BOSC Update: Ruttenberg, Hanmer confirmed as Keynotes, Early Registration Deadline Friday

 Posted on May 14, 2009  |  kdahlquist

Alan Ruttenberg of Science Commons and Robert Hanmer of the Hillside Group have been confirmed as Keynote Speakers for BOSC 2009. For more information, see the BOSC 2009 web site at /wiki/BOSC_2009. Abstract acceptances went out today–stay tuned for the schedule, which will be posted once the speakers have confirmed their invitations. The early registration deadline for BOSC is Friday, May 15; don’t forget to take advantage of the discounted fee for early registrants at http://www. [Read More]

Biopython on twitter

 Posted on March 27, 2009  |  peterc

Just to let you all know, Biopython is now on twitter. And in case you missed the OBF announcement last month, so is the O|B|F News feed (and BioPerl). You are welcome to follow us (all) on twitter.

I’d also like to remind people there are news feeds for the Biopython news posts (as RDF, RSS, RSS2, or Atom format). We’re planning to have these automatically echoed onto twitter in future… (update) …and that seems to be working now :)

BOSC 2009 Call for Abstracts

 Posted on February 24, 2009  |  kdahlquist

Please forward as appropriate and forgive multiple postings. Call for Abstracts for the 2009 Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) 2009 An ISMB 2009 Special Interest Group (SIG) Date: June 27-28, 2009 Location: Stockholm, Sweden URL: /wiki/BOSC_2009 Abstract submission via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/login.cgi?conf=bosc2009 Important Dates Monday, April 13: Abstract deadline May 1, 2009: Notification of accepted abstracts May 15, 2009: Early Registration Discount Cut-off date June 27-28, 2009: BOSC 2009 The Bioinformatics Open Source Conference (BOSC) is sponsored by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation (O|B|F), a non-profit group dedicated to promoting the practice and philosophy of Open Source software development within the biological research community. [Read More]

Google Summer of Code: Call for Bio* Volunteers

 Posted on February 13, 2009  |  hilmar

Google is committed to run the Summer of Code program again this year. It will be for the 5th time. In broad strokes, the program funds what you might call remote summer internships for students to contribute to an open-source software project. Projects (or umbrella organizations) wishing to participate in the program apply during the organization application period (March 9-13 in 2009). Those accepted into the program provide project ideas and supply mentors that guide the work on those. [Read More]

OBF Conference Call Board Meeting

 Posted on November 18, 2008  |  stajich

The OBF Conference call is scheduled for 12:30PM to 2PM PST on Wednesday Nov 19, 2008. Members of the Open Bioinformatics Foundation and those interested in the decisions are invited to listen in and participate. A brief agenda is available here. Please email Hilmar Lapp at hlapp _AT_ gmx.net for call in number and codes if you wish to participate or listen to the discussion. Those official members should have gotten an email via the OBF members email list. [Read More]

CVS server move

 Posted on March 25, 2006  |  stajich

The CVS repository is migrating from ‘pub’ to a new host called ‘dev’ and requires us to re-issue accounts. This will be a good opportunity to verify email addresses and remove unused accounts. You should have received an email from Chris D requesting specific information and you will get a new password in the response. If not you will need to send a note to the helpdesk at support_AT_open-bio.org. The changover will happen around March 25th. [Read More]

O|B|F Board of Directors Meeting

 Posted on June 24, 2005  |  dag

The 2005 Board of Directors meeting for the Open Bioinformatics Foundation was held on Thursday, June 24th 2005 in Detroit, MI USA at the site of the BOSC2005 meeting.

This was a major meeting and represents the first attempt to build a governance platform for the organization as well as set up the mechanism for building a voting membership. The O|B|F members will be able to direct the operation of the organization and will also be able to join the Board.

Other major news from the meeting: - Ewan Birney steps down as president; joins Board as at-large member - Jason Stajich joins board and is elected President - Hilmar Lapp is elected to a new position of ‘Parlimentarian’ - Determined efforts to build a voting membership body

Links to meeting minutes and Election Bylaws follow are below …

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