Steering Group minutes 2024/02/01

Date: Thursday, February 1st, 2024

Topic	Relevant Links and to do
April maintainers meeting in Seattle	Updates? https://github.com/bids-standard/202404-seattle-maintainer-meeting https://bids-standard.github.io/202404-seattle-maintainer-meeting/
BIDS steering ways of working, onboarding?	Right now pure catching up, but maybe good idea to have a plan We got an onboarding folder for maintainers (probably overlap with onboarding steering) in the google drive and a BIDS accounts and onboarding and CONTENT for the whole google drive -- proof the website and info needs updated :-) lol
OPM BEP proposal ?? seems wrong given test performed -- MEG updates needed https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-specification/issues/1676
Cyril/Ariel, train the trainers idea as part of outreach	Possibly develop software carpentry module Give certifications/badges for different levels of experience Ariel recommended software carpentry as in general pedagogical training
Updates on plan for website	See BIDS Online Presence Working Group: Working Document To be discussed next time
Cooperation with DICOM standard	YOH pointed David Clunie to our DICOMs deficits table , he forwarded to WG-16 to consider at the next meeting. To be discussed next time
OHBM roundtable/town hall plans OHBM Round table	Cyril to email Chinese and Korean chapters
BIDS 2.0 going forward!	To be discussed next time

[https://washington.zoom.us/my/arokem]{.underline}

Present: Cyril Pernet, Kimberly Ray, Ariel Rokem, Camille Maumet, Yaroslav Halchenko, Rémi Gau

Guest:

BIDS Meeting Notes

April maintainers meeting in Seattle

• Christine and Eric are pinging people to see if they want / can come

• Maintainers need to be re-pinged

• Meeting can support about 20-25 attendees

• Scope: For maintainers and / or BEP?

• ACTION: [arokem@gmail.com]{.underline} contact maintainers to know what type of meetings and would be most useful for them

BIDS steering ways of working

• How can new steering group members 'catch up’ on the previous years progress and ongoing goals for the steering group?

• Important docs: We got an [onboarding]{.underline}folder for maintainers (probably overlap with onboarding steering) in the google drive and a [BIDS accounts and onboarding]{.underline}

• The google drive is where everything lives, Remi has a [CONTENT]{.underline} file to help browse the google drive

• What?

  • What was achieved by steering in past 2-3 years

  • Current projects in progress in the steering group.

  • A view of typical "tasks"/topics the steering is working on.

• ACTION: Rémi set up a meeting to populate the onboarding docs above

• ACTION: Kim added bookmark linking the BIDS Maintainers google drive in the BIDS steering group slack channel for easier access

OPM BEP proposal

• Optically Pumped Magnetometer-based Magnetoencephalography (OPM-MEG)

• Suggestion: contact BEP leaders to address the concerns that it is not following BEP protocols.

• Could probably be PR?

• In any case, we should point them to the bids BEP guidelines: [https://bids-extensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/guide/#when-and-how-to-start-a-bids-extension-proposal]{.underline}

  • BEP guidelines may require too high of a level of understanding of BIDS for a novice user

• ACTION: Rémi to point to BEP guidelines, mention that it is probably not needed to go for a BEP but a PR should be enough. Mention that a PR plus example should be enough.

• ACTION: update BEP guidelines to make sure that the future 'BEP’ content cannot already fit into what BIDS raw can do.

• ACTION: [Camille+Rém]{.mark}i to propose and update to the BEP guidelines. Note would be good to ask people to ask to reach out earlier to maintainers/steering w/ an example so that it can illustrate why a BEP would be needed.

Train the trainers

• Goal is to make BIDS more accessible and increase impact

• Similar to data carpentries: [https://carpentries.org/become-instructor/]{.underline}

• Repronim fellowship: [https://www.repronim.org/fellowship]{.underline}

  • This is more geared to help fellows create material for their own training

• List “certified BIDS trainers” on the BIDS website

• Having a way to “certify” trainers

• Who will be the (meta)trainer to train the trainers?

• Data carpentry BIDS “courses” in the carpentry incubator (for users not trainers): [https://github.com/bids-standard/bids-starter-kit/issues/136#issue-666838055]{.underline}

• Lighter version of an ambassador program: [https://www.softwareheritage.org/ambassadors/#becoming-an-ambassador]{.underline}

• Carpentries instructor certification: [https://carpentries.org/become-instructor/]{.underline}, and materials we can use/adapt: [https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/]{.underline}

OHBM

At this point, reach out to Christine to see what she needs in order to get her started and going on her part of the presentation, which is the “state of the BIDS” address.