Participation and Recognition

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Participation and Recognition Breakout Session Direct Awards Lifetime, honorary, local plaques Show amateurs working with professionals and vice versa Hall of Fame of amateurs on myFOSSIL site But first, show the value of amateurs to professionals List of database contributions by amateurs Use myFOSSIL to link to press releases […]
Outreach 2 (Field Trips)

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Outreach 2 (Field Trips) Breakout Session Goals: Education Discovery Fun What Kinds of Outreach? Field trips to spoil dumps Tours of museums (hands on) Traveling shows Bring fossils to those with disabilities Fossil Teaching Sets for purchase by clubs for use in schools Virtual Field Trips need IT support, […]
Outreach 1 (K-12/Scouts/4H)

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Outreach 1 Breakout Session General Outreach • Field camps • School programs • Dino Days, annual fossil shows w/teacher programs, education, packs • Fossil parks • Teacher training workshops • Rotating fossil collections to schools Problems • Depends on connections with teachers, schools • Liability issues • Politics (museum […]
Newsletter

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Newsletter Breakout Session How often? Quarterly (at least to start) Format? Email and pdf (for those who do not yet do email) Content? Featured fossil Featured member or club/organization Find of the month Outreach Field trips 1 contribution from scientists, could be reprinted from national geo, etc. 1 contribution […]
National Fossil Day Notes

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 National Fossil Day Breakout Session NATIONAL FOSSIL DAY Additional Resources for National Fossil Day can be viewed here. Resources We Have: Fossil Kits – Paul provided some examples. Include local fossils in each kit National Park Junior Ranger Program National Fossil Day website. Local programs (not hosted in parks)  these could […]
myFOSSIL Features and Priorities

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 myFOSSIL Breakout Session Desired Features Constantly updated Calendars Research Connections ID Links/Resources Collection Connections Ethics and Protocol Education and Outreach K12, Higher Ed Master Paleo Lectures  myFOSSIL website 1. What are we currently doing? 16-clubs were represented in this group. We polled them and basically every club has a […]
Future Meetings

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Future Meetings Breakout Session FOSSIL timeline: Year 1 of FOSSIL: October 1, 2013-September 30, 2014 Year 2 of FOSSIL: October 1, 2014-September 30, 2015 Year 3 of FOSSIL: October 1, 2015-September 30, 2016 Year 4 of FOSSIL: October 1, 2016-September 30, 2017 Timing of meetings? Year 2 meeting: Spring […]
Digitization

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Digitization Breakout Session myFOSSIL Website: needs to provide guidance on appropriate software, equipment and best practices for digital photography. myFOSSIL will have image-ingestion capabilities myFOSSIL image galleries should not take the form of the Fossil Forum. Images will need to be searchable, and tagged with appropriate contextual and metadata (e.g., […]
Communication

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Communication Breakout Session  What we currently do? E-mail lists – typically members only; perhaps the main form of communication other than at meetings or newsletters Facebook page –usually public but may be limited to members Google+ – not very populated – more of a network building tool Fossil Forum – forum style; notable […]
Clubs in the Museum

May 15th, 2014 by

FOSSIL Kickoff Meeting February 19, 2014 Clubs in Museum Breakout Session National network between clubs and museums Adopt a paleontologist/honorary members Professionals gain access to fossil finds prior to publication [should this be amateurs?] Clubs gain access to professionals via webinar Museums offer meeting rooms, library access Dedicated exhibit space for club in museum