Activities of the Executive Committee

Next Scheduled Meeting:

XX April 2020

Activities will be posted approximately 1 week after each meeting.

Last met on:

31 March 2020

Present: Katie Cooper, Claire Currie, Lorraine Hwang, Scott King, Louis Moresi, and Carl Tape

Absent: Bruce Buffet

Discussed:

HQ Updates

Impact of COVID-19
Contributing Software Checklist
Privacy Policy

Joint EC-SSC Meeting

Previous Meetings:

03 February 2020

Present: Thorsten Becker, Bruce Buffet, Katie Cooper, Claire Currie, Lorraine Hwang, Scott King, Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Louis Moresi, and Carl Tape

Discussed:

Report on nominations process from the 2019 elections
Community needs and direction.

14 January 2020

Present: Bruce Buffet, Katie Cooper, Lorraine Hwang, Louis Moresi, and Carl Tape

Absent: Claire Currie

Informational:

Welcomed Bruce Buffett and Claire Currie (returning) to the EC.

Discussed:

Process for identifying leadership for CIG IV proposal.
Reviewed and confirmed current process for appointing Working Groups. Acknowledged need for mechanism to rotate members off of committees.

31 October 2019

Present: Magali Billen, Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Lorraine Hwang, Louis Moresi, and Carl Tape

Absent: Frederik Simons

Informational:

Thank you to Magaii Billen for leading CIG through this transition period and thank you to the EC for their hard and thoughtful work in ensuring a smooth transition period.
Update on 2020 events.
SSC Activities

Discussed:

Joint in person meeting with SSC In-person meeting May (tentative).
Schedule for CIG IV and forming Writing Committee
Community Workshop Fall 2020 and Workshop Committee.

16 September 2019

17-18 June 2019

In person meeting at UC Davis.

Present: Magali Billen, Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Louis Moresi, Frederik Simons, and Carl Tape

16 May 2019

Present: Magali Billen, Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Lorraine Hwang, Louis Moresi, Frederik Simons, and Carl Tape

Discussed: Upcoming EC meeting at UC Davis

6 February 2019

Present: Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, and Louis Moresi,

Absent: Frederik Simons, and Carl Tape

Actions:

Louise Moresi to continue as Chair
Defer electing a vice Chair

Discussed:

Strategic Planning and CIG self assessment
International engagement: AuScope speaker exchange, 2020 CGU

13 November 2018

Present: Magali Billen, Katie Cooper, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, Louis Moresi, Frederik Simons, and Carl Tape

Absent: Claire Currie

Informational:

Discussion forum has launched
AGU Business meeting - new time and date

Discussed:

Donation of CitcomSVE
Collaborations with AuScope
Creating Speaker Series Committee
Renaming the Geodynamo Working Group
Structure of Education Working Group

26 September 2018

Present: Magali Billen, Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Omar Ghattas, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, Louis Moresi, and Frederik Simons

Informational:

CIG's participation in Frontera at TACC
Rayleigh Hackathon highlights
2015 CTSP Workshop white paper available

Discussed:

Nominations for election
New Education Working Group. Security and access.
Reforming Working Groups, term limits, and leadership structure. Working group renaming.
Moving from a mailing list to a forum. A new platform is in testing.

2 August 2018

Present: Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Omar Ghattas, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, Louis Moresi, and Frederik Simons

Absent: Magali Billen

Announcements:

2018 Bylaw revisions have been approved by the electorate
CIG Year 3 budget has been approved by NSF

Discussions:

2018 Nominating Committee to be appointed by end of month
Plans to update Grand Challenges in Geodynamics Report, NAS
Software: Proposed code donation in particle dynamics. Support of proprietary software.

19 April 2018

Present: Magali Billen, Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Omar Ghattas, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, Louis Moresi, and Frederik Simons

Actions:

Approved moving Annual Business Meeting to noontime at AGU.
Discussed plans for meeting of the Electorate to present proposed changes to Bylaws followed by electronic balloting.
Discussed realignment of Working Groups including annual call for new Working Groups.

09 February 2018

Present: Katie Cooper, Omar Ghattas, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, Louis Moresi, and Frederik Simons

Absent: Magali Billen and Claire Currie

Actions:

Elected new Chair and Vice Chair
Approved CIG Principles of Community and Code of Conduct
Approved New Members (by e-vote)

University of Melbourne
University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Discussed:

Moving forward with Speaker Series
Updates from visit to NSF
Revision of bylaws
Input to upcoming NAS study

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