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By Camille Mathis The FoR Task Force would like to share this update with the Rosetta Commons community. One year ago, at the start of 2022, the Rosetta board asked our group to explore open-sourcing Rosetta in order to adapt to the changing landscape and rapid developments in our field. Over the past year, starting with presentations on open-sourcing ideas to the TeleCon group and the Board, the work evolved to focus more broadly on the Future of Rosetta. This pivot was determined to be an essential prerequisite for realistic and thoughtful conversations about open source feasibility. The efforts of the team included a proposal on the future organizational structure and fiscal sponsorship, a town hall meeting to capture community perspectives on the proposal, a vote by the Board to endorse the revised proposal, discussions at RosettaCon, and formation of committees to carry out the next stages of visioning and capacity building for our community. To reference past FoR activities, see

Hello Rosetta community and friends of Rosetta,   We wanted to give you a brief monthly update about the things that are going on in the Rosetta community, especially with respect to the committees but also other things that are happening. If you'd like to join any of the committees, please get in touch with the respective chair. If you'd like to post anything to the November newsletter, please email Julia ( Julia.koehler.leman@gmail.com ).   Best, FoR   NSF POSE Award Phase I awarded The Future of Rosetta task force is pleased to report that we have been awarded an NSF Phase I Pathways to Enable Open-Source Ecosystems (POSE) award (PI: King, Co-PIs: Gray and Siegel)! There are two phases for POSE awards. Phase I provides $300,000 for 1 year to evaluate the feasibility of and develop a plan for migrating existing scientific software projects to open source. This aligns perfectly with the scoping and planning discussions we are having as a community right now. Phase II awards

Dear friends, colleagues, and supporters of Rosetta: I’m sure you are all aware of the rapid changes in our field of biomolecular structure prediction and design. Our Rosetta community has grown tremendously; our impact is rapidly extending into industry, materials, and the clinic; and deep learning is supercharging progress into the future.  I’m thrilled to share with you today a Proposal for the Future of Rosetta and to invite you to discuss it at our upcoming Town Hall : Thurs. June 30 Noon EDT = 9 AM PDT = 6 PM Europe = Midnight China Zoom link is on the wiki Here’s the history : Over the last several virtual RosettaCons, we have discussed the transformations in our field in “Future of Rosetta” breakout discussions. Then this past fall, a group of Rosetta scientists suggested that we should seriously consider shifting to a “free and open-source software (FOSS)” model to better position Rosetta as the standard platform for biomolecular modeling for all time. The Developer TeleCon

  ~ contributed by JEDI Committee Overview of Psychological Safety Psychological safety was first described over thirty years ago and has been defined as the “shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking” (Edmonson, 1999). People of backgrounds historically excluded from STEM are more likely to feel uncomfortable taking risks and sharing their ideas. Thus, p sychological safety is a key component of JEDI efforts. Haris Domond of Equity Impact Associates spoke at winter RosettaCon 2021 on translating psychological safety practices from the corporate environment to the lab workplace. Actionable recommendations from Haris Domond, MTS: Create Individual Development Plans for lab personnel/trainees Publish organizational/lab demographic summary data in transparent manner Clearly define PhD Program requirements and success milestones Distribute projects equitably such that all students have opportunities to do high-impact work Be transparent about your goals when criti