Action Items
February 20-21, 2006
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
M. Hubenthal: Alter internship host form, look into ways to allow online recommendations.
M. Wysession: Develop ways to intertwine advertisement and programs of IRIS with distinguished lecturers. GL will develop 2-3 powerpoint slides for lectures. M. Wysession will develop plan to reach minority communities.
REU committee: Look for ways to expand applicant pool from non-traditional fields and for minority applications.
Form subcommittee to interact with DBIS.
Committee:
K. Furlong, A. Velasco, C. Snelson.
Interact
with G. Levy, once a month.
C. Loos: Redesign Image of the Week web archive to allow categorization.
J. Taber and C. Loos: Develop archives of figures, starting with 1-pagers from 5yr proposal.
J. Taber: Ask user community about needs recommendations for web site
M. Hubenthal and L. Wetzel: JGE article will be written to highlight IRIS resources after site is redesigned.
M. Hubenthal and Glenn Kroger: Initiate development of 2-pagers to highlight results of cutting edge research.
Committee: Look for Distinguished Lecture venues to reach diverse audiences (eg. HBCUs)
GL: Create list of potential speakers to give community talks: “Speakers Bureau”
J. Taber: Distinguished Lecturer selection committee to be formed for 2007 speakers before April.
M. Hubenthal: rework current USESN RFP. Narrow focus for curriculum development.
S. Hough: Check into virtual drum development at Caltech
J. Taber: Give RA estimate of need of space for drums.
J. Taber, M. Wysession, A. Velasco: Set up meeting with IRIS, UNAVCO and EarthScope E&O program officers and chairs to coordinate efforts.
M. Wysession: Form subcommittee to look into translations of additional materials.
