IGEM:Melbourne/2008/Agendas/Agendas/FirstMeeting

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First Team Meeting Agenda
Link to First Meeting Minutes

Meeting Date: 14/15 December, 2008 (or some other time???)

Meeting Location: Bio21 Level 1 Conference Room, Meeting Outside at specified time.

Meeting Logistics: need to provide snacks, water (Jan look into this)

(purely suggestive... change at your will)

Current Time ~ 2.5 hours

Meeting Primer
 * minutes taker
 * time keeper

Introduction


 * (30min)Team Roundtable: names, personal history, favourite sport/music/film/book etc.
 * (15min)Perspectives on iGEM - what do we aim for? the moon? what are the prizes/medals

Administrative


 * (5min)Bio21 Access Cards - need to fill in paper work
 * (10min)OpenWetWare Accounts - every to apply, can't edit the wiki without it
 * (5min)Contact Details - fill in on the wiki ... then
 * (5min)iGEM packs ... suggested
 * iGEM rules
 * iGEM Kit ... biobricks
 * standard assembly
 * biology/lab primer: cloning, transformation, culture, miniprep, digest, ligate, pcr, sequence, mutagen etc.
 * engineering/modelling primer
 * wiki primer

Team Dyanmics
 * [| Effective Team Dynamics] - have a read ... some good stuff if you wish to use it...
 * (30min)OGSM framework - objectives / goals / strategies / measurements : up to you if you want to use it...
 * objectives - make finals/win biobrick/
 * goals - solve a specific medical/environmental/energy problem / 1000 submitted / extensive modelling
 * strategies -
 * brainstorm, research, plan, work, pray, go to jamboreee!!!
 * measurements -
 * 1/3 month review ... measure progress
 * how is the wiki being maintained...
 * is the lab work productive/ is the work load spread out
 * create a time line ... of what you hope to achieve when ... give yourself deadlines [very rough at first], and review when you come to them ...


 * (5min)team procedures - minutes, agenda, wiki, accountability
 * (5min)team rules - meeting attendance, communication,meeting snacks

Roles
 * (10min)
 * not defined at start, but define as you go along?
 * chief wiki maintainer
 * rotate responsibility for agenda/minutes
 * circular accountability???

Brainstorming/Research
 * (15min)suggestions
 * individual - go away and research on your own, come back with suggestions in Jan
 * buddy - team up with one other person and work together
 * whole team - coordinated creativity on wiki