General notes in May 2021
Plans for Reclone Symposium (July)
Theme = ADVOCACY
Prospective speakers:
Martha Fernandez - Head of Innovation at Find
Brief by “Doctors without Borders”
Provide contact info of / link interested community members with people (scientists) who have had success connecting with govt
Talk from contact person at Gates foundation program in India
Talks from program officers of funding calls from govt in Columbia, Chile, Peru etc that Reclone members have successfully obtained.
- Get insight into why govt put out those calls
Email past volunteers to revive team
Post message on forum to recruit more volunteers
Post notes from coordination meeting (a single running google sheet) to forum
Apply for dispensation towards Reclone website upgrade due to challenges in getting relevant quotes from developers contacted. Send CEB dept admin a note explaining reason for dispensation request and attach relevant email thread with developers.
In reclone meetings, encourage new members to speak up and introduce themselves
Expand Reclone publicity to other mailing lists with themes including
Email Reclone Community to source relevant mailing lists
Connect with prog managers and/ or social media personnel of the following:
Send blurb about Reclone with twitter banner asking people to the next event