Science Steering Committee Meeting

This meeting focused on:

• Formalizing working group membership,
• Report from the CIG-EarthScope Institute for Lithospheric Modeling Workshop,
• Ongoing development of the CIG positioning document,
• Formation of an External Advisory Panel, and
• Involvement in proposed EarthCube activities.

The main outcomes were:

• Working group members will have two-year renewable terms. Current working group members will be asked to opt-in.
• The report from the CIG-EarthScope Institute for Lithospheric Modeling Workshop illustrated good progress. The SSC will be pushing the working group to build upon the report and develop a work plan.
• The SSC will continue developing the CIG positioning document. The current focus is on differentiating between strategic objectives and action items related to achieving the strategic objectives.
• CIG is working on forming an External Advisory Panel. The tentative plan is for the panel to be made up of about five members serving three year terms. The panel should be made up members from outside our community. Ideas for people who might make good members include people with an education/outreach, computational science, or planetary science background. The SSC welcomes suggestions for members for the External Advisory Panel.
• CIG is receiving requests for participating in proposed EarthCube activities. So far, the requested participation is very limited, for example, membership on advisory panels.