[OWW-SC] DE's OWW SC notes

[Drew Endy]

*** Things That Need to Happen ***

1. Hardware: Need plan to move to new hardware and server  
configuration w/in 12 months.  Jay Copeland suggests having a backup  
machine that's synch'd every night and that is ready to go online in  
a snap (i.e., DNS worked out ahead of time).  Also need to protect  
the building against "slashdoting" and so on (i.e., need a hosting  
site that will keep OWW from becoming a DNS focal point for building  
68).  These points are serious enough that they need to be resolved  
ASAP.

2. Hardware Support: Need plan to support hardware and software.   
Should involve some basic IT support, and support for a development  
environment.  Even something as simple as updating the MediaWiki  
software requires that somebody back-check that our existing OWW  
extensions work.

3. Consider filing trademark applications on "OpenWetWare" in US (and  
perhaps UK, EU, China, India, and Japan)?

4. Consider establishing organizational recognition w/in MIT.  This  
would include gaining an MIT account (for donation purposes).

5. Develop longer term stable organization structure for OWW  
including consideration of officers, advisors, bylaws and so on.

6. Need to get funding to recruit and hire Director of OWW (and OWW  
staff) to provide relief to current student leadership.



*** Comments to Ponder ***

1. In five years, Mac OS XIV will likely have iWiki(TM) software pre- 
installed on every machine, et cetera.  How does the impact what we  
need to do?



*** Goals & Mission of OWW ***

The goals of OWW are to support open research, education,  
publication, and discussion in biology and biological engineering.   
The mission of OWW is to foster and support an community of  
researchers, students, and others who are working towards these  
goals.  [see revisions online here:
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare_steering_committee/ 
SC_retreat#Draft_OWW_Goals_.26_Mission
or
http://tinyurl.com/lx2s2