Agclimate telecon 2013-12-03

Agenda:

1. Invited presentation (Brian Wee, NEON): Overview of NEON and relationship to LTAR (Rescheduled from Nov. 5 telecon, due to some technical difficulties with Webex)
2. ESIP Jan. 2014 meeting
   1. Speakers to be invited (?) - Mark Walbridge (LTAR), Simon Liu (NAL)
   2. Goal(s) of session?

1. Other items TBD

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Minutes:
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from 11/5

1. Cluster mission statement - Group revise existing draft
2. What do we want to accomplish for 2014?

Participants: Annette, Arif, Erin, Nancy, Bill

Minutes:

2. Session proposal for ESIP Jan. 2014 meeting

• Action: Bill to submit a session proposal
• Speakers to be invited: Mark Walbridge (LTAR), Simon Liu (NAL)
• Erin suggested Brad Doorn (NASA HQ, Applied Sciences Program-Water Resources and Agriculture)
• Action: Bill to contact Brad
• Goals of Jan. 2014 session

1. Drill down to more details on possible collaborations w/ LTAR
2. Nancy suggested: (1) Differentiate between energy/climate and ag/climate Clusters and (2) conduct "gap analysis" (e.g., needs of LTAR) that ESIP can fill
3. Nancy also suggested, for 2014: Expand Cluster's foci to state orgs; Library of Congress; USDA/CCPO, others.

3. Group revised Cluster mission statement existing draft (11/05/13).

4. For 2014 Cluster strategic plan

• Gap analysis (needs of LTAR) that ESIP can fill
• Inventory of relevant ESIP capabilities
• Mapping of ESIP capabilities to LTAR needs
• Review of external ongoing work on climate effects on agriculture (Nancy: Should be iterative and responsive to discussions with LTAR)
• Expand Cluster's foci to state orgs (Action <Nancy to fill in specific orgs>); Library of Congress; USDA/CCPO, others.