2020 NORTH AMERICA REGIONAL MEETINGDavid Jennings, iDigBio Node Manager, GBIF Nodes Regional Representative North America
Carole Sinou, Canadensys Node Manager, GBIF Deputy Nodes Regional Representative North America
Abby Benson, United States Node Manager, OBIS Node Manager
David Bloom, Vertnet Node Manager
Sharon Grant, Field Museum of Natural History IPT Manager
DAY 2 - 06 MAY 2020

AGENDA● Session 1 - Yesterday (5 May)
○ Updates from the North America region○ Updates from the GBIF Secretariat○ GBIF Global Nodes Strategy○ Regional Engagement Strategy○ Vision for the Future● Session 2 - Today (6 May)
○ Questions & Answers○ Discussion

PROTOCOLS & NORMS● Sessions are being recorded● Please keep yourself muted
when not speaking● Use Chat for questions orraise your hand via theParticipants tab● We have created a North
America Slack workspace forfurther discussion

Regional Engagement Strategy
North America

REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY● Driven by feedback via pre-surveys from this year
and prior years○ Desire for better coordination, collaboration, & sharing○ Desire clarity in data publishing process○ Desire joint projects & training● Regional strategy aligns with several Global Nodes
strategic objectives:○ #1 Regional Coordination○ #2 Improve Data Relevance○ #6 Redefine ParticipationREGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY● Questions/Topics from Day 1Education/Training○ Who is using the data and how?

Mobilization○ How do we handle specific geographic areas (Oceans)or taxonomic groups (Arthropods)?

Development○ Are we prepared to answer the pressing researchquestions of our time? (“New Arctic”, #’s of spp)
○ How can we “announce” new/updated data?

REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY● Unanswered Questions/Topics from Day 1
Standards○ How do we address new data types?

Data Quality○Management○ What is the difference between other regions/nodes
and North American Nodes?
○ How to make the most of our Mexico connections?

REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

North America Regional Engagement Goals:
1. Agree that a collaborative effort is needed, and define
best practices for participation in the North American
data-sharing community.
2. Solicit ideas for better coordination across the region,
define roles and responsibilities, and clarify thepathway for data mobilization.
3. Encourage future projects to participate in thecommunity using the outcomes from the first twogoals.

REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

North America Regional Engagement Goals:
1. Agree that a collaborative effort is needed, and define
best practices for participation in the North American
data-sharing community.
2. Solicit ideas for better coordination across the region,
define roles and responsibilities, and clarify thepathway for data mobilization.
3. Encourage future projects to participate in thecommunity using the outcomes from the first twogoals.

REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

North America Regional Engagement Goals:
1. Agree that a collaborative effort is needed, and define
best practices for participation in the North American
data-sharing community.
2. Solicit ideas for better coordination across the region,
define roles and responsibilities, and clarify thepathway for data mobilization.
3. Encourage future projects to participate in thecommunity using the outcomes from the first twogoals.

REGIONAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY

Regional Future Vision

Regional Goal 3

Regional Goal 2

Regional Goal 1

Ideal Outcomes:● Short-term:○ What can we do together now bymeeting, agreeing, & documenting?
● Medium-term:○ What can we do with more focusedorganisation and some funding?
● Longer-term:○ What can we do with more funding,dedicated people, and coherent
structure?

Discussion

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
Leverage expertise and experience within the region to create
something larger than the sum of our parts:
Mobilization

Developmente.g., Locality Services,georeferencing calculator, data
publishing software (IPT)Standards
e.g., New data sharing/publishingprotocols, new vocabularies, newdata types/integrations

Data Quality
e.g., Data testing and validation
services, quality assessment tools

e.g., Consultation services forpublication and organization,registration services, storagesolutions

Community
SupportInfrastructure

Education/Traininge.g., Workshop creation, facilitation
services, educational andprofessional reference materials

Managemente.g., Project organization, project
management, socio-technicalnetwork integration

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Education/Training ● What are we doing well as
institutions, projects, or as aregion?
Community
SupportInfrastructure

Workshop creation,
facilitation services,educational andprofessionalreference materials● Where do we need to improve?
What topics need attention? What
does the result look like to you?
○ Who is using the data and how?

● Are there some obvious paths
forward?

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Mobilization

Community
SupportInfrastructure

Services for
publication andorganization,registration services,
storage solutions● What are we doing well as
institutions, projects, or as a region?
● Where do we need to improve? What
topics need attention? What does theresult look like to you?
○ How do we handle specificgeographic areas (Oceans) ortaxonomic groups (Arthropods)?

● Are there some obvious pathsforward?

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Development

Community
SupportInfrastructure

Locality Services,georeferencing
calculator, data
publishingsoftware (IPT)● What are we doing well as institutions,projects, or as a region?
● Where do we need to improve? What
topics need attention? What does theresult look like to you?
○ Are we prepared to answer thepressing research questions of ourtime? (“New Arctic”, #’s of spp)
○ How can we “announce” new/updateddata?

● Are there some obvious paths forward?

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Standards

Community
SupportInfrastructure

Data sharing/
publishingprotocols, newvocabularies,
new data types/
integrations● What are we doing well as
institutions, projects, or as aregion?
● Where do we need to improve?
What topics need attention? What
does the result look like to you?
○ How do we address new datatypes?

● Are there some obvious paths
forward?

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Data Quality● What are we doing well as
institutions, projects, or as aregion?

Community
SupportInfrastructure

Data testing andvalidation
services, quality
assessment tools● Where do we need to improve?
What topics need attention?
What does the result look like toyou?
● Are there some obvious paths
forward?

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Management

Community
SupportInfrastructure

Project
organization,
projectmanagement,socio-technicalnetwork integration● What are we doing well as institutions,projects, or as a region?
● Where do we need to improve? Whattopics need attention? What does theresult look like to you?
○ What is the difference between otherregions/nodes and North American
Nodes?
○ How to make the most of our Mexicoconnections?

● Are there some obvious paths forward?

COMMUNITY SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

How do we begin to put these pieces together? Are theresome obvious paths forward?
Mobilization

Developmente.g., Locality Services,georeferencing calculator, data
publishing software (IPT)Standards
e.g., New data sharing/publishingprotocols, new vocabularies, newdata types/integrations

Data Quality
e.g., Data testing and validation
services, quality assessment tools

e.g., Consultation services for
publication and organization,
registration services, storage
solutions

CommunitySupportInfrastructure

Education/Traininge.g., Workshop creation, facilitation
services, educational andprofessional reference materials

Managemente.g., Project organization, project
management, socio-technicalnetwork integration

Wrap-UpWRAP-UP● THANK YOU!
● Materials and resources:○ Presentations will be added to event page:https://www.gbif.org/event/5iluOArQeYT29U402zDrwi/○ GBIF overview: https://www.gbif.org/document/81771/○ Notes Doc: https://shorturl.at/zFNY7○ North America Slack: https://gbif-north-america.slack.com

WRAP-UP● David Jennings <djennings@flmnh.ufl.edu>; iDigBio NodeManager, GBIF Nodes Regional Representative North America● Carole Sinou <canadensys.network@gmail.com>; Canadensys
Node Manager, GBIF Deputy Nodes Regional Representative NorthAmerica● Abby Benson <albenson@usgs.gov>; United States NodeManager, OBIS-USA Node Manager● David Bloom <dbloom@vertnet.org>; Vertnet Node Manager● Sharon Grant <sgrant@fieldmuseum.org>; Field Museum IPTManager