Thanks to…

• Local organizer• Foundation staff and

volunteer• Student fellows

Meeting Logistics

• Poster Setup – During the break and time prior to reception

• Lunch Thursday and Friday at La Fonda

New Partners Since July 2010

• Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma (Type II - Research)

• City of Chicago (Type III - Applications)• DataONE (University of New Mexico) (Type I - Data Center)• Information Technology and Systems Center (ITSC) (Type II -

Research)• National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) (Type III -

Applications)• National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) (Type I -

Data Center)

Four Applications Under Review

• The Data Conservancy (DC) (Type I - Data Center)• Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM)

Network (Type II - Research)• Arizona Geological Survey (Type II - Research)• Ozone and Atmospheric Quality Processing Team,

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Type II – Research)

Student Fellows• Oleg Aulov

– University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Data & Information Quality)• Brent Maddux,

– University of Wisconsin, Madison (Data Preservation)• Yasmin Zaerpoor,

– Columbia University (Energy & Climate)• Jesse Roberts

– University of Wisconsin, Madison (Education)• Thomas Narock

– University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Semantic Web)• Eric Rozell

– RPI (Discovery)• Ratish Menon

– IITB (Air Quality [Participates remotely])

Plugs and Other Announcements• Emerging Networks Map

– Creating throughout the meeting, beginning at the poster session. It will be set up for the poster session and the remainder of the meeting.

• Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN)– Looking for expert reviewers of climate and energy curricula

(See Tamara Ledley – table next to registration desk.)• Please take a look at proposed Bylaws changes document

– Breakouts on Thursday and Friday• Funding Friday!

– Three $5K awards to be given out– Talk to Carol or Erin if you need more information

ESIP Strategic Plan Mid-course

• Retreat held June 2011 • Current leadership and addition membership

representation• Professional facilitator• Goals of the retreat– Status check– Message focusing– Action plan for remaining 2+ years

• More info see sheet in packet and posters

Meeting Theme – Data Quality

6σ• Data quality is not a myth• Issues related to the instrument• Who gathered the data and why• Metadata• New algorithms to enhance, re-analyze data• Some ‘data’ live on even though there are

recognized flaws/limitations