EarthCube: Your Input Needed! (by June 11th)

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Help out our colleagues over at EarthCube. AGI has been fortunate to be involved with initial EarthCube projects, but we have been able to get to know the staff staff while exhibiting at several geoscience meetings. Next time you see their booth, stop on by and say hello! - Mo

EarthCube: Community-led Cyberinfrastructure for the Geoscience

EarthCube is a community-led NSF program to advance partnerships, collaborative platforms and knowledge networks across the Earth, ocean, atmosphere and polar sciences so that scientists can more easily do the science they want and need to do through improved access, visualization and sharing data within and across disciplines. One of the 15 prototyping projects, the EarthCube Test Governance Project, is determining an appropriate governing system for EarthCube by engaging multiple, diverse geo and cyber science communities. Visit EarthCube.org for more information.

A Call for Input

The first draft of a governance framework, the EarthCube Enterprise Governance Draft Charter was drafted after a careful review of existing EarthCube materials created by stakeholders within the EarthCube community. By June 11thwe need your input to ensure we've captured your needs and ideas! More information about the draft charter development process and charter documents is here.

The EarthCube draft charter was developed by leaders within the EarthCube geo and cyber community at the Assembly Synthesis Workshop held April 16-18, 2014.
Photo by: Bruce Caron

The EarthCube draft charter was developed by leaders within the EarthCube geo and cyber community at the Assembly Synthesis Workshop held April 16-18, 2014. Photo by: Bruce Caron

Three Ways to Help

You are invited to take an active role in reviewing the Draft Charter and help shape the future of EarthCube Governance. Three online exercises allow you to add your voice to different aspects of the proposed governance framework. We encourage to you participate in all three:

  • Governance Framework Review: provide input on the overall proposed governance framework with this survey, consisting of several strategic overarching questions about the draft charter as a whole (10-20 min.) 
  • Draft Charter Review: provide in-depth and specific feedback on the charter. This survey consists of a section-by-section review of the draft charter (20-40 min.)
  • Follow EarthCube’s Twitter: check out our #ECgov posts to answer quick governance related questions (1-2 min.)

For more information and questions regarding EarthCube and the community feedback process please contact Anna Katz

 

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