Team:Newcastle/Diary/Agenda/0405





Date 4th May 2016
Time From 15:00
Place CBCB Level 2 Meeting Room
Attendees Lauren (chair), Kerry (minutes), Jake, Josh, Kristina, Ollie, Rupert
Apologies Dana (15:30), Emilija (16:00)
Previous Meeting

Meeting Agenda

Standing

Preparation

Please come prepared with answers to the questions that were proposed to you at the end of your presentations. If you’re having trouble remembering all of the points here is a link to the recording of the meeting, https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2liU4z3rdoQZThDN3BjVlZld0k/view?pref=2&pli=1

Reminder of items from the previous meeting

Completed

Item Person Assigned
Visas Completed: Lauren,
Create a diary/shared calendar for arranging holiday Jake
Get an idea of what everyone’s timetables are like so we can find the best times to meet up Jake
Create a list of when peoples exams finish Rupert
Collate a list of medal requirements Josh
Arrange to meet up and discuss rough ideas before next meeting Everyone
Adding Matt Peake to the Mailing List Jake

Standing

Visas Everyone
Look out for iGEM UK meet-up Everyone
Start thinking about what we are going to do for the ‘Beyond the bench’ requirement. Everyone
Write a short bio for the wiki Everyone
Chase up past iGEM-ers Ollie
Investigate discounted consumables Emilija
Investigate other sponsorship Kerry
Come up with a rough schedule and list of deadlines/time-scales Kristina

Agenda

  1. Apologies

  2. Approval of minutes from last meeting

  3. Review of the last meeting and previous action items.

    1. Update of completed items

      1. Group Calendar – Jake has set up a group calendar. Check if anyone hasn’t received the email.

      2. Exam Dates – Rupert has collected everyone’s exam dates. It looks like the last exam date is the 8th June. However Josh has his field trip from the 13th-18th June.

      3. WhatsApp Group – Kristina had trouble adding Tom and Jem to the WhatsApp Group.

      4. Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/Newcastle-University-IGEM-2016-228235764208988/?fref=ts

      5. Matt Peake has now been added to the mailing list

    2. Standing items

      1. Visas

        1. Just a reminder about visas for everyone.

        2. These can be applied for here.

        3. Once you’ve applied and then when you receive your visa, update the spreadsheet here so that we can keep track of progress.

      2. Reminder to start thinking about activities for ‘Beyond the bench’ requirements.

      3. Reminder to start writing up a quick bio about yourself and your interests for the team info page on our wiki. Advisors as well. More guidance can be found on our existing wiki page. Essentially think of something interesting to write about yourself and then add it to this document.

      4. UK Meetup:

        1. Location: University of Westminster

        2. Date:September 17 - September 19

        3. Contact information:

  4. Answers to previous questions from presentations and cross-check with iGEM Criteria,

    Running Order:
    Kristina
    Ollie
    Kerry
    Rupert
    Josh
    Lauren
    Emilija
    Jake

  5. Any other business.

  6. Next Meeting