Science Steering Committee Meeting

Present:

Brad Aagaard, Tim Ahern, Jed Brown, Lorraine Hwang, Louise Kellogg, Dave May, Carl Tape, Jolante van Wijk

Absent:

Jon Aurnou, Magali Billen, Scott King

The meeting focused on:

• All-Hands CIG 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
• Business meeting at the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco
• Open-source software licensing options
  • Software best practices includes copyright and license information should be included in the header of each code file. Scripts are available on GitHub.
• Software citation
  • Discussing software attribution text and tools for both legacy software and current/new software
• Tutorial best practices
  • Need document similar to Software Development Best Practices for tutorials
  • Want draft of document in time to guide tutorials at All-Hands meeting

Action Items:

• Seeking speaker suggestions for All-Hands meeting
• Seeking feedback on software citation tool
• Forming small working group to develop Tutorial Best Practices