July 11, 2012

Attending:

Agenda and Notes

• Whatsamatta Wiki? Or BHL and Wikimania
  GB and JJF reported on the start of Wikimania. Today is the Wikipedia Loves Libraries event; BHL staff will participate.
• Who's in the room?
  Introductions of BHL team for intern Jacquelene
• Chris Freeland's new job
  MRK gave an update on the post-Chris as Tech Director planning
• Tag, your it! Or you are using the machine
  BHL EOL Flickr Tagging Party July 18
• Gracias, Gracian, or wait a minute, this isn't South Africa!
  We will have a visitor from Kenya at BHL/Smithsonian on July 24. Grace will coordinate the visit. See interview with Gracian here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHa1UeIVn04&list=PL59F52C786D4475B0&index=4&feature=plpp_video
• Intern U, or B-HL careful next thing you know you'll be working here
  SIL Intern Demonstration for BHL, July 25. social+media+brainstorm
• If it's Tuesday, it must be Berlin
  BHL-Europe and the organizational meeting for BHL Africa were reported on.SCP asked about SIL content into the GRIB; We will revisit the timeframe in September at the Tech/Staff meeting. GC reported on presentations in SIL, BHL, and BHL Flickr tagging.
• SI iTunes U Theme for August is Biodiversity
  GC will follow up
• BLE Tool; TDWG Demonstration Workshop, Bejing, China, October 2012
  William Ulate will attend TDWG
• Status of MacArthur Funding
  Current year funding expires 31 July 2012. EOL has received a no-cost extension for a year 6. EOL Exec committee (BHL represented by NEG) will decide on extension of sub-awards at the July Beijing EOL meeting
• Status of the BHL Staff and Technical meeting in the fall of 2012?
  MRK will attempt to pin things down on the 12 July EC call
• Status of the BHL links in SIRIS workflow
  SCP and team is working on it; ran into a few SIRIS office scheduling issues, so slightly behind.