2022-03-16 Nolasco/Cavender/Wagner Check-in meeting notes

Biopolymer project plan/processes

• Current written materials:

  • https://openforcefield.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FF/pages/202834011/Biopolymer+Force+Field → (Archived during this meeting)

  • https://openforcefield.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FF/pages/275644614/Biopolymer+Force+Field+Discussions → (Content deleted during this meeting)

  • Protein Force Field Project Plan → Added more detail about processes

    • CC – Some of the info here is slightly out of date. Because I’m the only page owner, I will make changes to bring them up to date.

  • CC - There are also the meeting notes, which may contain information of their own. I can be in charge of making sure that changes from those meeting notes are reflected on the main project page.

• Let’s remove as many of these as possible, and leave only statements that are verified to be true.

• DN – Is the scope of the project clear, and do you agree with it?

  • CC – Yes, I agree with Simon’s statement in the meeting - we are going to take the OpenFF fitting ecosystem and make it suitable for parameterizing biopolymers.

  • CC – I’m interested in defining people and processes to reduce uncertainty about decisions and how input is handled.

• Next steps:

  • If CC and MG agree with this new project structyre, DN will open call for stakeholders:

    • Being a stakeholder on this project is notification-only.

    • “We’re polishing up the protein FF project plan, and formalizing the decisionmaking process. The meeting time is currently set

  • CC and MG will offer approvership to additional people (CC will confirm with MG, then confirm this decision and MS’s approval at beginning of next meeting)