Attendees:
RAMPS: Stephen Deems (v), Dave Hart
MATCH: Shelley Knuth (v)
CONECT: Tim Boerner (v), Leslie Froeschl
MMS: Tom Furlani (v), Joe White
OpenCI: John Towns (v), Shawn Strande, Ron Payne, Lavanya Podila, Lisa Kaczmarczyk, Cindy Wong
NSF: Tom Gulbransen (NSF)
Guest Speaker:
Alex Withers
(v) indicates a voting member
Agenda/Notes
Review Privacy Policy Leslie Froeschl (1 minute)
Alex is working on getting an answer to a question about dealing with GDPR requests, so isn’t yet ready to have the policy formally approved. Alex will join an EC meeting in early January to answer questions and invite formal approval once this question is resolved.
EC members are invited to review the policy in its current state and comment within the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jo-Sl5P9m0Xwyd6d1Ntqf4Wtefw5nlYBBgrst9SfAXM/edit?usp=sharing
EAB Nominations Review (15 minutes)
Approval of summaries from prior EC meetings John Towns (5 mins)
Informational Items (10 mins)
RAMPS Stephen Deems
Allocation recommendations from the AARC (ACCESS Allocations Review Committee) are being reconciled with RPs to balance oversubscriptions on resources.
Notifications regarding outcomes of proposals are expected to be sent later this week.
Upcoming Allocation periods
December 15 - January 15
For allocations to begin/be renewed on April 1
March 15 - April 15
For allocations to begin/be renewed on July 1
Bi-annual cadence thereafter
Focus groups for Allocations web presence/content are scheduled for later this week (Thursday/Friday) with select RPs, Track 2 representatives, PIs, Graduate Students, and non-ACCESS personnel (for a lay audience perspective). This feedback will be incorporated to revised/reorganized documentation for the Allocations pages.
Survey to be sent to those who have used the xRAS system since the start of ACCESS
Targeting to send this out in early January and be incorporated into the annual review.
MATCH Shelley Knuth
CONECT Tim Boerner
The STEP (student training & engagement) program is now accepting applications from students. Additional info and the application are posted at https://operations.access-ci.org/step . Please invite any students who you think might be a good candidate for the program to apply!
MMS Tom Furlani
OpenCI John Towns
Discussion of supplemental’s for Evaluation work for the ACCESS Program John Towns (10 minutes)
Reference: EC Backlog
Next EC Meeting: 20 December 2022