Science Steering Committee Meeting

Present:

Brad Aagaard, Tim Ahern, Jed Brown, Katie Cooper, Boris Kaus, Sabine Stanley, Carl Tape

Absent:

Dave May

The meeting focused on:

• 2016 SSC
  • New members: Katie Cooper, Boris Kaus, and Sabine Stanley
  • Continuing members: Brad Aagaard, Tim Ahern, Jed Brown, Carl Tape, David May
  • Brad agreed to continue as chair for the time being
• CIG-2016 Meeting, UC Davis, June 17-24, 2016
  • 2.5 day plenary meeting similar to IRIS, UNAVCO, COMPRESS
  • Tutorials before/after scheduled so that people would not likely attend tutorials before and after
  • Lodging in dorms and meals in dining halls
  • Collecting list of names for speakers
  • Formed program committee with volunteers from SSC and EC
    • CIG: Louise Kellogg and Lorraine Hwang
    • SSC: Brad Aagaard
    • EC: Omar Ghattas and Louis Moresi
• Tutorial best practices
  • Brad is revising initial draft
  • Will distribute updated draft to SSC by the end of Feb