Goals:  Identify major topics/action items for STED Committee.

To Discuss: identify next steps and lead.

Topics

10:00 – 10:05 – Introduction of new members (Anne Marie)

10:05 – 10:15 -- Training Needs Survey –

• Update (Rod and Alan)
• A slightly modified spreadsheet containing the survey results (thanks Alan) sent to Guertal, Hoffmann, Technical Office Chiefs (Cunningham, Myers, Mason), Booth, Joseph, Moulton, HDAC
• to plan and target training opportunities into the next year. Hope that STED can discuss the results with the new Chief Learning Officer.
• Need to post on STED website --
• Action Item: Mike Ierardi post on web page. (DONE)
• Action Item: Rod will forward spreadsheet (DONE)
• Is there anything more that needs to be done?  
• Have done this needs survey 3 times (in approx. 6 years);
• Better showing for LMG?
• We need to check on what’s going on with the responses to the training needs survey.  Is it possible that there is a disconnect?  Has other Offices/WSC’s other than the LMG reply and their responses not recorded?

• How to facilitate succession plan for trainers (All)-- Postponed till next meeting

10:15 – 10:25 -- Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) (Alan)

• Update on current projects
• Next call for proposals (STED helps select Water Proposals)
• Alan - No time soon.
• Other items

10:25 – 10-40 -- HDAC (Hydrologic Data Advisory Committee) (Ferrell, Bill Hazell?, others)

• Update on status of Data Conference (is a go for now). ; training needs Will know more about needs after this week
• HDAC training needs (general; invasives?) Joe got links to reference materials; we have a short outline on process between sites
• Ferrell - will follow up on invasives; Possibly giving short presentation about STED.
• Stan - will forward an email/information on invasives Cindy Kolar(DONE)
• Rod - will discuss with Greg Brewster having someone talk about invasive control.
• Alan - will work with Stuart on ‘insert’ for STED committee; need to revise re: new members

10:40 – 10:45 Instructor of the Year award (Rod)

• status update
• History - Discussed at F2F meeting in 2016,
• From notes of F2F meeting in 2016 -- -- someone was supposed to send email to Bill(?) to get nominations for instructor of the year...don't think that happened.
• Then revisited on Jan 24 conf. call (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZPU1hd6XFl8SdF56Eyhom0xNdqwrWG98LINdxSbAZLs/edit). Joe was to work on email announcing this. Have a deadline for late summer, winner announced Fall of next FY.
• Long form nomination done. Where to go from here?
• Anne Marie - Defer to a longer discussion on the next conference call.  Also succession planning.

10:45 – 10:55 Pathways (All; lead Ferrell and Vic Strickland)

• Status of this program (Kirk Miller is willing to call in and give his experience)
• Possible Actions?
• Vic has a name of a lead to Pathways.
• Ferrell/Vic will lead -
• Vic will forward contact name to Ferrell
• Rod will forward email string re: pathways to Ferrell (DONE)

10:55 – 11:10 Webpage (All; Mike Ierardi)

• https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/ (main page)
• For the HDAC meeting in August the attending STED member may want to look at: https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/sted_committee/presentations.html
• Basically the STED site is designed into 2 pages with links to water related training sites and links:
• https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/  and https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/sted_committee/index.html
• Existing STED brochures are available at https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/sted_committee/brochure.html for handouts.
• Bill Hazell of HDAC use to be STED chair.
• STED Web Statistics are at an all time low and available at http://water.usgs.gov/server_stats/usgs/STED.html
• Should STED have a link to the Sted Doc’s page ?
• All - Please check the members page for accuracy at https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/sted_committee/members.html
• I would recommend members to review the minutes of past STED meetings at https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/sted_committee/minutes.html
• The STED site is now SSL compliant (https), links have been updated, sql to DOI Learn has been updated, etc.,
• Layout, structure, content – are changes needed to make it more effective?  Send updates to Mike & Jim
• Vic - send our links to WSC IT folks, have them put links into their internal web pages for training
• Anne-Marie - change name of the committee to make training more prominent?
• DOI Learn is the bureau class learning tool - STED tries to combine Water Scientific Offices (GW, SW, WQ, Water Use, GIS, etc.,) training along with including training to other hydro essential training classes as a one stop shop.

11:10 – 11:25 Organization/reorganization of STED Committee (All; lead Anne Marie)

• How does STED fit into new org. chart with Chief Learning Officer?
• Change charter to better align with new org chart? relevance? Name? Charter is available on the STED site at https://water.usgs.gov/usgs/STED/sted_committee/charter.html
• Added value through Training Survey, Technology Enabled Learning (TEL) https://www2.usgs.gov/humancapital/ecd/ecd_telavailcourses.html
• Letter from STED to WMA HQ – this is what we do, look forward to working with Chief Learning Officer\

WHAT IS VALUE-ADDED of STED?

This is what we need to advertise?

What do we do that goes beyond the Training Center & OED?

11:25 – 11:30 Next Conference Call and F2F (Anne Marie, All)  

• Face to Face Meeting – delay until after new org structure in place?
• Schedule monthly STED conference call
• Anne-Marie --> (2nd Thursday @ 10 Mtn) will send out e-vite via calendar.
• 11:30 (MDT) Adjourn