Hi all, Thanks for all the input into what points to raise at the GOBLET AGM on behalf of GTN. To update you all, I presented on the points on Tuesday and yesterday using the slides kindly provided to me by Dave and Bjoern & Bérénice and the outcomes were: *1. Enable/Host online discussion about bioinformatics training.* I raised the GTN suggestion of having a Biostars forum for GOBLET. There was some discussion as to whether the Biostars Q&A format is more suited to technical issues as opposed to training discussions but we're going to try it out and see how it goes. Eija Korpelainen will be getting in touch with István Albert to see about setting it up. *2. Embrace the Carpentry model for training material and training datasets* GOBLET is going to try a pull and place model, in that it will pull from repos like GTN, and they'll be talking to ELIXIR about TESS in relation to that. GOBLET will also be a place to develop material and have it's own github repo. We got the ball rolling with setting up a github during the meeting, now just need to sort out permissions and add material :) *3. We prepare short presentations on whatever points we decide to push. * Thanks to Dave, Bjoern and Bérénice for their slides, they were very useful for illustrating the points. *4. Should GTN stay in GOBLET?* Hopefully you all think we should, I do and I put my hand up to be on the GOBLET Outreach and PR Committee so if you haven't heard from or about GOBLET in a year's time you can throw some blame my way :) To answer the question on what is the membership money used for, it's been used for tech intern salary, admin support salary, server support, publicity, booth expenses, AGM. One of the main things it'll be used for in the next year will be for a technical intern to revamp the website and there'll be a survey sent to all GOBLET members so they can give input on what the new website should look like. I could also post it here when it's ready so GTN members can give their input if they want. And it relation to trainer certification, that's in the too hard basket at the moment. If anyone has any questions or comments please let me know. I can also update GTN when there's more to say. Cheers, Maria Maria Doyle Application and Training Specialist Research Computing Facility [http://i.imgur.com/tG0nMXg.jpg] From: Jennifer Hillman-Jackson <jen@galaxyproject.org<mailto:jen@galaxyproject.org>> Date: Thursday, 3 November 2016 at 8:48 AM To: test <Maria.Doyle@petermac.org<mailto:Maria.Doyle@petermac.org>> Cc: Björn Grüning <bjoern.gruening@gmail.com<mailto:bjoern.gruening@gmail.com>>, Dave Clements <clements@galaxyproject.org<mailto:clements@galaxyproject.org>>, Hans-Rudolf Hotz <hansrudolf.hotz@fmi.ch<mailto:hansrudolf.hotz@fmi.ch>>, Galaxy-Training List <galaxy-training@lists.galaxyproject.org<mailto:galaxy-training@lists.galaxyproject.org>> Subject: Re: [gxy-train] [SPAM][M] Re: GTN at 2016 GOBLET meeting Hi Maria - ML = Mailing list I think that a format such as Biostar is preferred because it is an ongoing, organized forum that is easy/familiar for most people to use. Prior Q&A is easily tagged and available for searches. Important info tends to get lost in mailing lists over time, which leads to duplicated questions and more maintenance. Honestly, I am not sure how Github would be used if the goal is to create a space for discussion ... perhaps someone else can comment on that. Maybe a GH Wiki was the goal? This could be complimentary to a forum, although it is possible to create semi-permanent (yet editable) content within a forum that can be referenced for Q&A. News can also be posted (updates, status, newsletters (?) ). All in one place is generally a good idea and avoids content duplication. Any forum post could link to github repos containing the actual training material. Cheers! Jen -- Jennifer Hillman-Jackson Galaxy Application Support http://usegalaxy.org http://galaxyproject.org http://biostar.usegalaxy.org On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Doyle Maria <Maria.Doyle@petermac.org<mailto:Maria.Doyle@petermac.org>> wrote: Hello Dave, Hans-Rudolf, Bjoern and all, I'm happy to raise those points on behalf of GTN if that's what we go with, I just have a few questions on two of them.
*1. Enable/Host online discussion about bioinformatics training.*
/Biostar or Github recommended./ (I lean towards Biostar-like solutions.)
1. Biostar 2. Github 3. ML
Excuse the ignorance but what is ML? Were Biostar or any of these other options discussed at GOBLET last year? As if so were there any specific objections to using them? And why is Biostar deemed the best option?
*2. Embrace the Carpentry model for training material and training datasets*
/Yes. Maybe even "Hell yes!"/
HRH suggests pushing for this now, instead of proposing GTN try this for a year and report.
/Maria, I suggest you push for whichever option you think they will receive better at the time (or suggest both as options)./
Yes please, https://github.com/bgruening/training-material is trying to follow the Carpentry model already and we will make sure this is in a reasonable state to the end of the year.
Are we suggesting GOBLET set up a github too for material or would that just lead to duplication? Or is it that GOBLET would collate and provide links to the various githubs (Carpentry, ELIXIR etc)? Cheers, Maria Maria Doyle Application and Training Specialist Research Computing Facility Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre ________________________________________ From: Galaxy-training [galaxy-training-bounces@lists.galaxyproject.org<mailto:galaxy-training-bounces@lists.galaxyproject.org>] on behalf of Björn Grüning [bjoern.gruening@gmail.com<mailto:bjoern.gruening@gmail.com>] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 8:24 AM To: Dave Clements; Hans-Rudolf Hotz Cc: Galaxy-Training List Subject: [SPAM][M] Re: [gxy-train] GTN at 2016 GOBLET meeting Am 01.11.2016 um 21:06 schrieb Dave Clements:
Hi Hans-Rudolf, Maria, all
The GOBLET meeting starts next Monday, which means we need to get this settled as soon as possible. So far their hasn't been much discussion, which means Hans-Rudolf and I get what we (/HRH+DC)/ want. I'd rather present what we (/GTN/) want. Which means we need your input now.
If there's no discussion in the next 24 hours we'll go with what we have, which is below
*1. Enable/Host online discussion about bioinformatics training.*
/Biostar or Github recommended./ (I lean towards Biostar-like solutions.)
1. Biostar 2. Github 3. ML
*2. Embrace the Carpentry model for training material and training datasets*
/Yes. Maybe even "Hell yes!"/
HRH suggests pushing for this now, instead of proposing GTN try this for a year and report.
/Maria, I suggest you push for whichever option you think they will receive better at the time (or suggest both as options)./
Yes please, https://github.com/bgruening/training-material is trying to follow the Carpentry model already and we will make sure this is in a reasonable state to the end of the year.
*3. We prepare short presentations on whatever points we decide to push. *
Gosh this seemed like a good idea when it's implementation was a week in the future.
Depending on discussion in the next day, /- I'll start working with Björn and Bérénice (and possibly HRH) tomorrow to get these done./
*4. Should GTN stay in GOBLET?* * * HRH asks two questions.
Has GOBLET been in contact with GTN?
They are in contact with me. I forward what I think are the interesting emails on to the Galaxy-Training list. Most of the significant ones were about workshops, either sponsored by GOBLET or relevant to GOBLET membership. There were also 2 editions of the new GOBLET Newsletter. Several of the events were directly relevant to GTN membership.
I was also invited to consider running for a GOBLET office. I declined this as the offer came during a month when I was swamped, and trying to avoid commitments.
What I haven't seen, outside of the events, is a call to action, such as: - advertise your event through GOBLET channels. - Share you materials through GOBLET. and so on. (Both those things are available, I just don't do them. )
I want to know what is happing with this money
My memory is that this is covered in detail at the GOBLET meeting. I suspect that this is already published online, and if it's not, I bet we could get them do it pretty easily.
My Proposal: /1. GTN stays in GOBLET for another year./
+1 They are also trying to find a spot next to Carpentry, ELIXIR training and GTN. -> tess ...
/2. We let them know that we discuss this value proposition every year./
And let's ask them about the money and how this is spend. Thanks, Bjoern
My 23¢,
Dave C
> > 1. Enable/Host online discussion about bioinformatics training. > > They could use the BioStar platform, and this would give all bioinformatics trainers a platform to discuss questions. I think BioStar has been a huge win for the Galaxy community.
+1
Yes, any kind of discussion forum would be nice….(see also point 2 )
> 2. Embrace the Carpentry model for training material and training datasets > > Software and Data Carpentry put all their training materials in GitHub where the trainer community can (and does) update the materials. The Galaxy training materials hackathon earlier this month made significant progress on this very approach.
and the nice thing about GitHub: it can also be used as a discussion forum (see point 1 )
> Open Questions: > > A) Do we as a community believe that this is a worthwhile approach for training materials? > > I'm pretty sure I speak for the Galaxy team when I say that we believe it is. How do GTN members (and anyone on this mailing list) feel? There was a lot of community participation in this month's contribution fest.
+1
> B) If we think it's a good approach, how can we argue it's good for GOBLET as well? > > Something we could propose that gets GOBLET membership thinking, and doesn't require them to actually do anything until the following year: > > Propose that GTN be a test case for this approach, and that we present our experience and whatever best practices we've learned at the 2017 GOBLET meeting.
why wait till 2017? I think we can already show now that this approach works.
> 3. We prepare short presentations on whatever points we decide to push. > > Maria could show these when making presenting GTN's arguments. They would need to be short. > > I could create one for the forum suggestion, Björn, Bérenice, and myself could create one for the training materials proposal.
+1
> 4. Should GTN stay in GOBLET? > > We discussed this last year and decided to give it another year, which is now almost done. > > Something that was supposed to happen, but that mostly did not, is that I would be a lot more active in GOBLET. Besides passing on emails to this list, I don't think I did this. So, 2016 may or may not have been our year to discover the greatness of GOBLET, but given my inactivity, we just don't know.
Well, we can ask the other way round as well: Has GOBLET been in contact with GTN?
> GOBLET still strikes me as having great potential that it just hasn't realized yet.
+1
> The yearly membership is €250. Last year this was paid by the Galaxy Community Fund. If this group decides we should stay in GOBLET then I'll present a funding request to them for 2017.
I don’t want to debate whether 250 Euro is a lot of money or not. I want to know what is happing with this money
> No matter what we decide we should let GOBLET know that we had this discussion, and what points we came up with.
+1
Hans-Rudolf
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