1. EARTHCUBE ALL-HANDS
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
May 8, 2014

2. AGENDA
1. SOME LOGISTICS
2. REMINDER ON GOALS
3. SPACE AVAILABLE
4. CURRENT PROPOSALS – HOW TO REVIEW?

3. CALL SCHEDULED
Calls @ 11am PDT/noon MDT/1pm CDT/2pm EDT
 05/08
 05/22
 06/05
 06/12 tentative
 06/19

4. MEETING REGISTRATION & TRAVEL
 Hotel: Marriott Renaissance
Dupont Circle, June 23-27 (4
nights)
 Flight: Your American based
carrier of choice, economy fare
 Registration: Covered

5. OUTCOME FOCUSED
EVENT
 Meeting Goals:
 Convergence on the Demonstration
Governance Charter, Next Steps on
Implementation
 State of CI in the Geosciences by sharing
results of existing projects
 Provide a forum for communication in the
Geosciences

6. CHARTER REVIEW
IN PROGRESS!
http://workspace.earthcube.org/test-
governance/charter-review
 May 5
 User Guide
 Draft Charter
 Draft Structure
 May 8 – May 23
 Membership Strategic Pathways Exercise
 http://spe.earthcube.org
 May 9 – June 8
 Full Document Review & Feedback
 June 24-26
 All-Hands Meeting

7. SPACE AVAILABLE
 Plenary Room (~220) – Tuesday &
Wednesday
 Thursday Largest Room (~90)
 5 Breakout Rooms – Tuesday through
Thursday
 Common Area – Tuesday through
Thursday, Rounds of 10
 Networking Reception Tuesday Night

8. BASIC
SCHEDULE

9. CURRENT PROPOSALS
Commons/Governance Sessions
 Membership Models & More:
Building for Engagement,
Leadership, and Real Work
 Scenario Exercises
 Full Governance Scenarios
 Communication between
Standing Committees
 Relationship between
Steering Committee and
Office
 Development Exercises
 Instantiation (& Recruitment)
of Committee Structures
 Social Sciences in the Physical
Sciences
 Council of Data Facilities
 Standards & Conventions
 End-User Workshops inform the
Science Committee
Technology Sessions
 Reference Architecture
Workshop
 Domain Registries of
Information Resources: a How-
To for Your Community
 Metadata, Ontologies, and
Conceptual Models for
EarthCube - Workshop
 Addressing Data
Heterogeneity in EarthCube
Information: A Semantic
Building Blocks & CI
Perspective - Panel
 Use of CI Platforms to Enhance
the Academic Experience
 Standards & Conventions
Plenary
 Engaging the
Community
 NSF Geosciences
Outlook
Business Meetings
 Test Enterprise
Governance Advisory
Committee
 Funded Projects
Meeting