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tags: InterMine, community-call
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THIS CALL HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. The official video is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyZ9gR1ysHM and the notes are here:

# InterMine community call 2020-03-12

**Time/date:** 2020-03-12 (March 12th, 2020)
**Other timezones:** https://arewemeetingyet.com/London/2020-03-12/17:00

## Joining the call:
Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/328144808
- Meeting ID: 328 144 808
- Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/abbfWdnE78

Once you've joined the call:
- Add your name to the attendee list below
- Don't forget to turn on your webcam! :)

Attendees: Name / InterMine / social handles if desired / [Emoji mood](https://emojipedia.org/)
- Yo Yehudi / Cambridge team / github: yochannah / 😷
- Asher Pasha / University of Toronto: BAR ThaleMine / github: asherpasha / ☺️🏠
- Sam Hokin / NCGR
- Andrew Farmer /NCGR
- Kalpana Karra (SGD)
- Riya Sogani /IIIT Delhi/
- Paulo Nuin / WormBase

Icebreaker question: Where's your dream location if you were able to travel _anywhere_? (Virus free!)
- Yo - Ethiopia. It's been on my bucket list for a whle.
- Sam - motorbike tour in Russia (or Cuba or sundry other places)
- Riya-Scuba Diving in The great barrier reef <3
- [name=Your Name] [ answer]
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## Agenda

### Introduction
(Yo)
- 🎥 This call is being recorded - please turn your camera off if you'd rather your face doesn't end up on youtube :)
- Reminder: Code of Conduct! [View code of conduct](http://intermine.org/code-of-conduct/)
- Generally: please treat others with respect and kindness, no matter who they are. We know you do this already!
- If you have any issues, please speak to:
- Yo Yehudi [e-mail] or
- Daniela Butano [e-mail]

### Items
- GSoC and Outreachy!
- The chat and our inboxes are very full of potential interns at the moment! Please make sure to remind us if we miss anything during the busy period.
- The potential projects are all here: [project list](http://intermine.org/internships/project-ideas/2020/)
- We'll discuss the most recent InterMine release
- Thanks to all our contributors! (Joe, Paulo, Asher)
- InterMine 4.1.2
- Improvements/cleaning on the webapp
- Added the gff bio source
- Python code generator updated to PEP8
- Java 11
- InterMine 4.1.3
- Templates issues
- [vcf](https://intermine.readthedocs.io/en/latest/database/data-sources/library/variation/vcf/) bio source
- External links to FlyMine/HumanMine
- Next Release (not scheduled yet)
- InterMine 4.2.0
- CDS features need a phase (from Joel)
- Strain updates (from Sam)
- **Questions / comment?**
- Sam - strains are okay, not terribly exciting though :)

- BlueGenes new features demo (feedback appreciated!)
- http://bluegenes.apps.intermine.org/
- Tool store (with auto-install)
- all tools made by InterMine will automatically install into bluegenes when you start
- Updated querybuilder page
- Organize mydata
- - **Questions / comment?**
- Sam - where is the tool state stored? clientside?
- a: no it's installed locally on the server, and only editable by superusers. Tools will be managed by admins rather than users.
- Sam - related to tools, are we likely to standardise the model for expression?
- Sam to set up ticket on GitHub
- Sam + Andrew:
- Open discussion around federated result sets.

### Upcoming events

### Next calls
- We'll switch to a quarterly call from here onwards, but will do our best to make sure it is always consistently happening on that date.
- Next date: **June 4 2020**.