Collaboration Council, SEISMIC Collaboration

Overview

Resources

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

MEMBERS ONLY PAGE

CoCo Members

Abdi Warfa

awarfa@umn.edu

SEISMIC East Representative

University of Minnesota

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

Nikeetha Farfan D’Souza

nfarfand@iu.edu

Constructs Working Group 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

Backlog of CoCo Updates

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.