Activities of the Executive Committee
Next Scheduled Meeting:
Activities will be posted approximately 1 week after each meeting.
Last met on:
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
Previous Meetings:
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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