NSF POSE Grant (was:Are we an "ecosystem"?)

Hi, the meeting was recorded and here is a link to the recording (Passcode is: Z350A@8i )

Mostly we all just kind of introduced ourselves. You’ll get another chance to say hi to people if you want this week:

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From: David Witzel dwitzel@policycommons.org
Date: Mon, May 1, 2023 at 8:32 AM
Subject: next NSF POSE session on Friday
To: opensourceecosystems@policycommons.org

Hi Everyone,

welcome to the Open Source Ecosystems ecosystem-creation discussion list. apologies if you don’t want to be on this list - don’t mean to spam. Please remove yourself from the google group. Also, please invite anyone who might be interested.

the 2nd zoom discussion of the NSF POSE opportunity is this Friday at noon ET / 9am PT. Here’s the calendar invite. Please share with anyone who might be interested. We’re looking for projects that may apply to the POSE grant to present and be discussed. Let me know if you’d like to present.

Happy Monday!

dave


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Here’s the latest agenda for tomorrow’s session featuring 4 presentations by groups interested in developing proposals for the NSF POSE grant. The session is Friday at noon ET / 9am PT on this zoom.

The NSF is offering the 2nd round of grants to support design & development of “open source ecosystems" to "to harness the power of open-source development for the creation of new technology solutions to problems of national and societal importance.”

This is the 2nd session to provide community-building support for future ecosystem-building efforts. This session will introduce some projects considering submitting proposals to NSF.

Presenters are:

Each presentation will be 7 minutes. We’ll do all the presentations and then have Q&A / discussion.

Please forward this invite to other interested folks.

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Thank you @dwitzel! I won’t be able to make it today but would love to see he recording (if you would be so kind as to record). The last get together was really valuable and I am looking forward to seeing how these brilliant minds converge around building community and ecosystems in our open source world!

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I’d like to propose that we spend part of our next community call (May 17) to map out components of this proposal. Specifically, I’d like to facilitate a 30ish mins grant-storming session! (or longer if we have time.

This includes the concept of identifying core “functions” we want from neutral spaces like GOAT as well as community organizing methods discussion in the coops chats in the past (with @samuejao @3wordchant @julietnpn @jgaehring @laurieWayne @GOATforMikeD @gbathree @mstenta and many others that I may have missed) in the past. Once we have an agenda thread, I’ll put in more detail there if that works for all. I’ll also reach out to folks at a few other networks (openteam, oats, etc.) that are in working in this space already.

I’ve also invited @dwitzel to bring their group as well since I’ve attended their discussions so far. Also pinging @tibetsprague and others that were in attendance that I may have missed (I know Laurie and Jamie were there too!)

I’ll share my draft document once I’ve redone it for group discussion too.

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Great session today featuring 4 groups planning on proposal submissions to the NSF POSE program:

​Let me know if you’d like to present your project concept in a future session.​

​Here is the recording (note passcode):​

Video Conferencing, Web Conferencing, Webinars, Screen Sharing - Zoom
Passcode: miU#89@R

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here’s the chat:

11:57:23 From  Arlen, Santa Monica, CA  to  Everyone:
	Hi David and All . . . I have no camera or mic on this pc, so I'll joist "loiter" if I may.  :-)
11:59:13 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	sounds good Arlen
12:01:05 From  Christiana Gardikioti GREECE  to  Everyone:
	hello I am here ...I will turn camera off and on (multitasking) ..please bear with me today  Thnak you for the understanging  ..
12:02:24 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	Greetings all.   This is Daniel of Active Inference Institute, here is where we posted with more information at the mailing list: https://groups.google.com/a/policycommons.org/g/opensourceecosystems/c/zoFurrbR4as
12:02:26 From  Christiana Gardikioti GREECE  to  Everyone:
	I am CHristiana Gardikioti in Southern Greece Mt Parnonas Founder of the Meraki People https://www.merakipeople.gr
12:02:36 From  Arlen, Santa Monica, CA  to  Everyone:
	Good day All -- I'm in Los Angeles area.  Interested in GRC folks and initiatives.
12:02:51 From  Jordan Nicholas Sukut  to  Everyone:
	Hi all, I am Jordan. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordannicholassukut
12:03:16 From  Kamran Hughes  to  Everyone:
	Hey I'm Kamran from Seattle! https://www.linkedin.com/in/kamranhughes/
12:03:24 From  willemijn  to  Everyone:
	Hi! This is Willemijn from open.landscape.network, a management software enabling environmental conservation projects to scale. unlock funding, and ultimately save the world. Happy to be here :)
12:03:30 From  Kevin's Otter.ai  to  Everyone:
	Hi, I'm an AI assistant helping Kevin Maher take notes for this meeting. Follow along the transcript here:  https://otter.ai/u/QHQQiLUtVgdsQ2yVhuDsoFEx7iU?utm_source=va_chat_link_1
	
	You'll also be able to see screenshots of key moments, add highlights, comments, or action items to anything being said, and get an automatic summary after the meeting.
12:03:35 From  Carl Welty  to  Everyone:
	Carl Welty - Los Angeles based architect
12:04:09 From  Forrist Lytehaause  to  Everyone:
	Hi, I'm Forrist http://www.LinkedIn.com/in/forrist  reach out if you wish to connect.
12:04:13 From  Edward Ober  to  Everyone:
	Ed Ober - NC based grant writer and entrepreneur
12:04:18 From  Ankita Raturi  to  Everyone:
	Hi folks, I’m Ankita, director of the Agricultural Informatics Lab @ Purdue University (www.aginformaticslab.org), organizers for Gathering for Open Ag Tech (www.goatech.org) and faculty affiliate at Open Ag Tech + Systems Center at Purdue(www.oatscenter.org)
12:04:40 From  Alexander Vyatkin  to  Everyone:
	Hey, I am Alex, from ActiveInference.Institute
	https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexvyatkin/
12:05:19 From  Kent Langley  to  Everyone:
	Kent Langley - San Francisco Bay Area - North Bay - Technology Entrepreneur (Cloud/Blockchain/AI)
12:05:36 From  Aarti Shah  to  Everyone:
	Aarti Shah, currently in Nairobi, https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarti-shah-b61a65/
12:09:20 From  Sam   to  Everyone:
	Is https://impact.openfuturecoalition.org closed source?
12:09:45 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	afaik
12:13:25 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	Active Inference Institute https://www.activeinference.org/  All our activities are participatory and you can see them here: https://coda.io/@active-inference-institute/aii-onboarding/activities-7  More information at the mailing list: https://groups.google.com/a/policycommons.org/g/opensourceecosystems/c/zoFurrbR4as
12:15:44 From  Rick (equity muse)  to  Everyone:
	Meta-governance —elaborate
12:18:06 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	questions of focus:
	do you currently have external users outside of your  group?
	do you currently have external contributors who provide  content and/or help develop the open-source product?
	do you currently have an organizational or governance structure that enables collaborative  development?
	what activities will POSE funding support?
	What is the expected Broader Impact of the proposed OSE?
12:20:11 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	@Rick to learn more about meta-governance: https://metagov.org/
12:20:25 From  Kent Langley  to  Everyone:
	Could we pin the active speaker?
12:21:56 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Could we pin the act..." with 👍
12:22:03 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	@Kent, i think you can select speaker view (instead of gallery view) with the icon or the upper left?
12:22:58 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	sorry, at the upper RIGHT
12:23:05 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	https://www.cgiar.org/
12:24:23 From  Harrison  to  Everyone:
	Does anyone have a list of companies that have been successful with NSF? And what were the specific metrics that drove its success?
12:24:36 From  Jordan Nicholas Sukut  to  Everyone:
	Deeply grateful to be here with you this morning. Let’s work together to land multiple grants and proposals across the network. Reach out at J@Lionsberg.org if you’d like to collaborate. I apologize I need to step out early.
12:24:49 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	Thanks Jordan
12:25:00 From  Edward Ober  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Deeply grateful to b..." with 👍
12:25:02 From  Scott Morris  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Deeply grateful to b..." with 🙌
12:25:06 From  Jessica Groopman  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Deeply grateful to b..." with 👍
12:27:21 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	@Sumer - at time
12:27:23 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Deeply grateful to b..." with 👍
12:28:52 From  Sumer Johal  to  Everyone:
	My email sjohal@linuxfoundation.org. Please DM me if you are interested in collaborating
12:30:21 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "My email sjohal@linu..." with 🙏🏼
12:31:26 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	Very cool about the HSTP & HSML with Active Inference, we would definitely like to talk more about this.
12:31:39 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	My contact - dwitzel@policycommons.org 
	Please share with anyone who wants to be on the email list (opensourceecosystems@policycommons.org)
12:32:58 From  Carl Welty  to  Everyone:
	I am an architect working on an initiative to retrofit existing uninsulated concrete buildings (90% of industrial buildings constructed before 1980 in California and most of developed countries) to eliminate need for air conditioning within 40 miles of the coast. currently working with engineer at UC Irvine who sees promise to qualify for DOE grants for energy retrofitting existing buildings
12:34:00 From  Rick (equity muse)  to  Everyone:
	How can we integrate the ethic of Equity Governance with Regenerative and sustainable governance along with operational methodologies, such as strategic doing?  
	
	https://equitymoonshot.substack.com/p/how-might-we-cultivate-anti-influence
12:36:27 From  Scott Morris  to  Everyone:
	+1 for the good vibes
12:37:42 From  Carl Welty  to  Everyone:
	there seems to be a radio in the back ground
12:37:46 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	Agreed about the emergent functionality of ecosystems.
12:42:25 From  Edward Ober  to  Everyone:
	Ed Ober - grant writer - eober@grantmanagementassoc.com 916-342-4333
12:43:48 From  Dennis Britton in San Jose California  to  Everyone:
	Probably aimed at Sumer: What is the business model for open source software? How is the initial development funded? is it crowd sourced? My understanding is that the eventual payoff for those contributors and the hosts of open source software is not only in reputation (social equity) but also in getting hired as consultants/employees or founding startups that are venture-funded.
12:44:04 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	https://lionsberg.wiki/
12:44:39 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.01354 Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principles (Friston et al. 2022)
12:44:41 From  Edward Ober  to  Everyone:
	Can we develop a venn diagram exercise for this thought process to see where there are overlapping interests?
12:44:50 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	add 🐜
12:44:52 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	remove 🐜
12:44:53 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	add 🌿
12:45:17 From  Scott Morris  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "https://arxiv.org/ab..." with ✨
12:45:30 From  Sumer Johal  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "Probably aimed at Su..."
	
	- launchpad for proprietary products (os = pre-competitive)
12:45:43 From  Sumer Johal  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "Probably aimed at Su..."
	
	- interoperability
12:45:44 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	@Dennis, along with those components of OSS business models, there are many software projects where commercial businesses pay their own software developers to work on a project, where they need the ecosystem and systems that are being built, but they don't need it to be a competitive advantage.
12:46:14 From  Sumer Johal  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "Probably aimed at Su..."
	
	- neutralizer for access to disadvantaged ecosystems (esp. digitally disadvantaged)
12:46:22 From  Dennis Britton in San Jose California  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "@Dennis, along with ..." with 👍
12:46:41 From  Dennis Britton in San Jose California  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "- neutralizer for ac..." with 👍
12:46:45 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	The overhead of making an application seems like a lot. Only a few teams will have the resources to make a successful application. If it is safe to assume everyone here would like to be part of a successful team, then my question is: How can we form multiple successful teams from those present… and others we might call in as Pete just mentioned?
12:47:16 From  Dennis Britton in San Jose California  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "The overhead of maki..." with 👏
12:48:06 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	Grants funded by POSE
	https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/advancedSearchResult?ProgEleCode=211Y&BooleanElement=Any&BooleanRef=Any&ActiveAwards=true#results
12:48:19 From  Forrist Lytehaause  to  Everyone:
	https://www.youtube.com/@spatialwebai
12:48:27 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "Can we develop a ven..." with 💯
12:48:28 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "Can we develop a ven..."
	
	This is a good idea. Who has a miro or other whiteboard we could use?
12:49:04 From  Sumer Johal  to  Everyone:
	Folks - I have to jump to another call. I look forward to any interest from the group to collaborate. My email is sjohal@linuxfoundation.org
12:49:24 From  Daniel Mattos  to  Everyone:
	I'm Daniel, Brazilian living in Portugal.
	I don't write nor read any code at all. I'm philosopher and agroecologist. My work is in participative territorial planning, particularly focused in the emergent properties and features of mosaics of landscapes including in the designs forests and agroforests.
	djlmmh@gmail.com
12:49:26 From  Sam   to  Everyone:
	I don't see any code for Lionsberg on Github etc. I think it must be proprietary.
12:49:54 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "Can we develop a ven..."
	
	This might work. I haven’t used this instance for collab before. https://draw.juici.ly/#room=30b42b56afa743124385,cGLKuE3jFVh04X8CNfo_Uw
12:50:06 From  willemijn  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "I'm Daniel, Brazilia..." with 👏
12:50:36 From  Forrist Lytehaause  to  Everyone:
	Here's a doc description the published paper by Karl Friston, et al - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JaHrXb8aVJBvNKWqNjGA6DATwuMb-NPu/view?usp=sharing
12:51:20 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	@Sam, all the Lionsberg documentation and background at https://lionsberg.wiki/ is open source (CC-BY), see the footer on each page. (I don't know about the impact platfom they use.)
12:51:45 From  Scott Morris  to  Everyone:
	Yeah do a dedicated session
12:52:11 From  Sam   to  Everyone:
	Replying to "@Sam, all the Lion..."
	
	Yes it's the impact platform I was refering to. It seemed to be a key component of the application.
12:53:18 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	time mark: Ed is giving a short overview of applying for the grant
12:53:24 From  Ankita Raturi  to  Everyone:
	The RFP (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23556/nsf23556.htm) also contains very specific language around what they do an do not fund, what they are looking for etc. 
	
	We usually also start with a close reading of the RFP and follow a very similar process to what @Edward shared :)
12:55:30 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	Here is a catechism format that we wrote, for approaching grants https://coda.io/d/Catechism-DB_dDI977il1RE/Catechisms_sumC5#Catechisms_tuH9R/r5&view=modal  That may be a helpful starting point for people looking for a template to approach this or any grAnt.
12:57:02 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	one of the most respected definitions of "open source" is promulgated by OSI:
	
	The Open Source Definition
	https://opensource.org/osd/
12:57:38 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	it's about the openness of the technology, not about how people are compensated or not for working on it.
12:57:49 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	note that POSE doesn't require it be software that is open source
12:58:05 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Reacted to "note that POSE doesn..." with 🙏🏼
12:58:37 From  Michael Grossman  |  Factr  to  Everyone:
	Both in relation to this NSF opportunity and beyond, would love to talk to folks here (in session, or directly Michael@factr.com) about the constant equity/org structure conundrum that in an innovation landscape where VC money dominates—@rick was alluding to this earlier I think.
12:58:50 From  Daniel Friedman  to  Everyone:
	They note "Importantly, the POSE program does not itself support further development of open-source research products or infrastructure. " https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23556/nsf23556.htm
12:58:54 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "note that POSE doesn..."
	
	How about: https://ethicalsource.dev/ or https://bit.ly/holosourcing
12:59:07 From  Ankita Raturi  to  Everyone:
	https://goatech.org/
12:59:09 From  Sam   to  Everyone:
	Red hat is a $3.4bn corporate that produces exclusively open source software & services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat
12:59:11 From  Ankita Raturi  to  Everyone:
	https://forum.goatech.org/t/nsf-pose-grant-was-are-we-an-ecosystem/1459
12:59:40 From  Michael Grossman  |  Factr  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "Both in relation to ..."
	
	…relatedly: The Ecosystem Incubator effort that Laure Cast (who couldn’t be here today) talked about last week is a group looking to create or identify economic templates for different entities to come together and cooperate instead of competing, and form a lowered-risk investment/funding opportunity.
13:00:15 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	session with Ankita - May 17, noon ET
13:00:21 From  Rick (equity muse)  to  Everyone:
	Gotta go …  fascinating session.
13:01:05 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	Replying to "Both in relation to ..."
	
	🙏🏼
13:01:29 From  Kent Langley  to  Everyone:
	Thank you all. Very happy to be here and “meet” everyone. 🙂 kent@kentlangley.com if you wish to reach me.
13:01:54 From  Ankita Raturi  to  Everyone:
	I gotta go, but hope to see y’all on May 17th @ noon. I’ll send call-in info via Dave. Thanks for an interesting conversation!
13:03:02 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	https://www.hylo.com/groups/nsf-grant-collaborators
13:04:33 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	https://forum.goatech.org/t/nsf-pose-grant-was-are-we-an-ecosystem/1459
13:04:47 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	https://www.hylo.com/groups/nsf-grant-collaborators
13:05:11 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	https://www.hylo.com/groups/nsf-grant-collaborators/join/StwYNweGGO
13:06:16 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	https://meet.jit.si/NSFGrantCollaborators
13:07:47 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	https://calendly.com/peterkaminski/60min
13:07:50 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	https://calendly.com/peterkaminski/30min
13:08:00 From  Pete Kaminski  to  Everyone:
	https://plex.collectivesensecommons.org/
13:08:03 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	https://calendly.com/consensual/collaboration
13:09:05 From  David Witzel  to  Everyone:
	plex subscriptions
	https://plex.collectivesensecommons.org/2023-05-03/?ref=biweekly-plex-dispatch-newsletter
13:11:34 From  Michael Grossman  |  Factr  to  Everyone:
	Ed, don’t be dissuaded from sharing the Asana link too! 🙂
13:12:28 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	https://excalidraw.com/#room=f996fbad42f78a375982,tf11Rq5NqyyO2e5o_dU9tQ
13:13:02 From  Forrist Lytehaause  to  Everyone:
	Good call. Bye, all.
13:13:37 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	deiim@protonmail.com
13:13:52 From  Michael Grossman  |  Factr  to  Everyone:
	David, I know we’re recording—so for folks (specifically Laure) who couldn’t be here, how do they access that recording?
13:14:01 From  Day Waterbury - Consensual Ventures  to  Everyone:
	If it needs to be Google, day.waterbury@gmail.com
13:14:04 From  Edward Ober  to  Everyone:
	eober@grantmanagementassoc.com
13:14:22 From  Michael Grossman  |  Factr  to  Everyone:
	michael@factr.com
13:14:45 From  Edward Ober  to  Everyone:
	https://app.asana.com/share/grantmanagementassoc/nsf-collaboration/22833238439358/35b537e3752d6e835e038a28e465212b

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Sumer seems pretty keen to do interop stuff:

I see Openteam are already associate members of Agstack

From a personal perspective I’d be particularly keen on FarmOS > Open Food network interop. Push the ‘sell this crop’ button on @FarmOS and have it appear in my OFN store.

I started a little mapping exercise from my own perspective showing some of the connections I know about between these projects. It’s probably inaccurate. Please feel free to edit it.

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Love that @sam_uk - and equally/more important is the chance to bring information about growing practices, inputs, and even carbon sequestration right from farmOS into the shopfront so customers can make purchasing decisions that are in line with their values and farmers can get credit for their regenerative work!

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Been wanting this forevvvvverrrrrrr!!!

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From The amazing @dwitzel - see ya in an hour maybe!

Hi Folks,

a few notes below from reviewing the projects that received POSE funding in the 2022 round.

also, remember there is a session today on “Proposal Writing Process” with Ed Ober – noon ET / 9am PT on this zoom

Initial 2022 Review

raw data is in this spreadsheet

number of grants 26
number of phase 1 25
number of phase 2 1
average value phase 1 $297,258.24
average value phase 2 $2,002,260.00
number won by universities 24
number not U’s 2

(1 .org & 1 .com)

word cloud of common words in the abstracts:
image.png

let me know if this is interesting or how to make it more interesting.

rock on.

dave

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Just FYI re. farmos > ofn connection –

We met with Garethe and are working to identify how to present a list of products (and maintain their inventory accurately) to external parties specifically like OFN who are managing sales.

This is a priority for the farms we’re working with, so if there’s interest on your end it’d be great in a few months to reconnect on this so you can see what FarmOS’s API’s kicking out re. products and inventory and what other elements may be missing to get to that goal.

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thanks @laurieWayne. Today’s session was really helpful. Ed has organized an Asana project for any & all proposers with a schedule, structure, and details for responding to the NSF POSE grant. Lots of insights.

  • Anyone interested in access to the proposal-planning-platform, please let me know and i’ll send you and invite (i’ll need your email - mine is dwitzel@policycommons.org).
  • Also, let me know if you are interesting in presenting your project as a component of other’s proposals or to propose yourself.

Here’s the recording. note passcode.

Passcode: %9=dsBtG

Sorry @dwitzel the forum overlords though you were but a ‘new user’, but bumped you up to ‘regular user’. Hope that helps –

Feel the ‘regular user’ power coursing through your veins!!!

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mwaaaahaaahhaaaahaaaaa! that worked.

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Thanks again @sudokita for leading us through the mapping exercise today!

I have one quick reflection following the conversation today. It’s clear there are a lot of interesting initiatives within this open-ag world - from OpenTEAM to Ag Stack, to the projects and tools like Farm OS and Survey Stack.

I think it can be a little difficult to really pinpoint what GOAT is in relation to all of these other parts in the ecosystem (the schema Sam_UK seems to be grappling with this). In the GOAT coop sessions the emphasis seems to be around the potential of GOAT and what we want GOAT to become.

But let’s go back to the initial question you posed: “are we and ecosystem?” I would love start off the next round of discussion with another simple, open question:

What is GOAT to you?

Shifting emphasis from what GOAT could be, to understanding what the collective we already see GOAT as. This might also help us distinguish it from some of the many other excellent initiatives out there.

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Ed Ober of Grant Management Associates is helping teams interested in responding or participating in a response to organize high quality proposals - a collaborative consortium.

This 2nd session will continue to populate the Asana database with information about proposers, partners and individuals and identify topics for additional preparation.

Friday May 19 at 1pm ET on this zoom.

Here’s the recording of the 1st session.

There is still room for more regenerative proposal teams to join this collective effort as proposers and/or ecosystem members - please invite them.

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here’s the recording of today’s session (with chat)

Passcode: 95Kp!ACZ

There is a planning/coordination call for the NSF POSE ecosystem-building grant ecosystem tomorrow, Friday, June 2 at 2pm ET / 11am PT on this zoom. Please join & share to interested folks.

Here’s the recording from last week’s session with passcode:

Passcode: &xy3j4^!

This is forwarded from the awesome @dwitzel - if you are at all interested in the POSE adventure, have a look :eyes:

Jason Holmberg from Wild Me a 2022 POSE grant recipient, will join us on Friday June 9 2pm ET / 11am PT on this zoom. He’ll discuss his proposal process & project - “Wildbook: Building an Open Source Community for AI-Enabled Wildlife Science and Computer Science Education”.

This should be of interest to groups interested in responding to the POSE grant and perhaps to people interested in the cool “Wildbook” technology. (here’s a 2’ video taste)

Haha - I just came across them yesterday while doing some SBIR research. I was looking at joining a hackerspace here in Portland a few years ago and I believe Wild Me was just getting started. I remember seeing a poster on the wall about an open source wildlife project. I’ll have to dig through my archives to see if it I’m sure it was them!

Update: yes, it was in 2019 and the poster was about zebra identification.

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