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title: '"All in one" group meetings'
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# "All in one" group meetings

## Purpose

## Topics
- Very brief project updates, focusing on blockers
- Changes in group funding sources or distributions
- Identify (and maybe do) outreach tasks, if any

### June 12, 2025

Kristina got a job (Yay, but also 😭)
- Project analyst at env. Consulting
- Shiny dashboards
- Remote only

Transition stuff
- Kristina will be a DCC to keep email access
- Kristina will be off last week of June, so effectively last day is June 18th
- Eric will report to Matt Rahr
- Chris will report to Toby
- GitHub organization
    - Keep the three of us as owners
- HackMD?
- Toggl
    - Added Eric as organization admin

Position distributions
- Eric takes over Dave Moore project at .25FTE
- DSI money -> Chris (at least until SPARC’d is funded)
- Drone stuff with Anita Thompson
    - Money should be available for Chris to back-pay drone day stuff and continued involvement


### June 5, 2025

- Updates on 
    - 10% increase
    - SPARCd potential funding sources
- Draft and send out email to listserv
    - Include there will be no fall series

### May 22, 2025

- Sparcd web app
    - Read only version by end of May, then full MVP by end of June

### May 8, 2025
Tasks: 
- Drone days grant pause lifted, discuss what to do
- Talk about when we're out
- Finish draft of response to review


### May 2, 2025

Tasks: 
- Summarize plan for group functioning during May / June as we all drop down to 50%
    - Org structure staying the same
        - Kristina will still be handling budget stuff
    - Group meetings will just be a single one hour once per week
        - Drop-in hours optional; consultations a good idea? 
    - Put OOO on calendars to let everyone know when you're working
    - Not doing Career Conversations
- Update on potential projects
    - BIC 2x
    - Wilburforce + mine for SPARCd
    - NSF AI / biodiversity
    - Agbase (NSF generally)
    - Kadian? 
    - Giovanni meeting
    - Chris Frost? 
- [x] Change workshop and incubator pages to indefinite hiatus and can do with funding

#### Notes

- Kristina will spend less time on project management but still in charge of money
- Condensing all of our group processes into one hour-long weekly meeting (this meeting)
    - Super brief project updates focused on blockers
- Optional drop-in hours
- Good idea to keep doing 1:1 consultations because it could lead to projects (and it's enjoyable)
    - Optional though
- Mark out of office in calendar which might change week to week
- Don't have to do career conversations
    - raises wouldn't go into place until October

**Project updates**:

Big Idea Challenges:

1. Genomics Data from Sky Islands data harmonization with Carlo Vargas
2. West Nile dashboard with Desiree Andersen & boss (SNRE)

Should have been notified by now if these proposals have moved forward.  Haven't heard updates.  Should start in July if funded

SPARC'd
- talking to Wilburforce & a mine about funding

Ellen Bledsoe (SNRE) reached out about NSF grant for PORTAL
- camera traps at and nearby site
- combine with remote sensing data and do hindcasting of biodiversity
- we would contribute training students on managing camera trap data & using AI tools for identifying species from photos
- Plan is to submit by June
- PI would be Morgan Ernest

