ESIP Partnership May Telecon (3:30PM EDT)

Back to Partnership -- The following applications have been posted for review by the Partnership Committee

Telecon: Monday 8 May 20 3:30 - 4:30PM EDT
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Agenda

Old business:

• Review of previous call's Action Items:

1. All: Review apps, jot down any concerns, identify any incomplete applications, etc.
2. Danie: Investigate partnership survey with Erin, Bruce, etc.
3. Danie will check with Viv on new meeting time and communicate to Annie.
   

New Business:

• Membership application review status
  • Thanks to all who reviewed applications! Seven new member apps are out for 30 day assembly review.
    • How is Assembly feedback handled? (question for Bruce)
      

• Request from Bruce to invite three 'historical DAACs' to become ESIP members

1. OB.DAAC (Ocean Biology)
2. CDDIS (Crustal Dynamics)
3. LAADS (MODIS Level 1 and Atmosphere Archiving and Distribution System)
   

• Update on Partnership questions regarding a possible survey to cover:
  • number of member voting reps/size of member organization, is there interest in
  • when should smaller units of large organizations be encouraged to apply as a members / Does being a member of a large organization and only having one voting rep cause problems among multiple organizational subunits?
    

• Other related topics:
  • Strategic Plan for 2017?
  • How will Committee SOP's play into overall P&P governance document? (question for Bruce)

Meeting Minutes / Notes

Present:

- Request from Bruce to invite three 'historical DAACs' to become ESIP members

POC’s and contact information for the three DAACs above:
CDDIS

Carey Noll, DAAC Manager, 301-614-6542, carey.e.noll@nasa.gov

Dr. Patrick Michael, DAAC Deputy Manager, 301-614-5370, patrick.michael@nasa.gov

LAADS

Edward Masuoka, DAAC Manager, 301-614-5515, edward.j.masuoka@nasa.gov

Bhaskar Ramachandran, DAAC Scientist, 301-614-5460, bhaskar.ramachandran@nasa.gov

OB.DAAC

Dr. Gene Feldman, DAAC Manager, 301-286-9428, gene.c.feldman@nasa.gov

Sean Bailey, DAAC Deputy Manager, 301-286-3931, sean.w.bailey@nasa.gov

- Update on Partnership questions regarding a possible survey to cover:

Previous Call Notes

Application questions from last call- survey exploration

Do we encourage one application for an entire organization (i.e., EPA) or do we encourage individual labs/divisions/departments to become members? There may be pros and cons to smaller divisional representation with respect to travel authorization to ESIP meetings, and competitive perspectives on voting representation.

• How do we decide if a single voting rep is sufficiently representing the entire organization or a smaller subset? Entire organizational membership is a more welcoming situation for inclusiveness, however the broader organization membership may result in dilution of the benefits of ESIP participation to the individual department/division/lab.
  
• Can we get clarification (from ESIP) on how these reps relate to the broader organization? Is there interest in seeing a voting rep:organizational size ratio determined? Or, Possibly edit current application text to include language to indicate that membership of a large organization implies inclusiveness to all organizational members (across departments/divisions/labs)?

Perhaps develop a survey for voting reps (targeting larger organizations) - any issues as a single voting rep of a large organization- such a survey could establish demographics and identify any issues related to voting representation. Danie will investigate with Erin, Bruce, etc.