CommunityData:Ecology MGMT

Next meeting: Tuesday 2019-12-10 10:00am PST / 12:00pm CST

Readings for 2019-12-10
Carroll, G. R., & Swaminathan, A. (2000). Why the microbrewery movement? Organizational dynamics of resource partitioning in the U.S. brewing industry. American Journal of Sociology, 106(3), 715–762.  Also at

Odling-Smee, F. J., Erwin, D. H., Palkovacs, E. P., Feldman, M. W., & Laland, K. N. (2013). Niche construction theory: A practical guide for ecologists. The Quarterly Review of Biology,88(1), 3–28. 

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Ecology grant meeting: 2019-11-18
Attendees: Regina, Nate, Jeremy, Jim, Charlie, Mako, Aaron

Meeting agenda/items

 * Jmads (Zooniverse Update)
 * Jim will take a few weeks to try to wrap up this project
 * Next step is creating revised analysis w expanded data. Jmads aims to do this in the coming week.
 * With revised analysis, goal will be to set a timeline/agenda for revision/submission.
 * Jeremy (ABM)
 * See: https://wiki.communitydata.science/CommunityData:Exposure_and_Participation_Processes
 * Some discussion posted to the talk page...
 * How to resolve questions posed on that page as we prepare this for submission?
 * How to deal with the free parameters fitting elephant critique?
 * Comments
 * Moving toward something like gini coefficient (or a parametric model)?
 * It may be better to look at just one level (community size distribution)
 * Blogpost draft (everyone make a pass by Wednesday mid-day)
 * https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/cdsc_ecology_blogpost
 * Aaron will move into wordpress draft ahead of Thursday group meeting. Plan to publish Thursday afternoon/Friday morning

Setting an agenda for next time
Next meeting is the Tuesday the 26th
 * Let's read Hannan and Freeman '77. Make sure it's in zotero.
 * Create a new collection for ecology stuff (Nate).
 * See Zotero.
 * Email the notes to everyone (Aaron).

Next steps for the grant as a whole:

 * 1) Collect/share/check-in on in-progress work related to this grant
 * 2) Collect projects or project ideas that are good and that fall in here.
 * E.g. Production functions
 * Other projects in Nate's diss proposal that aren't in the grant.


 * 1) Brainstorm, discuss project ideas that aren't in the grant (esp folks not involved in writing the proposal)
 * 2) Identify next projects to pursue, assign/volunteer responsibilities

TODO list
[X] Share the grant proposal with everyone (Mako): mako.cc/academic [grants section]

[X] Read the grant proposal and prepare to discuss (everyone)

[X] Create a wiki page w link to git, grant proposal, brief description, etc.(Nate)

[ ] Put all the dates on the calendar (Nate)

[X] Draft a blogpost about the grant (Nate and Mako and Aaron and Jeremy)

[ ] Discuss project plans, opportunities for collaboration w adjacent folks (Mako and Aaron)

[X] Circulate notes and plan for next meeting (Aaron and Nate)

[ ] Add personnel and project descriptions to the wiki pages.

[ ] Circulate Change.org draft (Nate)

[ ] Create cdsc-ecology mailing list (Mako)

Agenda for next meeting

 * Discuss Hannan and Freeman, 1977 (see Zotero for link)