1. BPARC First Web Call: 9/15/16
Agenda:
·Introductions
·Review mission of group
·What comes next: call structures, needs and resources, building a website

2. Who’s here? Introduce yourself & your research/clinical/advocacy work
Nicolas Oreskovic, Rachel Millstein, Olivier Drouin, Amy Comander, Beth Williams, Betsy O’Donnell: MGH
Jeff Blossom: Harvard GIS
Peter James: HSPH
Sanouri Ursprung: MA Dept of Public Health
Lisa Quintilliani from BUMC
Wendy Landman from WalkBoston
29 people responded to our initial !

3. Our mission (briefly)
To create a centralized place for Boston (or MA)-area physical activity researchers and practitioners to share study ideas, pool data, and standardize data collection/analysis methodology.
To forge new cross-disciplinary collaborations among groups interested in promoting physical activity within the Boston area, including academia, government, advocacy groups, etc.
We want to be a hub to facilitate collaboration and familiarity with members’ groups and research areas.
Goal of creating a broad and diverse Boston PA community from many disciplines.
Ultimately collaborate on funding resources and dissemination projects.

4. Comments? Ideas and goals for this group?

5. Next steps Call schedule: once a month or every two months
Encourage use of list-serv
Build a website: gather bios, paper repository, ongoing studies, methods/expertise listing, accelerometer loan program
Thinking about collaborative grant development
Spread the word!