Action Items and Status Report - Florida Integrated Science Center (FISC)
October 24-26, 2006

AI Identifier

Person(s) Assigned / Description of Action Item / Status of AI/Comment

Person(s) Assigned: Terri/Brian

Issue: To come up with a consensus for a consistent naming Alias for NWIS servers facilitate development and support of applications.  

Description of Action Item: Terri to propose based on Western Region, and obtains a consensus for a naming Alias for the NWIS servers. She will work with Brian Reece to coordinate this effort.

Status of AI/Comment:

10/26/06 - COMPLETE

2/9/07 – Needs to re-draft the letter to the SA’s and also the list.  The names need to be changed and will hopefully be completed in the next couple weeks. An email will be sent out when completed from Katherine via Jeff Christman.

01/12/07 - Terri is still working with Brian and David. They have a draft letter to the SA’s. Need to decide who will send the letter out to the SA’s. Katherine will send out with NWIS buy in and that it is understandable by general readers. If there are questions, it needs to be addressed to whom they would go back to? Terri will check with Jeff about posting it to the NWIS site.

12/08/06 –  This is moving forward. Has received good input. She would like to send out an email with what we are going to go with, it should go out via NWIS. Katherine will speak with Jeff Christman.

Person(s) Assigned: David/Jess/Paul Exter

Issue: Coordinate a curriculum for the SA’s for hands on training associated with NWIS and  UNIX operations

Description of Action Item: Paul volunteered to investigate within the GIO on creating a curriculum for training associated with NWIS and UNIX operations. David will work with him.

Status of AI/Comment:

6/8/07 - COMPLETE

3/15/07 – Presentation given at face to face. Katherine will contact Jess with revisions that could be presented to the Senior Staff.  Will give update to ITAC after presentation.

2/9/07 – Jess is preparing a PowerPoint presentation for the face to face.  This needs to be on the agenda.

01/12/07 - Jeff sent an email in Dec with a summary. Terri and Jess will speak offline, to move onto the next step. Need to provide Katherine with plans, how it supports Water’s needs and funding.

12/08/06 – Form a group (Jess, Terri, David and Scott and others) come up with a summary of what the course should look like, including X # of days, Training, Sites, Trainers, cost, times, etc… - provide information to Katherine to see if it is possible to fund. Due Date: Mid January for an update, and will be discussed in detail at the next face to face.

Person(s) Assigned: Ramona Traynor

Issue: Lead for WebEx ITAC presentations

Description of Action Item: Someone is needed to take the lead on coordinating ITAC sponsored Webex presentations.  Kym will provide support.

Correspondence to the Directors, Data chiefs, SA’s, Webmasters and Studies Chiefs and CC ITAC. The ITAC members will be responsible to send to their continuants. Along with a contact on the ITAC committee.fferent weeks (WI and Burl are suggestions))

Status of AI/Comment:

3/16/11 – Ongoing – The announcement for the “Latest Developments in Mobile Field Computing” webinar was sent out by OWI on 3/10/11. The webinar will be held on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 and on Thursday, March 31, 2011. Ramona noted that the first meeting is full.
Per email of 3/10/11, Katherine suggests a future webinar on cameras for geotagging photos. Ramona sent email noting that Sandy's presentation on geotagging photos is at http://internal.usgs.gov/gio/eweb/infoex/2010/geotagging.html. It included information on cameras.

There are also names - everyone who joined, and special marks by the folks who spoke up during the meeting with suggestions and examples. This may be a good place to start.
Suggestions for next webinars – flood alert, precipitation data / data mapping, Google Analytics, Stream View, SIMS enhancements.
Ramona will contact the IL WSC about presenting a webinar on their flood/precipitation data mapping efforts. Bob Lent recommended that Ramona contact Bob Holmes (IL WSC Director and National Flood Coordinator).
Bob Kimbrough suggested that a SIMS/RMS webinar would also be timely.

3/3/11 – Webinar is set according to Burl’s schedule. Burl will do an update. Burl has reviewed the announcement for the webinar. Ramona has asked Dave again if he is interested in presenting – remote sensing. Contact Dave Owens again. Burl would like 40 connections, Ramona will try and get as many as she can. The announcement will go out soon. Ramona will forward to Katherine.
Future webinars – discuss at F2F. Ramona suggested Google Analytics as a topic – What is Google Analytics and how to set it up for your site. Suggested for mid-April.

2/16/11 - Ramona was not on the call. Per email from Ramona, she is uncertain on next steps for getting the Webinar set up. Kim forwarded Ramona’s email to Katherine and Bob L. Katherine will respond to Ramona's email of 2/16/11 regarding next steps. Reminder that Katherine would like for Ramona to let ITAC know if she can keep up with this task.

1/19/11 - Come up with a long-term plan for webinars at the face-to-face. Bob Lent would like to have a plan – interface what ITAC does and how we get the information out.

Ramona to follow up with Dave Owens - on her "to do" list. Ramona to let Katherine know if she can keep up with this task.

12/15/10 – Terri to identify local troubleshooting skills (March timeframe). Ramona will be taking over responsibility for setting up webinars. Ramona will contact Dave Owens to determine his availability.

11/3/10 - ArcMap tool recommended (Dave McCulloch), Mobile computing - January 2011 (Dave Owens and Burl Goree), Network issues - March 2011, GIS Support from OWI (Katherine and Dave McCulloch).

10/12/10 – Web cam seminars are complete. Have discussed having Burl talk about Mobile Computing in early winter. Would like for Burl to call in to F2F. Talk to Burl to determine availability.

Remote control of data loggers [possible presenters: Dave Owens, WI. Kevin will follow-up with Dave. Dave Berger commented that he would work with Ramona to set this up – 2 presentations.

6/24/10 - Webinar ideas:

Web cam installation [possible presenters: Dave Yancey, Jon Dillow (Gary Fisher, Wendy McPherson, reference to presenters,  MD), Brian McCallum (as reference to presenter, GA), ME]  - timeline, end of July

Remote control of data loggers [possible presenters: Dave Owens, WI; MO?, ND?]| - timeline, around September

Mobi Controller [Burl Goree ] – timeline, around October, or when testing is finished

SWAMI PC – possibly planned as OSW sponsored webinar?

4/13/10 - Bob Swanson will contact Dave Yancey to have Dave contact Dave Berger in reference to Dave Y's upcoming webinar.

3/9/10 – Geotagging Webinar at the end of March. Draft memo ready for approval by Katherine.

1/12/10 – Road Warrior Webinar – January 19 and 28, 2010.  Dry-run on January 14.  Considering adding a webinar for Flexiplace employees.

12/15/09 – Clustering webinar rescheduled for January 6, 2010. Send out new memo announcing the new date ASAP and again on January 4 as a reminder.

10/8/09 – Face To Face – List discussed included (1) Clustering and Parallel Processing (scheduled for December 2009) (2) WebCam WebEx – tentatively scheduled for March April, (3) Road Warriors Training – Tips and Tools for Mobile Users by Nicole Bogejas – could be done as early as January.

9/8/09 – Tomorrow is the next webinar. Tabled until face to face. (Add more topic’s to the list)

8/11/09 – The list and tentative dates for future webinars was reviewed and included (1) the Red River experience and the use of web and social network tool during that event, (2) Grid/cluster computing, and (3) Road Warriors – Tips and Tricks (Terri Moore coordinator) – Terri has already made contact with the presenters and should have no problem making a January date. We are all set for a September 9th and 15th webinar on the Red River piece. The cluster computing webinar is coming together and should be ready for an October or November presentation. The remote and mobile computing webinar is still scheduled for sometime in January.

7/14/09 – The current list was reviewed and prioritized for presentation.  The revised target schedule is as follows (1) Successes and Pitfalls of Social Networking in the Red River of the North (Bob Swanson coordinator) – Scheduled for mid-September – memo needs to be prepared by the first week in August – Bob thinks this can be arranged by then; (2) Cluster computing (Dave Berger coordinator) – schedule for November, Dave B. has the list of pairs that will participate in the Webinar and he and Pat will put the memo together, (3) Road Warriors – Tips and Tricks (Terri Moore coordinator) – Terri has already made contact with the presenters and should have no problem making a January date, (4) Webcams (no coordinator assigned) pushed back to spring possibly.

6/11/09 - Updated in minutes

5/19/09 – Will be discussed at the MT face to face.  Create a list of additional topics.

4/14/09 – The next Webinar (Podcasting) that Bob is hosting has been set up and the draft correspondence has been sent to Katherine. Bob suggested that we follow this up with the other Social Media avenues such as Facebook/You Tube. It is suggested that this topic be hosted in July. Terri will request an update from Paul on the accessibility of Facebook and if You Tube will still be open. 
Other suggestions have been web applications (google maps) a how to…This would be hosted by David M. in September. If a positive response is received we will host as planned. If not, we will have Dave host in July.

2/4/09 – David B will review and update on next conference call

12/9/08 – Follow up to GIS and Parallel processing. Dave M. – “How to use ARCGIS server to generate tiled layers for google maps” would be a follow on topic that he could present. Other options would be “How to set up an ArcGIS server”. This could be presented the 3rd week in January.
Announcement to go out from Katherine.
Dates: Thursday January ___ at 12:30pm eastern and Tuesday January ___ at 12:30pm
Sandy will check the webex calendar and set up for the webinar.
Free Conference call will be set up for the call in bridge.

10/9/08 – Dave Berger will be the incoming Co-Chair.  The list of suggested topics have been updated below and prioritized.

5/14/08 - A pending action is to select a new date for the first "Web Mapping Applications II - ARC IMS to ARC GIS Server" (or something like that) WebEx seminar.  This was originally planned for this month, but delayed as we could not get it together in time.  Dave Litke (should have coordinated with his colleague Dave McCulloch who will be helping with this) and should know when this thing will be ready. 

Dave Berger has made some contacts on the parallel processing webinar topic.  We are still a ways off on this and I will be helping Dave get this together.

4/9/08 - Pat will follow up with David on status.  Pat will call everyone (for additional topics below) this week and obtain status. (is it ready to be presented, what will be presented, etc…)

3/12/08 – David L. is working on this.

2/22/08 – The next topic will be will be the overview of web mapping technologies. David L will take the lead to coordinate the webinar.  The Dates will be May 1st and May 20th.

Running list of topics:

• Overview of Web mapping technology options
  Bridging the gap between historical data formats such as WATSTORE, RDB, and web scraping and emerging formats such as those distributed by web services. (Nate Booth, Dave Briar)
  
• Using GIS Technology as a Program Development tool (Brian)
• Collaboration Tools (Wiki, Teamroom’s, “myScience” Compare Quikr and Sharepoint etc..)
• 3. (March or April)  Grid Computing and Parallel Processing. Have 3 centers give a 10 or 15 minute overview of what they have used/found. FL, Atlanta and CA (Alan Flint, others from modeling conference), David Berger will keep track of this topic and send out an email to see about participation.
• SIMS and RMS success story – (Gary)
• Enterprise Hardware Contracts – How and What can I purchase. (Kym)
• Virtualization of computing. What would the benefits be? Green computing. Dave will look into this and report back with more information.(Dave B will talk to local SA.)
• 1. (Jan) ARCGIS server – What is it used for and how it is used. (Dave M.)
• Application of GEO database()
  

1/11/08 – Sandy has coordinated and it has been sent out for the February webinar. 

Pat will be the lead for this year’s webinars.

12/14/07 – Pat (Co-Chair) will take over.  Athena will train. 
Topics … Sandy Williamson – Why and How to demonstration of Web mapping – Ray (Washington), Howard (Georgia), Marilyn (Arizona).  Target Audience – Science Center Chiefs, Web Masters, Project Chiefs, IT, etc.
?Title – Web Mapping Technologies for Science Center Projects using Google Maps
Need to schedule Webinar for January

Running list of topics:

• Mobile Computing (Burl) DONE!
• Overview of Web mapping technology options (Brian)
• Grid Computing and Parallel Processing – (Alan Flint, others from modeling conference), David Berger will keep track of this topic
• SIMS success story – (Brian)
• Web Building Best Practices – (Chris/Howard)
• Lotus Notes Team Room (Kym)
• Log Archiving/Geophysical Logs – (Chris)

9/7/07 - Two Webex seminars are scheduled for October (9th and 18th) with Burl Goree. Katherine Lins will send a message to all Water employees, and ITAC members will forward Katherine's email to their respective constituencies (for extra emphasis).

7/25/07 – Athena will contact Burl for a Sept date. Will be done quarterly basis.  This should be the function as the ITAC Co-Chair. Webex to be set up for registration. (will remain as a running action item)

Mobile Computing (Burl)
Log Archiving/Geophysical Logs – (Chris)
Grid Computing and Parallel Processing – (Donna/Alan Flint)
SIMS success story (Does this include RMS?) – (Brian)
Web Building Best Practices – (Chris/Howard)
Lotus Notes Team Room (Kym)

6/8/07 – July 19th and August 2nd will be the dates for the next presentation - Web Framework (Howard Perlman). Coordinate with Katherine to send out. (Send to Katherine prior to next ITAC meeting.) There also needs to be a host to do introductions. The host will help with logistics. Need to keep a list of topics active. Suggestions for next webinar - Mobil computing, Parallel Processing (Donna), and KML/Mapping options.

3/15/07 – Chris will commit to do the first week of May to do a Webex. Chris will do it multiple times. Brian will email you with a date to do his presentation in April. The Webex’s will be done on a Tuesday or Thursday.  Between 12:30 – 1:30 EST. Athena will draft the email (make sure it is understood that it is an information sharing opportunity), set up the date and send it to Katherine to send out the email to Water All.  Contact Donna for a contact for STED, parallel processing presentation (Alan Flint) and consider future possibilities.

2/9/07 – Brian and Athena have been working on this. Chris is waiting on the style sheets. Brian needs a couple weeks lead time.  Brian, Athena and Sandy will meet on this. We will have a ½ hour slotted time on the agenda for webinar’s and possible topics.

01/12/07 - Following Howard’s presentation at the NWSC meeting Howard’s and Brian’s talks will be scheduled.

12/08/06 – Jim will talk to Athena off-line in reference to what will go out.

Person(s) Assigned: Tim

Issue:  Network performance issues in field offices

Description of Action Item: put a document together and send it to Kevin in reference to the performance issues in the field offices. To raise awareness on the field structure.

Status of AI/Comment: COMPLETE

01/12/07 - Pending

12/08/06 – Pending – will update on next call

Person(s) Assigned: Kym

Issue:  Clean up of the ITAC email group

Description of Action Item: Send an email to GS Help Desk to delete all persons and groups not directly on the ITAC committee.

Status of AI/Comment:

10/26/06 - COMPLETE

10/25/06 - An email was sent.

Person(s) Assigned: Brian

Issue: Auth with user ID’s as related to NWIS/UNIX/Lotus. A user ID cannot be more then 8 Characters.

Description of Action Item: Monitor the progress of the GS authentication.

Status of AI/Comment: COMPLETE

1/12/07 - Pending

10/26/06 –  pending (Kym will email Brian for better clarification)

Person(s) Assigned: Jim N.

Issue:  To introduce the WebEx presentation.

Description of Action Item: Correspondence to the Directors, Data chiefs, SA's, Webmasters and Studies Chiefs and CC ITAC. The ITAC members will be responsible to send to their constituents. Along with a contact on the ITAC committee.

Status of AI/Comment:

10/26/06 -

COMPLETE