Activities of the Executive Committee

Next Scheduled Meeting:

Activities will be posted approximately 1 week after each meeting.

Last met on:

31 October 2019

Present: Magali Billen, Claire Currie, Katie Cooper, Lorraine Hwnag, 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

Previous Meetings:

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

28 November 2017

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

Discussed:

Upcoming joint meeting with CGU
Updates to CIG Bylaws
Community input for visioning document for research opportunities in computational geodynamics

3 November 2017

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

Absent: Magali Billen and Frederik Simons

Discussed:

IRIS HPCWG proposal for CIG leadership on meeting community HPC needs
Code of Conduct for CIG
Upcoming Meetings and Workshop: AGU Business Meeting, CTSP, joint CGU meeting

13 June 2017

Present: Claire Currie, Omar Ghattas, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, and Frederik Simons

Absent: Magali Billen and Louis Moresi

Recommended members for the Nominations Committee
Received an overview of the 2017-2018 budget
Reviewed upcoming CIG sponsored events

10 April 2017

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

Absent: Magali Billen

The following institutions were approved for membership:

University of Kentucky
University of Toronto

Discussions:

Feedback on CIG Speaker Series website
Changes to Annual Report

6 March 2017

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

The meeting focused on:

Changing format of Annual Business Meeting
Inactive Institutional Member Representatives
Retaining flexibility in long term scheduling of CIG meetings
Targeted audience and speakers for CIG Distinguished Speaker Series
Response to NSF RFI on Future Needs for Advanced Cyberinfrastructure to Support Science and Engineering Research

6 February 2017

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

Election of Chair Omar Ghattas; Vice Chair, Louis Moresi
Working Group membership. Recommendation for 3 year terms that are renewable.
Long term scheduling of CIG meetings - working groups and organizational-wide.
Criteria for CIG Distinguished Speaker Series and joint EC & SSC committee for selection of speakers and venues.
Criteria for travel support for collaborative code development. Applications to be reviewed twice a year by SSC.

27 October 2016

Present: Brad Aagaard, David Bercovici, Magali Billen, Omar Ghattas, Lorraine Hwang, and Louise Kellogg

Discussions:

Upcoming AGU Business Meeting
DOIs for software
Report back on slate of candidates for 2016 Elections
Update on partnerships with IRIS and potential workshop with CSDMS
CIG'16 Survey results

8 September 2016

Present: Brad Aagaard, David Bercovici, Magali Billen, Bruce Buffett, Omar Ghattas, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, and Louis Moresi

Action Items:

Selection of Nominating Committee

Discussions:

Partnership with IRIS
Joint meeting with Canadian Geophysical Union 2018

3 February 2016

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