Andy Turner's NCeSS Strategy Board Meeting 2007-05-22 Web Page @ School of Geography, University of Leeds

Introduction
- This web page is for organising information about the NCeSS Strategy Board Meeting 2007-05-22.
- Contents
Documentation
Agenda
1. Apologies
2. Minutes of the last meeting on 6 January 2007:
  - (a) Action points
  - (b) Matters Arising
3. Terms of Reference
  - Peter Halfpenny
4. Research Programme continuation funding
  - (a) open call for nodes
    - Suzanne Tanner / Rob Procter
  - (b) small grant projects
    - Peter Halfpenny
  - (c) International Office Funds
    - Peter Halfpenny
    - (i) NCeSS 3rd International Conference attendance
    - (ii) International Visiting Fellowships
5. Strategic Plan
  - (a) dissemination strategy
    - Peter Halfpenny
  - (b) sustainability
    - Rob Procter / Terry Hewitt
6. Hub operational plan
  - Peter Halfpenny
7. Dates of future meetings
  - Katy Middlebrough
8. AoB
People
- Kenny Baird
- Mike Batty
- Lisa Bell (Organiser)
- Graham Crow
- Rob Crouchley
- Mike Daw
- Pete Edwards
- Grace de la Flor
- Mike Fraser
- Peter Halfpenny (Chair)
- Terry Hewitt
- Paul Longley
- Katy Middleborough (Organiser)
- Rob Proctor
- Chris Rusbridge
  - http://www.dcc.ac.uk/about/directory/
- Suzanne Tanner
- Andy Turner
Notes
- Going through the agenda
  1. Apologies
  2. Minutes of the last meeting on 6 January 2007:
    - (a) Action points
    - (b) Matters Arising
  3. Terms of Reference
    - Peter Halfpenny
  4. Research Programme continuation funding
    - (a) open call for nodes
      - Suzanne Tanner / Rob Procter
    - (b) small grant projects
      - Peter Halfpenny
    - (c) International Office Funds
      - Peter Halfpenny
      - (i) NCeSS 3rd International Conference attendance
      - (ii) International Visiting Fellowships
  5. Strategic Plan
    - (a) dissemination strategy
      - Peter Halfpenny
      - AHM 2007
      - Social Research Association (SRA)
        
        SRA Events
      - International Conference in Digital Curation
      - 2008 Research Methods Festival
        
        Graham described the process
        
        It would be good for ReDReSS Paul and Nick were able to record and produce all this.
      - Agenda Setting Workshops / Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings
        
        There is still money for this.
        
        Ideas for future workshops
        
        Web 2.0
        
        Suggested by Pete, seconded by Paul.
        
        Simulation
        
        Agent based modelling...
        
        How do people move around...
        
        Secure access to confidential data
        
        Call out for bids to create a secure data laboratory...
        
        Large datasets
        
        Mike Batty talking to Peter Elias on secure access and different types of data.
        
        How do we handle them?
        
        There is no reason why we cannot repeat ASWs as the agenda moves and there is a need to get back together again.
        
        We should make more of SIGs that arise from the ASWs.
        
        The hub will help to facilitate these.
      - Posters
        
        All nodes are to organise the content for new posters and materials to promote their work.
        
        The ones the hub have are too out of date.
        
        Posters want a title, about 3 pictures and 5 sentences, appropriate references and logos all done in the same style.
        
        To accompany the poster it would be good to have a 1 page handout (may be double sided), which contains more detail.
      - Social Science incorporates many things:
        
        There is no one professional organisation for UK Social Science?
        
        Some nodes do not really have large professional associations that cover their work.
        
        Jennifer Mason? cardiff node NCRM
      - Journal
        
        Open access journal with content that cannot be in print.
        
        Good if it is electronic, openly available and has special issues focussing on particular aspects.
        
        Something like The Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
      - Book
        
        No one particularly keen on a new book
        Nigel Fielding compiling a book on eResearch to which various people in the room have been asked or are offering contributions.
      - eprints Publication repositories
        
        What is the difference between putting an artice on your website with an RDF document?
        
        Digital Object Identifiers (DOI)
        
        How do you get these?
      - Web Site
        
        Launch delayed.
        
        Aim to unviel new site at the Jamboree.
        
        Plans are being made to produce an NCeSS Blog.
      - Impact measures
        
        Develop half a page text describing the Impact of MoSeS.
        
        Assessing impact is hard. Who knows what it will be until 10 years time?
      - Communications plan
        
        Judy Redfearn to draft.
    - (b) sustainability
      - Rob Procter / Terry Hewitt
      - Documentation:
        
        Sustainability Report.
        
        Sustainability presentation slides.
      - Open source model vs commercial software
      - Can prepare under sustainability to absorb funds from ESRC and JISC in the run up to the Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR)
      - At the Jamboree we should prepare for a large proposal on this to submit to ESRC and JISC post CSR
  6. Hub operational plan
    - Peter Halfpenny
  7. Dates of future meetings
    - Katy Middlebrough
  8. AoB
References

Andy Turner's NCeSS Strategy Board Meeting 2007-05-22 Web Page

Introduction

Documentation

Agenda

People

Notes

References

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