[Esip-preserve] possible session at ESIP

[Lindsay Powers]

Hi Mark,
Yes, great idea. I'm happy to help organize.
Cheers,
Lindsay

Lindsay Powers
Deputy Director of Earth Science
The HDF Group
And NCAR Visiting Scientist
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On 10/26/15, 6:35 AM, "Parsons, Mark" <parsom3 at rpi.edu> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have not been keeping up with conversations about winter meeting
>planning, but I have a session idea that I¹d like to hear people¹s
>thoughts on. I don¹t know if this belongs under the stewardship committee
>or more broadly, but it would seem worthwhile to have a discussion on
>strategic partnerships for ESIP.
>
>There¹s a lot going on in the data world these days. Is ESIP playing an
>appropriate role? I¹m of course thinking of RDA, but there is also the
>Council of Data Facilities and COPDESS. The Belmont Forum
>e-infrastructure initiative is moving in to an implementation phase,
>whatever that might mean. RDA/US is coordinating a collaboration effort
>of domain repositories to try and amplify their voice at a national level
>(this includes non-Earth science repositories). The National Data Service
>is up and running and exploring some test bed activities with RDA/US.
>Force11, CODATA, and others are doing things about data citation. I¹m
>sure there¹s more.
>
>ESIP members are involved in all these activities and maybe that¹s
>sufficient, but maybe we could be more coordinated and strategic. Perhaps
>this is just a discussion at the business meeting, but I think it could
>be more. We could hear short reports on the various initiatives and then
>discuss ways forward. We had the beginnings of this conversation in
>Copper Mountain last summer. It would be good to continue.
>
>What do people think? I could help coordinate, but I¹d want help.
>
>cheers,
>
>-m. 
>
>