Standing Committee Meeting Report Education and Public Outreach
November 2003
Action Items from E&O Committee Meeting November 20-21, 2003
Attendees: Rick Aster, Michael Hamburger, Susan
Schwartz, Steve Semken (secretary), Russ Welti, Michael Hubenthal
Present
for part of meeting (in person or by telephone): Tom Boyd, Alan
Kafka, David Simpson, John Taber, Lisa Wald
- Contact and join 1906 Earthquake Centennial Alliance
- Review
Vulnerability to Natural Hazards poster; consider adding volcanic
hazards
- Evaluate potential to upgrade AS-1
- Assess and compare Seismic
Explorer, GEE, Winquake, and Amaseis; prepare summary for next
E&O Comm meeting
- Endorse IRIS donation of AS-1 plus PC to needy
school in Kazakhstan
- Work on making GEE/REV and Seismic Monitor
merge seamlessly
- Disseminate 2004 Lectureship information more
broadly
- Address problem of absentee members
- Follow up on arranging
speaker for NSTA
- Contact On the Cutting Edge organizers for potential
IRIS workshop
- Write NSF REU proposal for Internship program
- Draft recommendation
to EarthScope ESEC/EFEC regarding E&O effort, to be jointly endorsed by IRIS E&O committee
and EarthScope E&O Steering committee and/or EON Advisory Board
- Develop Museum Lite 1.0 beta by next E&O Comm
meeting
- Send link to Web record section project to E&O
Comm when ready
- Recommend how IRIS data (especially DMS) capabilities
could interface with USGS Special Events web page
- Replace three
committee members who are rotating off the committee (Boyd,
Hamburger, Schwartz)
- Draft recommendation to ExCom regarding
CSU application
- Edit job description and announcement for new
E&O
position at IRIS
- Prioritize action items related to USESN that
could make most effective use of all or part of carryover funds
- Get copies of AIP videos and clarify their distribution policies
for E&O purposes
- Research and development of IRIS-hosted "quilt,""matrix," or "cube" of
links to exemplary educational materials (formal and informal)
organized according to standards and linked to DLESE. Draft
by next E&O Comm meeting
- Communicate with Gary Lewis, GSA,
about IRIS partnership in development of "Explore Earthquakes" CD