The UEC meets at least once a month to advance our activities on behalf of the user community. Please check here for copies of our meeting minutes.
2022 Meeting Minutes
May 2022 – PRB meeting, AUM, UEC speaker picks for Foundry seminar series, approved Slack plan, upcoming postdoc/grad student highlights on Twitter, Welcome information for new users
April 2022 – AUM, Twitter, Slack, Facility-specific reminders document, Welcome info for new users
March 2022 – AUM, Internal Vice-Chair name change, Slack, Twitter
February 2022 – SAB meeting, AUM, User Satisfaction Survey 2021, Fostering community and sense of belonging, Safety training
January 2022 – Welcome, Nominations for External and Internal Vice-Chairs, AUM volunteers, AUM keynote speakers, COVID, Foundry seminar series
2021 Meeting Minutes
December 2021 – Thank you, UEC elections, January seminar speaker, Age of omicron, Job opening in Nanofabrication facility
November 2021 – UEC election nominations, Fall proposal review board, seminar speakers for 2022
October 2021 – seminar speakers for next year, lab access and vaccination declaration, UEC elections
September 2021 – feedback from AUM survey results, Fall/Winter seminar speakers, Fall proposal call
August 2021 – finalizing AUM details, user buddies, Fall proposal call, UEC-nominated seminar speakers for Fall/Winter
July 2021 – UEC-nominated seminar speakers, new COVID-19 lab access protocols, AUM update (career panels and student award nomination judging)
June 2021 – AUM poster session and award nominations, access to the Foundry, user code of conduct
May 2021 – AUM career panel planning, Molecular Foundry user code of conduct
April 2021 – AUM update, brainstorming for new strategic plan
March 2021 – finalizing AUM keynote speakers and symposia, COVID updates, proposal writing workshop, strategic plan
February 2021 – upcoming SAB meeting, AUM planning, COVID updates, new podcast
January 2021 – welcoming new members, nominations, AUM planning, COVID updates
2020 Meeting Minutes
December 2020 – Seminar speakers, UEC election, COVID-19 update
November 2020 – Access to Foundry during COVID-19, UEC election, Kristin Persson
October 2020 – Elections plan, AUM keynote speaker suggestions, AUM dates
September 2020 – UEC elections, UEC website, call for proposals
August 2020 – Staff award winner, AUM logistics
July 2020 – AUM update, reopening plans
June 2020 – Starting up research, AUM poster competition planning
May 2020 – AUM updates, starting up research
April 2020 – Proposal system, moving AUM to virtual, website ideas
March 2020 – COVID-19, AUM updates, spring seminar, User Program director update, new user onboarding, code of conduct
February 2020 – New user onboarding, AUM speaker invitations, proposal review considerations
January 2020 – Secretary and Vice-Chair elections, Foundry seminar POC, code of conduct, equipment downtime, AUM organizing committee
