The Open Bioinformatics Foundation (OBF) is a non-profit organization that promotes open source software development and open science in bioinformatics. It sponsors conferences like BOSC and initiatives that nurture the bioinformatics community. The OBF accepts donations for and manages assets on behalf of member projects. In the past year, the OBF board of directors was elected, the OBF participated in Google Summer of Code, and the organization is working to improve sustainability and professionalism as an all-volunteer group.
Developing and promoting the Glasgow Caledonian University Open Educational Resources policy. Building the policy into everyday practice. Presentation for ALT-C, Manchester 2015
CCCOER June 18 Webinar: OER & Supporting PlatformsUna Daly
Quill West, Open Educaiton Project Mgr, Pierce College District and CCCPER President, leads the discussion with Nicole Finkbeiner, Open Stax on how to evaluate OER partnerships through the lens of the CARE Framework.
Developing and promoting the Glasgow Caledonian University Open Educational Resources policy. Building the policy into everyday practice. Presentation for ALT-C, Manchester 2015
CCCOER June 18 Webinar: OER & Supporting PlatformsUna Daly
Quill West, Open Educaiton Project Mgr, Pierce College District and CCCPER President, leads the discussion with Nicole Finkbeiner, Open Stax on how to evaluate OER partnerships through the lens of the CARE Framework.
Bringing reason to phenotype diversity, character change, and common descentHilmar Lapp
Talk I gave in the National Center for BioOntologies (NCBO) Webinar series, on Nov 17, 2010.
Abstract, bio, and video recording are at the NCBO website:
http://www.bioontology.org/phenoscape
This slideshow was used in an Introduction to Research Data Management course for the Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, on 2015-05-27. It provides an overview of some key issues, looking at both day-to-day data management, and longer term issues, including sharing, and curation.
This presentation was provided by Emma Ganley of the Public Library of Science during the August 10 NISO-NASIG webinar, How Librarians Use, Support and Can Implement Researcher Identifiers.
Open science and the individual researcherBram Zandbelt
Slides for the Feb 8, 2017 lab meeting of Roshan Cools' Motivation & Cognitive Control group (Donders Institute), discussing the following paper:
McKiernan, E. C., Bourne, P. E., Brown, C. T., Buck, S., Kenall, A., Lin, J., … Yarkoni, T. (2016). How open science helps researchers succeed. eLife, 5, e16800. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16800.
A Revolution in Open Science: Open Data and the Role of Libraries (Professor ...LIBER Europe
This talk was given by Prof. Geoffrey Boulton of the University of Edinburgh at LIBER's 42nd annual conference in Munich. Here is a brief summary: "The data storm that has been unleashed by novel means of data acquisition, manipulation and their instantaneous communication have posed both great challenges and opportunities for science. The challenge is to maintain scientific self-correction, which depends on concurrent publication of concepts and the underlying evidence. The opportunity is to exploit massive and complex data volumes in creating new knowledge. Both are non-trivial tasks. The former requires ‘intelligent openness‘."
"The latter requires new ways of thinking and new forms of collaboration, which make major demands on scientists, their institutions, those that fund science and those who publish it. Open access publishing is important, but open data is fundamental to scientific progress."
"In a post-Gutenberg era, can the library maintain its historic role as an efficient repository of scientific knowledge? Can it provide support for the creation of new knowledge? What responsibilities should it discharge, and how? What skills are required by those discharging the library function? And how do we achieve a realisable objective, of having all the publications online, all the data online, and for the two to be interoperable?"
Learn more about LIBER at www.libereurope.eu
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is undergoing a period of change. For the tenth anniversary of the foundation the board is embracing this change with a new vision, mission statement and goals.
This talk introduces this new direction for the foundation, and explores details of 2016 strategic plan. This talk is of particular importance to foundation projects, community participants and our sponsors.
Attend this talk if you are interested in what OSGeo does in the FOSS4G community and where we are heading next.
Bringing reason to phenotype diversity, character change, and common descentHilmar Lapp
Talk I gave in the National Center for BioOntologies (NCBO) Webinar series, on Nov 17, 2010.
Abstract, bio, and video recording are at the NCBO website:
http://www.bioontology.org/phenoscape
This slideshow was used in an Introduction to Research Data Management course for the Social Sciences Division, University of Oxford, on 2015-05-27. It provides an overview of some key issues, looking at both day-to-day data management, and longer term issues, including sharing, and curation.
This presentation was provided by Emma Ganley of the Public Library of Science during the August 10 NISO-NASIG webinar, How Librarians Use, Support and Can Implement Researcher Identifiers.
Open science and the individual researcherBram Zandbelt
Slides for the Feb 8, 2017 lab meeting of Roshan Cools' Motivation & Cognitive Control group (Donders Institute), discussing the following paper:
McKiernan, E. C., Bourne, P. E., Brown, C. T., Buck, S., Kenall, A., Lin, J., … Yarkoni, T. (2016). How open science helps researchers succeed. eLife, 5, e16800. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16800.
A Revolution in Open Science: Open Data and the Role of Libraries (Professor ...LIBER Europe
This talk was given by Prof. Geoffrey Boulton of the University of Edinburgh at LIBER's 42nd annual conference in Munich. Here is a brief summary: "The data storm that has been unleashed by novel means of data acquisition, manipulation and their instantaneous communication have posed both great challenges and opportunities for science. The challenge is to maintain scientific self-correction, which depends on concurrent publication of concepts and the underlying evidence. The opportunity is to exploit massive and complex data volumes in creating new knowledge. Both are non-trivial tasks. The former requires ‘intelligent openness‘."
"The latter requires new ways of thinking and new forms of collaboration, which make major demands on scientists, their institutions, those that fund science and those who publish it. Open access publishing is important, but open data is fundamental to scientific progress."
"In a post-Gutenberg era, can the library maintain its historic role as an efficient repository of scientific knowledge? Can it provide support for the creation of new knowledge? What responsibilities should it discharge, and how? What skills are required by those discharging the library function? And how do we achieve a realisable objective, of having all the publications online, all the data online, and for the two to be interoperable?"
Learn more about LIBER at www.libereurope.eu
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is undergoing a period of change. For the tenth anniversary of the foundation the board is embracing this change with a new vision, mission statement and goals.
This talk introduces this new direction for the foundation, and explores details of 2016 strategic plan. This talk is of particular importance to foundation projects, community participants and our sponsors.
Attend this talk if you are interested in what OSGeo does in the FOSS4G community and where we are heading next.
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is undergoing a period of change. For the tenth anniversary of the foundation the board is embracing this change with a new vision, mission statement and goals.
This talk introduces this new direction for the foundation, and explores details of 2016 strategic plan. This talk is of particular importance to foundation projects, community participants and our sponsors.
Attend this talk if you are interested in what OSGeo does in the FOSS4G community and where we are heading next.
The 8th Dec event focussed on Wellcome Trust as a co-consulting case study and then Explored operating model design. We had some excellent conversations and practiced the application of operating model design to 2 different organisations.
How National Wildlife Federation Uses Online Community to Drive Offline ActionSmall World Labs
Confronting today’s environmental challenges, such as climate change and water sustainability, requires the environmental movement to respond with an unprecedented level of creativity and energy. However, command and control campaigns that are centrally-organized and pushed via grassroot methods, are not sufficient to unleash the scale of response needed to be successful.
In this webinar (http://www.smallworldlabs.com/learn/webinars/nwf) we took a look into a focused NWF online community that allows members to connect with one another and take action on campaigns and local environmental sustainability projects. Courtney Cochran from NWF and Lindsay Razzaz from Small World Labs walked through what was learned during the buildout of this community, as well as some of the technological tools introduced and measurable results achieved throughout the process.
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia intranet case study at the Intranet Global...Prescient Digital Media
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia intranet case study "Tansforming 3 Intranets Into a Mobile Digital Workplace" by Kirsten Culbertson at the Intranet Global Forum in New York City, Oct 23, 2015
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia intranet case study at the Intranet Global...Toby Ward
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia intranet case study "Transforming 3 Intranets into a Mobile Digital Workplace" presented by Kirsten Culbertson at the Intranet Global Forum in New York City, Oct 23, 2015
IABC France AGM 2014: Review and New StrategyIABC France
This presentation was given at the IABC France AGM 2014 to share review highlights of 2013-2014 and introduce the new program and collaborative strategy for 2014-2015 with a new leadership structure.
Racial justice and the climate movementEPIPNational
A challenge as complex as climate change demands approaches that link its social and ecological dimensions. Importantly, the destructive effects of our fossilfuelbased way of life are uneven, harming some people more than others. The impacts of climate change are also uneven. For example, coastal storms, sea level rise, and drought disproportionately affect certain populations. Real solutions to the climate crisis will require a significant level of socioeconomic change, as we decarbonize many sectors of society including energy, agriculture, and transportation, to name a few. Socioeconomic restructuring on this scale raises the critical issue of equity: solutions must work for everyone.
To best create climate solutions that meet the needs of everyone, we must create space for historically less privileged populations to lead. A more inclusive and intersectional movement will allow all groups to learn how patterns of oppression and privilege operate in our society, as well as, understand how they intersect with environmental justice and the ability to influence public policy. It will also build trusting relationships that leverage the power of diverse alliances and intersections, broadening our work beyond the confines of singleissue environmental organizing.
To that end, this webinar will answer the following: “How can we honor the intersectionality of climate change in a way that invites historically excluded populations to lead us toward an unstoppable climate movement?” Participants will walk away with guidance and lessons learned from philanthropists and practitioners who are applying an inclusive and intersectional approach to strengthen their work.
Co-Sponsored by Environmental Grantmakers Association (EGA)
Speakers:
Farhad Ebrahimi, Chorus Foundation
Samantha Harvey, Environmental Program Officer, Overbrook Foundation; Program Manager, BEA for Impact
Vernard Williams, Director, Race and Justice Initiative, Alliance for Climate Education
Elizabeth Yeampierre, Executive Director, UPROSE
How can innovators leverage crowdfunding and strategic investments to ...SharpBrains
With distribution as a common bottleneck to the sustainable commercialization of innovation, value-added capital is often critical to enable steady progress in the translation of brain science from lab to life. This is especially true in non-medical areas, which lack appropriate infrastructure to commercialize and distribute innovative solutions. What can innovators learn from Discovery’s investment in Lumosity, AAA’s partnership with Posit Science, and Emotiv’s Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign?
- Chair: Matthew Bishop, US Business Editor and New York Bureau Chief of The Economist, YGL Class of 2005
- Dan Fox, Senior VP Corporate Development at Discovery Communications
- Jeff Zimman, Chairman of Posit Science
- Tan Le, CEO of Emotiv Lifesciences, YGL Class of 2009
Short presentation about the social values of open source, for the Intel Youth Enterprise session in Amman, attended by technology and social entrepreneurs in Jordan.
"All these initiatives run on technology, but as they have such deep social impact, they need technology with a social spirit; Open Source", said Issa Mahasneh, president of the Jordan Open Source Association.
Constructing its presentation on three main factors, Mahasneh described the social values of Open Source, and explained why the future is open and why Open Source can help social entrepreneurs and their projects.
Based on a 2011 study by D. Pidsley, Mahasneh evaluated several values for Open Source, starting from open standards, innovation, collaboration and comunity, user led development and cost effectiveness. "These are not only related to technologies used", explained Mahasneh, "but this methodology is viable in any work and process of social enterprise".
Mahasneh stressed on the importance of open standards, and how openness itself is not only important, but vital to social impact. He presented the example of the lack of a standard document format that caused loss of life and damage to property, according to the Minister of Science and Technology of South Africa, "responding agencies and non-governmental groups were unable to share information vital to the rescue effort. Each was using different data and document formats. Relief was slowed, and coordination complicated", said the minister.
Sir Tim Berners Lee, creator of the World Wide Web WWW, was also taken as an example of openess in social project, "the Internet", said Mahasneh, "had its success for his openness".
Other open source initiatives that were mentioned included, Ushahidi an open source platform that was used for critical events around the world, lately it was used in the geo mapping issues in the Lebanese elections and to map sexual harassment in Egypt. "The open source nature of Ushahidi led to Innovation", explained Mahasneh, inviting participants to create their own ideas for the good of Jordan based on freely available open source projects.
The president of Jordan Open Source Association ended with some quick ways to enter the Open Source community and gain benefits from it.
AAIW is now an official organization with a Board and an Executive Director. We have refreshed our mission, vision, and key attributes. We have also set priorities in terms of our target audiences, key value proposition, and a work program to achieve our goals. Finally, we are offering new ways to engage via regional teams and topic/sector focused action teams.
AAIW will be a key driver in shaping Wisconsin’s digital future. This document shares just a few details. We hope that you will share our excitement and join (or rejoin) our community!
CHANGE Philanthropy (formerly known as Joint Affinity Groups) was founded in 1993 to unify identity-focused philanthropic affinity groups into an empowered coalition between our seven core partners. Collectively, we are working to integrate diversity, inclusion, and social justice into philanthropic practice. As the work of our individual partners organizations developed and deepened, so did our need to strategically address equity. In 2015, JAG began to rethink our work, refocus our energy and transform into CHANGE Philanthropy. CHANGE_Philanthropy_small.jpg
What makes CHANGE Philanthropy unique is an advocacy of community priorities of partners with an intersectional approach. Each partner organization organizes resources and builds connections and represent the communities that they promote. That lived experience shapes our work every day, giving us a connection to the strengths and assets of different communities as well as to their needs. Together, we’re working to raise the level of dialog and shift practice among funders so that philanthropic dollars are dispersed through equitable practices that take the true concerns of all communities to heart.
Join this webinar to learn more about what CHANGE Philanthropy from our Coalition Catalyst, Carly Hare. She will share the fresh mission, vision and focus areas, as well as a preview of the tools and resources CHANGE will be making available and the opportunities to be part of the movement.
Learn more about the presenter:
Carly Hare (Pawnee/Yankton) strives to live a commitment to advancing equity and community engagement through her professional and personal life. Carly recently stepped into the role of the Coalition Catalyst/National Director for CHANGE Philanthropy in 2015. Carly most recently served as Native Americans in Philanthropy’s Executive Director from 2010-2015 after five years of membership, and serving on the NAP Board of Directors. Carly has served on planning committees and presented at over 30 conferences at the intersection of equity and philanthropy. Carly held the position of the Director of Development for the Native American Rights Fund from 2009-2010. She served as Director of Programs for The Community Foundation Serving Boulder County for five years. She is a proud daughter, sister, auntie, ally, friend, advocate. Carly’s Pawnee name is <i><i ]a hiks which translates into kind leader of men.
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Integrating data with phylogenies, at scaleHilmar Lapp
Invited presentation at the final Phenotype RCN Summit, held at Biosphere2, AZ, Feb 26-28, 2016. Co-presented with N. Cellinese.
More information about the Phyloreferencing project can be found at http://phyloref.org.
Rphenoscape: Connecting the semantics of evolutionary morphology to comparat...Hilmar Lapp
Presentation of the software package RPhenoscape for the R platform for statistical computing. The package bridges between the ecosystem of packages for comparative phylogenetics in R and the data content and computational semantics services provided by the API of the Phenoscape Knowledgebase. Presented at the 2016 Evolution Meetings in Austin, TX.
Towards ubiquitous OWL computing: Simplifying programmatic authoring of and q...Hilmar Lapp
Presentation about two small tools addressing gaps commonly encountered when computing and programming with OWL (the Web Ontology Language) at scale. Given at the 2014 Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC).
The video of the talk is here: http://youtu.be/K0SlYwMyn-A
The Dryad Digital Repository: Published data as part of the greater data ecos...Hilmar Lapp
Presented at the M3 and Biosharing Special Interest Group (SIG) meeting at ISMB 2010 in Boston, MA: http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/M3_%26_BioSharing
Report to the 2009 TDWG Conference in Montpellier, France, about the Phyloinformatics VoCamp that we ran just prior to and into the beginning of the conference. Full details about the VoCamp are here:
http://www.evoio.org/wiki/VoCamp1
Open science, open-source, and open data: Collaboration as an emergent property?Hilmar Lapp
Talk I gave as part of the panel "How will cyberinfrastructure capabilities shape the future of scientific collaboration?" at the Cyberinfrastructure for Collaborative Science workshop, held at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), May 18-20, 2011.
More information about the workshop at
https://www.nescent.org/wg_collabsci/2011_Workshop
Liberating Our Beautiful Trees: A Call to Arms.Hilmar Lapp
Lightning talk I gave at the 2012 iEvoBio conference in Ottawa, Canada. The abstract is can be found here:
http://ievobio.org/ocs2/index.php/ievobio/2012/paper/view/39/26
THE IMPORTANCE OF MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE SAMPLE RETURN.Sérgio Sacani
The return of a sample of near-surface atmosphere from Mars would facilitate answers to several first-order science questions surrounding the formation and evolution of the planet. One of the important aspects of terrestrial planet formation in general is the role that primary atmospheres played in influencing the chemistry and structure of the planets and their antecedents. Studies of the martian atmosphere can be used to investigate the role of a primary atmosphere in its history. Atmosphere samples would also inform our understanding of the near-surface chemistry of the planet, and ultimately the prospects for life. High-precision isotopic analyses of constituent gases are needed to address these questions, requiring that the analyses are made on returned samples rather than in situ.
Cancer cell metabolism: special Reference to Lactate PathwayAADYARAJPANDEY1
Normal Cell Metabolism:
Cellular respiration describes the series of steps that cells use to break down sugar and other chemicals to get the energy we need to function.
Energy is stored in the bonds of glucose and when glucose is broken down, much of that energy is released.
Cell utilize energy in the form of ATP.
The first step of respiration is called glycolysis. In a series of steps, glycolysis breaks glucose into two smaller molecules - a chemical called pyruvate. A small amount of ATP is formed during this process.
Most healthy cells continue the breakdown in a second process, called the Kreb's cycle. The Kreb's cycle allows cells to “burn” the pyruvates made in glycolysis to get more ATP.
The last step in the breakdown of glucose is called oxidative phosphorylation (Ox-Phos).
It takes place in specialized cell structures called mitochondria. This process produces a large amount of ATP. Importantly, cells need oxygen to complete oxidative phosphorylation.
If a cell completes only glycolysis, only 2 molecules of ATP are made per glucose. However, if the cell completes the entire respiration process (glycolysis - Kreb's - oxidative phosphorylation), about 36 molecules of ATP are created, giving it much more energy to use.
IN CANCER CELL:
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
Unlike healthy cells that "burn" the entire molecule of sugar to capture a large amount of energy as ATP, cancer cells are wasteful.
Cancer cells only partially break down sugar molecules. They overuse the first step of respiration, glycolysis. They frequently do not complete the second step, oxidative phosphorylation.
This results in only 2 molecules of ATP per each glucose molecule instead of the 36 or so ATPs healthy cells gain. As a result, cancer cells need to use a lot more sugar molecules to get enough energy to survive.
introduction to WARBERG PHENOMENA:
WARBURG EFFECT Usually, cancer cells are highly glycolytic (glucose addiction) and take up more glucose than do normal cells from outside.
Otto Heinrich Warburg (; 8 October 1883 – 1 August 1970) In 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.
WARNBURG EFFECT : cancer cells under aerobic (well-oxygenated) conditions to metabolize glucose to lactate (aerobic glycolysis) is known as the Warburg effect. Warburg made the observation that tumor slices consume glucose and secrete lactate at a higher rate than normal tissues.
What is greenhouse gasses and how many gasses are there to affect the Earth.moosaasad1975
What are greenhouse gasses how they affect the earth and its environment what is the future of the environment and earth how the weather and the climate effects.
Richard's aventures in two entangled wonderlandsRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
Observation of Io’s Resurfacing via Plume Deposition Using Ground-based Adapt...Sérgio Sacani
Since volcanic activity was first discovered on Io from Voyager images in 1979, changes
on Io’s surface have been monitored from both spacecraft and ground-based telescopes.
Here, we present the highest spatial resolution images of Io ever obtained from a groundbased telescope. These images, acquired by the SHARK-VIS instrument on the Large
Binocular Telescope, show evidence of a major resurfacing event on Io’s trailing hemisphere. When compared to the most recent spacecraft images, the SHARK-VIS images
show that a plume deposit from a powerful eruption at Pillan Patera has covered part
of the long-lived Pele plume deposit. Although this type of resurfacing event may be common on Io, few have been detected due to the rarity of spacecraft visits and the previously low spatial resolution available from Earth-based telescopes. The SHARK-VIS instrument ushers in a new era of high resolution imaging of Io’s surface using adaptive
optics at visible wavelengths.
Richard's entangled aventures in wonderlandRichard Gill
Since the loophole-free Bell experiments of 2020 and the Nobel prizes in physics of 2022, critics of Bell's work have retreated to the fortress of super-determinism. Now, super-determinism is a derogatory word - it just means "determinism". Palmer, Hance and Hossenfelder argue that quantum mechanics and determinism are not incompatible, using a sophisticated mathematical construction based on a subtle thinning of allowed states and measurements in quantum mechanics, such that what is left appears to make Bell's argument fail, without altering the empirical predictions of quantum mechanics. I think however that it is a smoke screen, and the slogan "lost in math" comes to my mind. I will discuss some other recent disproofs of Bell's theorem using the language of causality based on causal graphs. Causal thinking is also central to law and justice. I will mention surprising connections to my work on serial killer nurse cases, in particular the Dutch case of Lucia de Berk and the current UK case of Lucy Letby.
This presentation explores a brief idea about the structural and functional attributes of nucleotides, the structure and function of genetic materials along with the impact of UV rays and pH upon them.
A brief information about the SCOP protein database used in bioinformatics.
The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) database is a comprehensive and authoritative resource for the structural and evolutionary relationships of proteins. It provides a detailed and curated classification of protein structures, grouping them into families, superfamilies, and folds based on their structural and sequence similarities.
2. What is the OBF?
• Umbrella organization for the Bio*
projects (and EMBOSS)
• Non-profit, entirely volunteer-run
• Dedicated to promoting the practice
and philosophy of Open Source
software development and Open
Science within the life sciences.
3. What does OBF do?
• Sponsor and run BOSC and other community-
nurturing initiatives
• Code Fests (and hackathons)
• Mentoring organization in Google Summer of Code
• Advocacy to promote Open Source and Open Science
in bioinformatics
• Accepting and disbursing donations on behalf of
member projects
• Managing assets on behalf of our member projects.
10. Board of Directors
Elections
• Hilmar Lapp elected to a second term
as President.
• Nomi Harris elected as Director at-
large, second term on the Board
• Peter Cock elected as Secretary,
second term on the Board
11. OBF is participating in the
Google Summer of Code
• Eric Talevich (Biopython) & Raoul
Bonnal (Bioruby) serve as admins
• 6 Students working in Biopython, Bioruby,
Biohaskell, JSBML
• Promoting reciprocal inclusivity for umbrella
organizations such as OBF
12. Moving hosting to Open
Source Lab
• Commercial cloud hosting costs eat up
a major part of our income.
• OSL has expressed interest in taking
us on.
• Gathering the necessary information
has been slow and painful.
• Hoping to get this completed in 2014.
16. Sustaining professional
systems with volunteers is
a challenge
• OBF sysadmin work rests on the same
too few people with too little time.
• Hard to be professional with volunteer
work.
• Other all-volunteer tech foundations
have similar problems.
17. OBF is a membership
organization. Or is it?
0
30
60
90
120
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Members
For perspective:
•Biopython: 816
(346 on dev)
•Bioperl-l: 978
19. What’s next?
• Improve our professionalism
• Increase what we do well. Divest of/
partner for everything else.
• Partner with organizations well
aligned with our mission and goals
• Identify the best ways to invest in our
community
20. Connect with us
• Web: http://www.open-bio.org/
• Twitter: @obf_news
• GitHub: http://github.com/obf/
• News blog: http://news.open-bio.org/
• Join us as a member.