So here is a summary of our greater NYC OGP Meeting held on 12/13/2013 at NYU. We had a great turnout of around 65 participants from the area. The complete agenda with links to presentations and participant list can be found on the Greater NYC OGP Meeting Event Page. We will be following up closely on specific action items.
Summary and Key Action Items
1. Prepare cost-benefit analysis statement for potential partners
2. Hold meeting for those interested / outline next steps
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Jeremiah & Eric (Columbia), Frank (CUNY Baruch), Wangyal (Princeton), Alan Leidner (Booz Allen), Wendy (GISMO), Matt (NYPL), Him (NYU)
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Determine others to invite
3. Establish regional hubs/nodes for Tri-state area
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Four hubs/nodes
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Greater NYC including Long Island, Westchester County., etc.
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Tentative coordination by Columbia, NYU, CUNY
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Upstate New York
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Tentative coordination by Cornell?
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New Jersey
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Tentative coordination by Princeton. Others such as Rutgers?
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Connecticut
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Tentative coordination by UConn, Yale, Tufts.
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Other organizations with compatible infrastructure can become a direct node
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Coordinate data collection and ingest from smaller organizations
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GISMO potentially serve as organizing body
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Coordinate collection development and metadata creation
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Identify key data repositories for inclusion
4. Coordinate outreach for presenting case for benefits to community
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GISMO forum
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Hold a webinar
5. Establish greater NYC OGP information architecture
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Storage and interface separate
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Explore single interface through hosted services
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Develop and present cost analysis for various options
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Tufts to set-up cloud hosted instance
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Independence for NY node important
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