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Subgroup Members:

Stefan Falke
Rob Raskin
Peter Fox

Issues to Be Addressed:

Issues related to how we engage people; transparency; communication

At all levels – Federation level – cluster/activity level

:*How does ESIP operate?

Pathways to participation – need description of who we are; what we do; where you might fit
Orientations for new members – liaison with new members

Community Engagement Committee
Partnership Committee – follow through

Discussion:

Motivate people to get involved; get partners to want to participate - technology is not the limiting factor

must be able to articulate member benefits
clusters/working groups need to meet partner needs
wiki enabled sharing information/collaboration - met a need that was previously done by file sharing, in-person meetings, telecons, listservs - now using all together to engage many people
AQ Cluster has used wiki extensively; in addition, now AQ AIP using Google Sites
stay open to embracing new technologies as they evolve
ESIP breaks down competitive barriers; okay to collaborate

The Wiki Is Good for...

Archival function
Anyone can edit/add
Information delivery - dyanmic content (near real-time; shared content)
Coordination & Collaboration

Wiki Limitations

Not a good entry point into cluster activities/ESIP Federation at this point (other technologies can deal with this better)
Need a top level entry point

Orientation for New Members

what is ESIP? (collaboration, value, grassroots)
how can I get involved?
how can I start a new group?
convey how we use virtual means/technologies to carry on business
role of Partnership? - need to connect with new Partners
role of Type Reps?
role of Committee Chairs?
examples of things ESIP has done (all levels - ESIP, committees, technical, clusters, wgs, policy, state of activity)
stories/metrics
sum of the parts is greater than the whole (this idea needs to be better developed; what value does ESIP add?)
collaboration across sectors, domains, technologies is value add that the ESIP Federation provides (AQ GEOSS as one example of success & the evenutal creation of an AQ Community of Practice)
leveraging resources

We are really talking about internal engagment

technologies are enablers, not the reason we exist
our role is to provide value to our sponsors, benefits to our members

What might replace the Community Engagement Committee?

Collaboration metrics committee?
Collect our own metrics - outcome/output based?
How to capture *new* metrics? - collaboration; multi-agency
Wiki provides paper trail of collaborations
Okay to talk about anecdotes

ESIP as an incubator

ideas seeded in ESIP Federation - they might mature elsewhere
filling gaps; being at the cutting edge
sharing of technology - openess

What needs to be done to improve ESIP's virtual presence

for conducting its business
for communicating with external audiences

Recommendations:

Not really talking about technology - this section needs to be about how the ESIP Federation operates

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 * Issues related to how we engage people; transparency; communication
 :*At all levels – Federation level – cluster/activity level
-:*How does ESIP operate?
+''':*How does ESIP operate?'''
 :*Pathways to participation – need description of who we are; what we do; where you might fit
 :*Orientations for new members – liaison with new members
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 :*must be able to articulate member benefits
 :*clusters/working groups need to meet partner needs
-:*wiki enabled sharing information/collaboration
+:*wiki enabled sharing information/collaboration - met a need that was previously done by file sharing, in-person meetings, telecons, listservs - now using all together to engage many people
+:*AQ Cluster has used wiki extensively; in addition, now AQ AIP using Google Sites
+:*stay open to embracing new technologies as they evolve
+:*ESIP breaks down competitive barriers; okay to collaborate
+*The Wiki Is Good for...
+:*Archival function
+:*Anyone can edit/add
+:*Information delivery - dyanmic content (near real-time; shared content)
+:*Coordination & Collaboration
+*Wiki Limitations
+:*Not a good entry point into cluster activities/ESIP Federation at this point (other technologies can deal with this better)
+:*Need a top level entry point
+*Orientation for New Members
+:*what is ESIP? (collaboration, value, grassroots)
+:*how can I get involved?
+:*how can I start a new group?
+:*convey how we use virtual means/technologies to carry on business
+:*role of Partnership? - need to connect with new Partners
+:*role of Type Reps?
+:*role of Committee Chairs?
+:*examples of things ESIP has done (all levels - ESIP, committees, technical, clusters, wgs, policy, state of activity)
+:*stories/metrics
+:*sum of the parts is greater than the whole (this idea needs to be better developed; what value does ESIP add?)
+:*collaboration across sectors, domains, technologies is value add that the ESIP Federation provides (AQ GEOSS as one example of success & the evenutal creation of an AQ Community of Practice)
+:*leveraging resources
+*We are really talking about internal engagment
+:*technologies are enablers, not the reason we exist
+:*our role is to provide value to our sponsors, benefits to our members
+*What might replace the Community Engagement Committee?
+:*Collaboration metrics committee?
+:*Collect our own metrics - outcome/output based?
+:*How to capture *new* metrics? - collaboration; multi-agency
+:*Wiki provides paper trail of collaborations
+:*Okay to talk about anecdotes
+*ESIP as an incubator
+:*ideas seeded in ESIP Federation - they might mature elsewhere
+:*filling gaps; being at the cutting edge
+:*sharing of technology - openess
+*What needs to be done to improve ESIP's virtual presence
+:*for conducting its business
+:*for communicating with external audiences
 ==='''Recommendations:'''===
+*Not really talking about technology - this section needs to be about how the ESIP Federation operates