<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear all,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif">This is a reminder for our monthly meeting this </font><b style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Wednesday (06/14) at 16:00 EDT/UTC-4. </b><font face="arial, sans-serif">The guest speaker of this month is <b>Everett Hinkley (US Forest Service, National Remote Sensing Program Manager)</b> with the presentation titled <b>"</b></font><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>Wildfires, Remote Sensing and Machine Learning: Getting ahead of the Fire</b></span><font face="arial, sans-serif"><b>".</b> His presentation will </font>highlight<font face="arial, sans-serif"> cross-agency efforts on remote sensing for fire applications via</font> Tactical Fire Remote Sensing Advisory Committee (TFRSAC).</div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We will also have a discussion about our ESIP July Meeting session (the full meeting agenda should be available on sched next week). Please join the cluster meeting using this <a href="https://esipfed-org.zoom.us/j/6994911054?pwd=U1ZXOTJVcVBFSDIwWVA5bHJnNmRSQT09" target="_blank">Zoom link</a> or via ESIP <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/get-involved/community-calendar" target="_blank">Community Calendar</a>.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Have a wonderful weekend!</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Douglas & Dave</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"></font><b>Speaker bio</b>: As the National Remote Sensing Program Manager for the FS, Everett provides remote sensing policy, oversight, and direction to primary agency stakeholders including the Geospatial Technology Applications Center, the National Interagency Fire Center, Law Enforcement and Investigations, Forest Health Protection, and regional remote sensing coordinators to ensure that agency remote sensing requirements are understood and needs are met and that new technology is appropriately exploited to match current and evolving agency mission requirements. Within the Washington Office, Everett coordinates with the Geospatial Management Office Leadership Team to develop the annual remote sensing program of work and provide guidance to the field.<br>Everett serves as the primary remote sensing liaison to NASA, DHS, the BLM, the USGS, and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to ensure that the Forest Service is utilizing the most up-to-date data sources, applications, and best practices for data exploitation and use. This role promotes collaboration on remote sensing activities which helps to reduce redundant efforts within the federal government.</div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 9, 2023 at 5:06 PM Douglas Rao - NOAA Affiliate <<a href="mailto:douglas.rao@noaa.gov">douglas.rao@noaa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Dear all,</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">This is a friendly reminder for the Wildfires Cluster monthly meeting on <b>06/14 at 16:00 EDT/UTC-4</b>. We are pleased to share that <b style="font-style:italic">Everett Hinkley, </b>National Remote Sensing Program Manager with US Forest Service, will share information about wildland fire activities from Forest Service and other related activities. Everett provides<span style="color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,"system-ui","Segoe UI",Roboto,"Helvetica Neue","Fira Sans",Ubuntu,Oxygen,"Oxygen Sans",Cantarell,"Droid Sans","Apple Color Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Emoji","Segoe UI Symbol","Lucida Grande",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> remote sensing program guidance and coordination to Forest Service field units throughout the United States and serves as the Forest Service remote sensing liaison to other federal and state agencies.</span> </div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We will also have a discussion about our ESIP July Meeting session (the full meeting agenda should be available on sched next week).</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Please join the cluster meeting using this <a href="https://esipfed-org.zoom.us/j/6994911054?pwd=U1ZXOTJVcVBFSDIwWVA5bHJnNmRSQT09" target="_blank">Zoom link</a> or via ESIP <a href="https://www.esipfed.org/get-involved/community-calendar" target="_blank">Community Calendar</a>.</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Have a wonderful weekend!</div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">-Douglas & Dave</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">Douglas Rao (he/him/his)</div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#666666">Research Scientist</font></span><br></div></div><a href="http://www.ncsu.edu" target="_blank">North Carolina State University</a><br><a href="http://www.ncics.org" target="_blank">Cooperative Institute for Satellite Earth System Studies (CISESS)</a><br><a href="http://www.ncei.noaa.gov" target="_blank">NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information</a><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">151 Patton Ave. Asheville, NC 28801</div></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,Geneva,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-family:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">+1.828.271.4903</span><br></div></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:0.975em"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#666666">I work on a flexible work schedule and across a number of time zones. Apologies for any out of hours email.</font></span><br></div><div style="color:rgb(86,86,86);font-family:inherit;margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline"><font color="#666666"><font face="inherit"><span style="font-style:inherit;font-weight:inherit">"</span></font>Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.” – <i>Dr. Jane Goodall</i></font></div></div></div></div></div>
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