluence for the Developers Group and Jared will set up web pages as needed on the DDI Alliance website.
3. Annual Meeting of the Scientific Community
The Annual Meeting of the Scientific Community and the Annual Meeting of Members will take place in Philadelphia on May 30th. The meetings will be hybrid and there will be 2 hours available for each of the meetings.
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Ideas for the meeting agenda were discussed at the Scientific Board meeting. Hilde and Darren will meet on Friday April 21st and will prepare a draft of the agenda for discussion at the Scientific Board meeting on Monday April 24th.
4. Scientific Work Plan 2024 – 2025
The Scientific Work Plan shall have its foundation in the Strategic Plan of the DDI Alliance Executive Board.
Hilde has emailed Bill to ask whether a Strategic Plan update will be available in the near future that can inform SB’s work on the next Scientific Work Plan. An EB/SB chair’s meeting that will take place on Monday April 17th may provide clarity to this.
5. Evaluation of incoming funding requests
The Scientific Board will evaluate incoming funding requests for scientific and technical work and will provide the Executive Board with recommendations by April 26th.
6. Scientific Board meeting in Bergen
The Scientific Board is planning a two day work meeting in Bergen in the autumn. Possible dates agreed for now are 9th to 10th or alternatively 17th to 18th October. Hilde will check availability of rooms with Sikt.
7. AOB
The Scientific Board will meet on Monday April 24th to provide recommendations for the Executive Board regarding the incoming funding requests related to the scientific and technical work of the Alliance, and prepare the agenda for the Annual meeting of the Scientific Community to take place in Philadelphia on May 30th.
Incoming proposal (for point 2 - approved 2023-04-11)
Dear SB Members
Following the very successful hackathon in Gothenburg we would like to apply for the status as an official DDI Alliance Working Group called DDI Developers Group.
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