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Final Version: 4/10/09
Scientific and Technical Employee Development (STED)
Conference Call January 29, 2009
Committee members:
| Name |
Role/Affiliation |
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| Steve Anthony |
Studies Section Chiefs |
| Steve Blanchard |
WRD Senior Staff |
| Virginia de Lima |
Center Directors |
| Bob Hainly (Chair) |
Data Chiefs | | Bill Hazell | Hydrologic Technicians | | Leo House (not present) | NRP | | Mike Nolan | OSW | | Dave Pollock | OGW | | Kurt Schultz (not present) | IT Specialists | | Lynn Taylor (not present) | NWIS | | Alan Ward | OED | | Franceska Wilde | OWQ | | Francisco Simoes - guest | NRP |
Meeting Introduction:
- Bob Hainly opened the teleconference and reviewed the agenda. No additions were suggested.
Comments on the minutes from the November 2008 meeting:
- One comment was received on the November 2008 meeting minutes relating to the discussion on the SW Procedures and Policies Course Status.
- ACTION ITEM – Bob will send the finalized September 2008 meeting minutes to be posted on the STED web page. (completed 1/29/09)
- ACTION ITEM – Bob will correct the November 2008 minutes as suggested and send the finalized November 2008 meeting minutes to be posted on the STED web page. (completed 1/29/09)
Review of the Action Items Log:
- 8/21 ACTION ITEM – Committee to review video list and provide suggestions to Mike.
- Action Item progress – Some responses received. Mike will consider feedback when he has time to get back to the web page development tasks.
- 9/25 ACTION ITEM – Distribute STED info through Matt Larsen to WRD
- Action Item progress – On hold until TEL course ready for delivery.
- 9/25 ACTION ITEM – Recover QW Principles development cost information.
- Action Item progress –Data are expected at this meeting.
- 11/20 ACTION ITEM – Determine availability of WRD funding for Breeze software maintenance.
- Action Item progress – Completed 11/24/08 – funding is available
External Communication
- WR Data Conference – Steve Anthony will be on agenda. Suggested he use ER Data Conference presentation as a template. Mike will deliver it to him.
- Pacific-NW Science Conference – Alan will provide a poster and information to participants at the poster session.
- No other reports.
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Rotational Committee Membership
- Five of six rotational members are due to rotate off in March 2009.
DECISION – Terms of rotational members should be adjusted so that only two members rotate off each year. Two members will rotate off in March 2009; two terms will be extended to rotate off in
March 2010; one term will be extended to rotate off in March 2011.
ACTION ITEM – Bob will poll rotational members and determine willingness to stay on or rotate off committee and then contact Steve B. with results.
ACTION ITEM – Steve B. will recruit new members from appropriate constituent groups.
Sediment Transport Course - Francisco
- Will use a WebEx-based approach for delivery
- Extra unplanned effort is section 508 compliance delivery tasks
- Alaska WSC employee is available for closed-captioning assistance
- Total of 6-7 classes in course – maximum of 2 hours per class per week
- Pilot class will be developed – will include testing
- Expect pilot delivery in April 2009
- Total course will be a 6-7 week short course with a definite start and end date
- Audience is “entry” level (college Masters level)
- Course collaborators – John Gray, Doug Glysson, Tj Lane
- Tj will assist with blended delivery - WebEx + live sessions
- Committee suggestions
- Could lectures be recorded for absentees? 6-week commitment seems unlikely for all interested participants
- Some interaction is requested and recommended
- Sessions recorded with PowerPoint need a script to be effective
FY2009 HR Initiative Funding Status - Alan
- HRI funds can be used to cover 50% of salary costs
- HR expectations are to create more classes that will develop future revenue streams
- Received $70K – suggested distribution:
- Proposed $20K to complete QW Principles course. (100% contractor?)
- Proposed $20K to complete SW Procedures and Policies Course narration.
- Proposed $15K to develop USGS Orientation Course. (no revenue generation)
- $15K remaining and available for 3 other potential courses:
- Motorboat Operator Certification Course (MOCC) –estimate $3K
- GRSAT (Liz Hittle) – estimate $15K SME and $12K for contract developer
- Continuous-records processing (Walker) – estimate $10K
DECISION – Remaining $15K to be provided to OSW (Steve B.) to prioritize and use as they see fit. (Update 2/5/09 - $6K applied towards Records-processing course development.)
QW Principles Course Status – Franceska
- Lots of progress, but current bottleneck at Franceska’s desk due to other duty assignments
- Would like to extend contract for Roger Lee for assistance – need advice from Alan
- Franceska delivered update to Regional WQ Specialists and received comments
- Requested a re-design and want final project to be voluntary
- Final project – supervisory decision or mandatory – will consult with Tim Miller
- Would like stand-alone version of modules to use as refresher classes
- Thought that assembling participants may be a problem
SW Procedures and Policies Course Status – Mike Nolan
- All modules are complete except one – are in stage of colleague review
- OSW review in mid-March
- Next step is to start narration
- Will use FY09 HRI funding to complete this work
- May release modules without narration to speed up delivery
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STED Web Page Enhancement – Mike Nolan
- New web pages presented at Senior Staff meeting
- Encouraging use of multi-media pages
- Cannot connect to outside web pages – can connect to other WRD pages?
- Comments will still be accepted for video postings
Wrap-up
- Short-term and long-term goals are OK for FY2009 and FY2010
The next conference call is scheduled for Thursday, March 26 at 1:00 pm EDT.
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