Sixth Monthly Telecon of the Task Team of GEO Task ST-09-02
May 30, 2011, 13:00 - 14:00 UTC
Minutes (Version 0.1 of 2011- 8-20 4:22)
Participants:
Douglas Cripe,
GEO Secretariat
(Contributor, GEO Sec.)
Ian McCallum,
IIASA
(Contributor)
Hans-Peter Plag,
NBMG, University of Nevada, Reno
(ST-09-02 Co-Lead (IEEE) and Point of Contact)
Christoph Waldmann,
University of Bremen
(Contributor, MARUM)
Bente Lilja Bye,
BLB
(Contributor, EC - EGIDA)
Joan Maso,
UAB
(Contributor, OGC)
Russell Lefevre,
University of North Dakota
(Contributor, IEEE Committee on Earth Observations)
Agenda:
1
Acceptance of Agenda, Minutes of T5 (see
draft minutes
), and Action Items
(see
AI List
).
2
Report from GEO Work Plan Symposium: Consequences for ST-09-02
3
Report from the GEO/EGIDA Stakeholder meeting, Bonn, May 9-11, 2011.
4
ST-09-02 Work Plan for 2011
Since ST-09-02 will not continue in the same constellation in 2012, it is important
to agree on what the Task plans to achieve and complete by the end of the year.
5
Activity 2.2: GEO Label
6
Any other business
7
Date and Time of the Monthly Telecons
The next telecon is proposed for Monday, June 27, 2011 at 13:00-14:00 UTC.
8
Summary of Action Items
Notes:
1
Acceptance of Agenda, Minutes of T5 (see
draft minutes
), and Action Items
(see
AI List
).
The
AI List
) was made available prior to the telecon.
Concerning
Action Item
ST2-T5-1:
EGIDA will continue to improve the citation guidelines and work towards ver. 2.0,
addressing the various shortcomings of the current guidelines.
Responsible:
Ian McCallum,
Deadline:
2011-05-31;
Ian McCallum
explained that he would aim for a version 1.1 based on input from others.
Hans-Peter Plag
pointed out that ST-09-02 would be working toward version 2.0 with the goal to have this ready before the
end of the year.
Christoph Waldmann
reported that related to
Action Item
ST2-T5-2:
Bente Lilja Bye
will produce a review of existing geo-labels.
Responsible:
Bente Lilja Bye,
Deadline:
2011-07-31,
that he was involved in EUFOnet, which was also developing an
idea on the label. He volunteered to provide input.
Action Item
ST2-T6-1:
Christoph Waldmann
will provide information on EUFOnet and focus on how it relates to the GEO Label.
Responsible:
Christoph Waldmann,
Deadline:
2011-06-30.
Concerning
Action Item
ST2-T4-2:
All ST-09-02 members will provide information about major scientific conference to
info@geo-tasks.org.
Responsible:
All,
Deadline:
2011-05-31;
it was asked whether all GEOSS workshops should be included.
Christoph Waldmann
reasoned that including these
workshops would demonstrate the importance of GEO.
Douglas Cripe
expressed concerns that the list would get
too long, and
Hans-Peter Plag
agreed. There was agreement that as long as the page was not searchable, not every workshop
should be included. Moreover, these workshops are all listed on IEEE pages. Focus should therefore be
on major conferences.
Ian McCallum
asked how the list is updated, and
Hans-Peter Plag
explained that currently information has to be sent
to him and he would update the page accordingly.
With respect to
Action Item
ST2-T3-1:
Hans-Peter Plag
will draft a letter from the GEO Secretariat Director to the IAU, which will invite IAU
for a dialog with GEO, potentially under the lead of the STC.
Responsible:
Hans-Peter Plag,
Deadline:
2011-04-15,
Hans-Peter Plag
reported that this AI was delayed. It was necessary to define the
focus of the letter better and to develop ideas of what to accomplish.
Bente Lilja Bye
mentioned that she had sent input related
Action Item
ST2-T3-6:
Bente Lilja Bye
will provide a list of relevant science and technology
conferences in the Health and Agriculture.
Responsible:
Bente Lilja Bye,
Deadline:
2011-04-30.
Hans-Peter Plag
asked her to resent since this information
was not available to him.
Bente Lilja Bye
also indicated that she would provide more information on an OECD workshop.
2
Report from GEO Work Plan Symposium: Consequences for ST-09-02
Douglas Cripe
reported that at the Work Plan Symposium there had been considerable discussion concerning
the new management structure and also many discussions related to the contents of the new tasks.
He summarized the key points of the new work plan. In the Version 0.1, the tasks are organized in larger entities in three
groups: Infrastructure (mainly GCI), Institutions and Development (most of the cross-cutting activities),
and Information Services (the SBA). The activities of ST-09-02 are mainly in the Institutions and Development group,
within ID-04 (Building Community and Increasing Awareness) and ID-05 (Ensuring GEOSS Sustainability).
However, after the many discussions at the WP symposium, it was no longer clear what V1 will look like.
Douglas Cripe
also emphasized that as a main outcome of the WP symposium, it was clear that
most people were not too keen on Information Services and more in favor of decision support tools.
The building of GEOSS should be driven by strategic target. It was also criticized that the SBAs were hidden,
and focus was more on cross-cutting issues. People expressed their like for the SBAs and
wanted them to come back in the title of tasks.
Concerning the time line,
Douglas Cripe
informed that Version 1.0 would be available by the end of June 2011, and the
official comments would have to be submitted by the beginning of September 2011.
Hans-Peter Plag
emphasized that at the WP symposium, the proposed management structure was objected by many, and
alternatives were discussed.
Douglas Cripe
commented that for monitoring and evaluation purposes a stronger management would be
advantage. However, the proposal was met with concerns, because it was not clear whether the resources
for the proposed management boards would be available. There was a tendency to an approach based more on
advisory and coordination.
Concerning ST-09-02, it was reported that it was not yet clear where the deliveables would end up.
Bente Lilja Bye
informed that she had talked to Alexia Massercant, who expressed the wish that the old tasks should be
engaged in the new WP.
Douglas Cripe
confirmed that there will be a new task corresponding very much to the current
ST-09-02, and this was proposed by EC and IEEE.
3
Report from the GEO/EGIDA Stakeholder meeting, Bonn, May 9-11, 2011.
Several participants reported that the GEO/EGIDA workshop in Bonn was a very successful workshop
with many good discussions. A workshop report was under preparation, and this report will
give a much better overview.
4
ST-09-02 Work Plan for 2011
Since ST-09-02 may not continue in the same constellation in 2012, it was considered important
to agree on what the Task plans to achieve and complete by the end of the year.
Hans-Peter Plag
proposed
to go through all activities and agree on goals for 2011.
-
Activity 1: it was agreed that this activity needs to be revised, with a focus on
a linkage to scientific organizations involved in promotion of science in their specific
fields. More details are in a
report
-
Activity 2:
-
Activity 2.1: Depending on how the draft Version 1.0 of the citation standard is progressed through GEO,
new activities will be required. The goal could be to have a version 2.0 by the end of the year.
Bente Lilja Bye
mentioned the many complicated issues to be addressed, necessitating a team effort.
Ian McCallum
agreed that the Version 2.0 should be a deliverable of the Task.
-
Activity 2.2: There was consensus that this should be included in the new WP.
-
Activity 2.3: Also this activity should be included in the new WP.
-
Activity 3:
-
Activity 3.1: there do not seem to be resources to carry this out.
Bente Lilja Bye
commented that this
is what everybody says, and she asked to keep this on the agenda.
Douglas Cripe
agreed to this.
-
Activity 3.2: There was consensus to keep this activity in the new WP. By the end of the year a starting
library should have been developed.
-
Activity 3.3: This activity should be continued. By the end of the year, the portfolio should be completed
with at least two examples per SBA.
-
Activity 4:
-
Activity 4.1:
Russell Lefevre
reported that not much had been done. However, the activity should be kept.
-
Activity 4.2: Also this could be important for GEO, it was not clear whether this can be implemented.
-
Activity 4.3: There were doubts whether this could be kept in the new WP.
-
Activity 5:
-
Activity 5.1:
Russell Lefevre
supported that this should be continued in the new WP. The interactive meeting page
would be a valuable tool for many.
-
Activity 5.2: Should be kept. By the end of the year, a number of additional session should be organized.
-
Activity 5.3: Should be continued.
-
Activity 5.4:
Bente Lilja Bye
requested that this activity should be implemented. She proposed an
alliance with ICSU's Grant challenges initiative. It would be good to bring in a science-focused position
and to organize some symposiums.
5
Activity 2.2: GEO Label
There was no time left to address the GEO label.
6
Any other business
There was no other business.
7
Date and Time of the Monthly Telecons
The next telecon is proposed for Monday, June 27, 2011 at 13:00-14:00 UTC.
8
Summary of Action Items
Action Item
ST2-T6-1:
Christoph Waldmann
will provide information on EUFOnet and focus on how it relates to the GEO Label.
Responsible:
Christoph Waldmann,
Deadline:
2011-06-30.
Minutes prepared by
Hans-Peter Plag
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