InfoGroupD

NOTES FOR GROUP D

main points

• not much familiarity with the SAS portal
  • action: get people to visit and give feedback

• encourage creation of new content and refer to it from the portal

• sponsor a prize for video aligned with canSAS aims
  • science case
  • technique case
  • commercial sponsorship
  • target debut at SAS2018

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notes

SAS portal

• not much familiarity with the portal
• Steve King edits most updates (does he want assistance?)
• most popular page: software catalog
• What should the portal provide?
• Most SAS awareness for newcomers comes from word-of-mouth
• instrument scientists could be a common point of contact
• Anton Paar has a SAS training book they distribute, even available online
• short videos online (3 minutes typical)
  • work in pairs to present (such as senior & junior presenters)

• bio sas community seems better organized
• bio sas community is more focused
• major facilities have periodic training courses
  • post videos and notify portal

• Is a forum (like StackOverflow) viable?
• paid support to revise & modernize the portal

Actions

• get people to visit the portal
  • and give feedback

• notify the portal editors of new content
• encourage creation of new content

Education

• videos!
• users seem to get even less time for training
• what depth of knowledge is necessary for a given analysis?
• written document of best practices

Outreach

• majority experience at lab sources
• advocacy at conferences
• outreach for oversubscribed facilities means competition
• canSAS video prize sponsorship (see above)