Scientific and Technical Employee Development (STED)
Conference Calls (2 of 2) August 21, 2008

Committee members:

Recap of 7/31/08 conference call

• Attendees on this call asked to review May 2008 minutes and action items log and provide any updates or corrections to Bob within 2 weeks
• Face-to-face meeting will be postponed until, at least, sometime in calendar year 2009.

ListServ memo

• Steve will forward memo to Matt Larsen with a request to send it to all WRD employees.
• ACTION ITEM – Steve will forward memo to Matt Larsen for WRD distribution.

HR Initiative Funding – Report and Status

• FY2008 funding ($50K) has been allocated
• WQ principles course received $21K to complete work in FY2009
• SW Procedures course received $29K to supplement FY2009 work
• HR funding covers 50% of salaries; OWQ and OSW covering remainder
• All FY2008 funding has been obligated, all development is expected to be completed in FY2009
• Alan will seek additional funding for other courses in FY2009 – expecting less than $100K

SW Procedures Course Development

• Mike Nolan reported that a plan has been put in place to develop the course
• Eleven different SMEs will contribute – 6 are in Water Science Centers
• SMEs will develop PowerPoint files and notes
• SMEs to use about 80 hours each for development work
• Mike met with Tj during week of 8/18 to format templates and create plan of work

• Product delivery is expected during the 2^nd and 3^rd quarters of FY2009

• The draft modules will be available through a URL

Hydroacoustics TEL Course Development

• Steve Blanchard reported that Dave Mueller and Chad Wagner are making good progress on a TEL course describing the Stationary Moving Bed Test and the Loop Correction Method
• Development of a course providing introductory material for the existing Basic Hydroacoustics class is planned

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Final Version: 10/28/08

Web Page Enhancement

• Mike Nolan has received no feedback on the video list provided by NTC – committee members are invited to nominate existing videos for conversion and posting on our web page
• ACTION ITEM – Committee to review video list and provide suggestions to Mike.
• Should we make the STED web page a public page? Topic requires further discussion.
• We’ll need to decide this soon so the framework and files can be designed appropriately
• Should the SW Procedures course be available to the public?

Wrap-up

• Draft minutes of this meeting will be distributed for committee review.
• Bob will continue to finalize minutes for posting to web page, update action item log, and email to STED.

The next conference call is scheduled for Thursday, September 25 at 1:00 pm EDT.

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