Thank you to everyone who helped provide doodle poll input for the first Czars web conference!

We have set the date:

Date: Monday, July 9th
Time: 09:00 AM Central Time

Web Conference (this will be recorded and posted for playback):
We will be using a Blackboard Collaborate web conference. See the section below for more tips on how to use Blackboard Collaborate (Elluminate Live) if you have not used it before.
https://globalcampus.uiowa.edu/join_meeting.html?meetingId=1262330108904

Agenda:
* Logistics: Address how we want to tackle these calls. Go over generic agenda. Frequency of calls
* Presentation: Galaxy at Iowa: Discuss our issues with big data, how NGS tools take in/output data and finding the right storage server solution.
* Group Goals: what do we want to accomplish with this group beyond discussions/sharing?
* Open Mic & recruit new volunteers for the next call.

Blackboard Collaborate (Ellumiate Live!) Tips:

For our web conferences we will try out Blackboard Collaborate web conferencing software. You do not need any special client, just a web browser and java installed (the client will run as a java web start app). You don't need to use a headset, but if you have one it does improve your audio. I will try to open up the session 15 minutes early for people to join and try out the technology.

A couple of things to mention, when you launch your session - you can tune your connection speed:

Talking works like a walkie-talkie ... you have to select "Talk" (see capture below) to open up your audio line. There can only be 6 simultaneous talkers. Please only select the talk button when you need to actually talk to reduce background noise and to free up lines for others to participate.

Thanks!

Ann Black-Ziegelbein
University of Iowa

On 6/28/2012 2:17 PM, Ann Black-Ziegelbein wrote:

Hi everyone -

We are targeting a web conference call for Galaxy Deployers/Operators for July 9th or 10th. This teleconference will be held using Elluminate Live/Blackboard Collborate web conference - so all data (including voice) will be over the internet. We have good luck at the University of Iowa with this technology for world wide remote conferences (our Ponseti International group uses it for their large distributed collaboration and others) and we can record our session and post it for playback off of the wiki.

Finding a time that will suit everyone will be a challenge. If you can take a moment to respond to the doodle poll with when you can join a web conference, it will help us find the best time for the majority:

http://www.doodle.com/f4f2f37smgcv3z6n

By the way, if you have not found it yet, here is a link the Galaxy Czar wiki page:

http://wiki.g2.bx.psu.edu/Community/GalaxyCzars

Here is a draft agenda for our first call - comments are welcome :

For our first Mtg.

* Logistics: Address how we want to tackle these calls. Go over generic agenda. Frequency of calls
* Presentation: Galaxy at Iowa: Discuss our issues with big data, how NGS tools take in/output data and finding the right storage server solution.
* Group Goals: what do we want to accomplish with this group beyond discussions/sharing?
* Open Mic & recruit new volunteers for the next call.

My shot at a generic agenda outline - to be customized each User Group Mtg ?

20 min: Galaxy in Our Town. - presentation from a local galaxy institution on what they are doing or a problem they are troubleshooting - or have someone walk through their use cases and pain points.
20 min: Galaxy Today/Tomorrow. - presentation on a galaxy coding item. Either from penn state team, or from someone working on a new feature or customization.
20 mins: Open Mic Discussion & make point to point connections. IE - organize smaller breakouts if someone wants to host a call specific to an issue.

Thanks everyone!

Ann