Standing Committee Meeting Report Global Seismographic Network
September 2022
Standing Committee Meeting Report - GSN
GSN Standing Committee Meeting Fall 2022
Action Items and Recommendations
- Frassetto/Dalton: Provide EarthScope committee nominations to the IRIS Board
- Frassetto/Dalton: Provide continuing GSN Advisory committee nominations to the IRIS Board
- Tsai/Dalton: Provide feedback to the Board on subaward transition concerns
- Committee: Approve meeting minutes over email after final cleanup by scribe team
- Dalton: Convey Ringler et al. GSN and other global observations review paper to NSF as fall science highlight
Meeting Summary
Monday, September 26, 2022, 8:30 am - 5:30 pm ET
In Attendance
- In-person: Colleen Dalton, Will Yeck, Frederik Simons, Victor Tsai, Rob Mellors, Bob Busby, Andy Frassetto, Emily Wolin (scribing), Adam Ringler
- Over Zoom: Harriet Lau, Martin Vallee, Shawn Wei, Cecily Wolfe, Dave Wilson,, Kasey Aderhold (scribing), Molly Staats (scribing), Bob Woodward
Meeting Summary
- Review of IRIS Board’s guidance & Goals for this meeting (Dalton/Frassetto)
- Approve GSNSC spring meeting minutes and review action items (Dalton)
- GSN Status Updates
- GSN Program Manager report (Busby/Frassetto)
- IDA Operator report (Mellors)
- ASL Operator report (Wilson)
- Summary of report to NSF on GSN O&M Costs (Busby)
- Update on funding plans/priorities from recent NSF end-of-year funds and other spend-down (Busby/Frassetto)
- Common Sensor Platform initiative (Frassetto)
- Impressions from GeoScope 40th Anniversary Workshop (Vallée)
- HRV borehole additions and future possibilities (Wilson/Busby)
- GSN VBB sensor performance update (Frassetto/Ringler)
- Highlights from and discussion of SAGE-GAGE SIG (Dalton/Frassetto)
- Update on IRIS-UNAVCO merger and EarthScope leadership (Frassetto/Tsai/ Woodward)
- Board Response - EarthScope Consortium governance structure and member nomination process, addressing USGS needs for advice and oversight, how to incorporate subcommittee and working group input (Frassetto/Tsai/Woodward)
- Board Response - Review progress against the five-year SAGE-II plan (Frassetto/Busby)
- Board Response - Enumerate key science accomplishments, justifications, and objectives that the program has/will facilitate, with spending priorities (Dalton/Frassetto/Busby)
- Board Response - Develop and discuss recommendations for SAGE-II work-plans and budgets for years 6 and 7 (Frassetto/Busby/Dalton)
Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 8:30 am - 11:30 am ET
In Attendance
- In-person: Colleen Dalton, Will Yeck, Frederik Simons, Victor Tsai, Bob Busby, Andy Frassetto, Emily Wolin (scribing), Adam Ringler
- Over Zoom: Martin Vallee, Shawn Wei, Cecily Wolfe, Dave Wilson, Kasey Aderhold (scribing), Molly Staats
Meeting Summary
- Board Response - Review key directions and priorities (strategic plan) for the GSN, including non-SAGE activities as relevant, considering impacts on the research and monitoring community of current operational model, split NSF and USGS supportl (Dalton/Busby/Frassetto)
- Finalizing proposed SAGE-II year 6 and 7 priorities
- Board Response - Concerns that should be brought to the Boards
- Plans for Community Outreach Prior to the FGF Proposal
- Session proposals for EGU and SSA (Frassetto)
- Webinar series concepts (Frassetto)
- Soliciting GSN research white papers (Dalton)
- Selecting next science highlights for NSF (Dalton)