Dear NMusers
The Education and Technology Committees of ISOP invite you to the discuss.go-isop.org<http://discuss.go-isop.org/> community! (http://discuss.go-isop.org) Discuss.go-isop.org<http://discuss.go-isop.org/> is a free, modern discussion forum designed for any individuals interested in sharing ideas related to all aspects of the discipline of pharmacometrics. Discussions include applications of pharmacometrics to quantitative drug development, sharing of instructional/tutorial materials, questions related to commonly used tools, sharing of coding examples, noncommercial meeting and workshop announcements, and more. Population pharmacokinetics (pop PK), pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics (PKPD), Quantitative Systems Pharmacology (QSP), Physiologic based Pharmacokinetics (PBPK), commonly used tools and other topics are covered here. The site is hosted by the International Society of Pharmacometrics (www.go-isop.org<http://www.go-isop.org>), but anyone from any discipline with an interest in pharmacometrics is welcome to join. Based on the discourse.org<https://www.discourse.org/> software, discuss.go-isop.org<http://discuss.go-isop.org/> is a 100% open source discussion platform built for the next decade of the Internet. It supports user-supplied video and url links within topics, file uploads (with file extensions unique to our discipline), equations, and wikis, all of which may be useful to our community. Users can login (top right) and create a unique login, or choose to use one of their existing logins such as Google,Facebook, Yahoo, and even Github (for all the programmers in our community). Like other modern social media, users only receive emails for the topics that they have started, those they have replied to, those they bookmark, or those where they have been specifically named. Topics appear in the order of activity, but are easily searched using the search icon, or by going to each specific category of interest. A monthly summary of new topics is send to individuals. Discuss.go-isop.org<http://discuss.go-isop.org/> also supports multiple languages, allowing regional pharmacometric communities to interact in the language of their choice. Translations are available for 17 languages and counting<https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/discourse-org/>. Users can switch to the language of their choice as a preference. Equations can be added directly using SGML-based notation for example, and code blocks can be added using markdown. Files of various sorts can be uploaded. The administrators (all from our discipline) can set the file types we upload so that we can add files with our unique extensions (like .ctl, .mod, .R, STAN, .pwo, etc), along with the regular types of text files, photos, etc. Our new community is based on trust and respect. Please treat this discussion forum with the same respect you would a public park. We, too, are a shared community resource - a place to share skills, knowledge and interests through ongoing conversation. Our trust system means that the community builds a natural immune system to defend itself from trolls, bad actors, and spammers - and the most engaged community members can assist in the governance of their community. As members become trusted regulars over time, they will earn increasing abilities to help maintain and contribute to their community (eg, ability to add multiple topics, add links, files etc). We put a trash can on every street corner with a simple, low-friction flagging system. Positive behaviors are encouraged through likes and badges (we hope you find the badge names both familiar and amusing) . We gently, constantly educate members in a just-in-time manner on the universal rules of civilized discourse<http://discuss.go-isop.org/t/faq-guidelines/5>. Many of you (ISOP members and former ACoP Attendees) will have received receive an email from the site that will allow you to register as a "member". If you are interesting in posting longer articles with links, etc, tht require more editing rights, or are interested in moderating, leave a message for the administrator on the site. Our goal is to foster an uninterrupted and open discussion amongst the global pharmacometrics community. We have created a number of broad categories to help you organize your topic, but feel free to create or discuss any topic that you think fits within the realm of our discipline, or even how our discipline interacts with others. Along with your contributions, the ISOP Education and Technology Committees will also be adding new topics, tutorials and videos to the site on an ongoing basis, so that the site stays fresh and vibrant. Our success in this open forum depends on your support and your engagement. We hope you enjoy and become a frequent contributor to this discuss.go-isop.org<http://discuss.go-isop.org/>! http://discuss.go-isop.org Vijay Ivaturi, ISoP Education Committee Chair Timothy Nicholas, ISoP Technology Committee Chair Brian Corrigan, President, ISoP
