Collaboration Council, SEISMIC Collaboration

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This page is all about our Collaboration Council (aka the CoCo)! The purpose of the Collaboration Council (CoCo) is to uphold the SEISMIC Principles of Operation, promote communication and coordination across the Working Groups, provide accountability for the Working Groups, and ensure appropriate connections are being made to SEISMIC campus teams. The Collaboration Council (CoCo) has one representative from each Working Group and two SEISMIC members at-large to represent institutional interests, for a total of 6 members. This Council guides the activities of the collaboration.

To read more about the structure and formation, visit our Equity and Transparency page!

GRIEVANCE REPORTING & RESPONSE

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CoCo Members

Eduardo (Lalo) Gonzalez

laloglz@ucsb.edu

Experiments Working Group Representative

UC Santa Barbara

Emily Bonem

ebonem@purdue.edu

Implementing Change Working Group Representative

Purdue University

Madeleine Gonin

mgonin@indiana.edu

SEISMIC East Representative

Indiana University

Sabrina Solanki

ssolanki@uci.edu

SEISMIC West Representative

University of California Irvine

Sarah Castle

gadysara@msu.edu

Measurement Working Group Representative

Michigan State University

Ashley Atkinson

atkinash@umich.edu

Constructs Working Group Representative

University of Michigan

Backlog of CoCo Updates

May 2023

CoCo’s Summary from May 2023 Meeting:

This was the first CoCo meeting for members of the April 2023 – December 2023 term. With two new members and four returning members, we dedicated time to introductions and establishing meeting structures. After this, we spent time discussing what the CoCo has accomplished in the past and previous ongoing responsibilities. We also brainstormed what our current and future goals should be. Between this meeting and the next, we will be generating ideas for what the CoCo should present for the 2023 Annual Summer Meeting.

March 2023

CoCo’s Summary from March 2023 Meeting:

Discussed CoCo membership for upcoming term (April – December 2023)
Planned for Summer Meeting data collection and presentation
Shared update on SEISMIC 2.0 plans

February 2023

CoCo’s Summary from February 2023 Meeting:

The CoCo discussed a number of items today. First, we discussed the SEISMIC summer meeting. We received a number of proposals but a majority of them were from the “Experiments” group. Given that, we will request that folks (particularly from other working groups) present a poster. Ashley will send out acceptance letters this week. We will also create a google form for folks to complete if they are requesting funds to attend the Summer meeting. We also discussed the future of SEISMIC. The SEISMIC 1.0 cycle of funding is coming to an end in December 2023, we will continue to have discussions about SEISMIC 2.0. We also discussed the current state of the Administrative Liaison Council. We ran into a few obstacles developing this Council. Moving forward, we will instead appoint a few folks that we would have reached out to for the ALC to provide feedback for SEISMIC 2.0 ideas. Lastly, we discussed the future of the CoCo. The current CoCo tenure ends in March and so Nita will advertise in the next newsletter about becoming part of the CoCo.

January 2023

CoCo’s Summary from January 2023 Meeting:

Discussed upcoming tasks for SEISMIC Summer Meeting, available budget, and brainstormed ideas for contributed presentations and workshops.
Checked for new submissions for the grievance form and new institutions form and any requests for letter for support for grants.
Reviewed available Working Group funds and made plan to connect with Working Groups who still have funds.

December 2022

CoCo’s Summary from December 2022 Meeting:

We thoroughly discussed and finalized a process for addressing grievances.
We finalized a process to write a summary of the CoCo meetings to share with the collaboration to hold the CoCo accountable to the collaboration.
Our next meeting will take place in January. Specific date TBD

September 2022

SEISMIC is committed to creating a welcoming, inclusive, and respectful community where everyone can thrive and do their best work (see SEISMIC’s task force definitions for DEI as guide). In response to member feedback, the SEISMIC Collaboration Council (CoCo) has developed a reporting system for individuals to safely report negative interactions or incidents within the collaboration that can be addressed in order to create this welcoming space.

The CoCo hopes in creating this system to provide space and resources to support impacted parties, redress the harmful situation, promote education and dialogue, and affirm the collaboration’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Click here to view the reporting system.