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'''Session Summary:  July 19, 2007'''

Participants:  Tamara Ledley; Kerry Handronk; Marilyn Kaminski; Jami Montgomery; Noha Gaber; Steven Moore; Brian Rogan; Chuck Wooldridge; Bruce Wilson; Chris Lenhardt; Margaret Mooney; Bruce Caron; Carol Meyer; Rob Raskin; Heidi Paulson; Ray Olivero; John Kozimor; Ray Burns; Howard Burrows


The breakout group discussed a number of ideas for what priorities the ESIP Federation might consider in its strategic planning/organizational review process:


ESIP Federation Identity<br>
•Need to do Stakeholder Analysis for both Members and Sponsors<br>
•Define the Niche of the Organization<br>
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ESIP Federation Segments<br>
•More engagement with policy<br>
•More engagement with social scientists<br>
•More engagement with scientists<br>
•Engagement of users – replicable process<br>
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Continued Forum for Technical People<br>
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ESIP Federation Activities<br>
•Broaden activities beyond technology<br>
•Link technologies to science/applications context<br>
•Engage science, education, decision maker interests<br>
•Tell the story<br>
•Goal oriented activities<br>
•Leverage off existing work people are doing<br>
•Bridge building – facilitation role<br>
•Community-driven learning for organizational change (e.g. technology diffusion)<br>
•Earth Information Exchange<br>
•Social Networking Tools<br>
•Communicating member stories on website<br>
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What is/should the role of the ESIP Federation be in communication with broader ES community? in helping technology interests communicate outside their realm?<br>
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What should the role of the ESIP Federation be in standards development? Standards promotion? Contributions to standards-making bodies?<br>
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What should be done about inactive ESIP Partners?<br>
•Strategies for engagement<br>
•Ending partnerships<br>
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Why a 3-year cycle for strategic plan?  More focused plan.<br>
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Address fund flow<br>