ESC 2011 09 19

• EarthCube Paper: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Discovery_White_Paper
  • EarthCube site for discussion and submission is http://earthcube.ning.com/
  • Our White Paper needs an Executive Summary
  • Given the breakdown on topics on the Ning site, ESIP may submit this Technology paper, plus a Governance paper
  • AI: ESIP higher-ups (ExCom? Carol?) consider authoring a 1-pg paper on Governance.
  • AI: Chris Lynnes - write Executive Summary for Discovery white paper
• Ideas for Winter Meeting sessions, e.g.,
  • Erin: link up with student fellows, working on a half day track centered around climate, including how clusters can work better
  • AI: Chris Lynnes - reach out to student fellows about (1) participation in ESC Cluster and (2) what kind of help they might need
  • User Story Session: focus on a specific, real-life collaboration we would like to enable/facilitate
    • AI: Cluster - propose specific collaborations
  • Organizational?
    • e.g., form subgroups?
  • Use Cases?
  • Special speakers?
  • Technical?
    • Hackathon?
    • ESC Charrette? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charrette)