2023-10-16 NSF - OpenCI Meeting Agenda & Summary

Agenda/Notes

1. Updates from NSF (5 minutes)

   1. NAIR activities are progress - Sharon has direct access

   2. National discovery cloud for (climate research) - NDCC

      1. Marlon Pierce is leading from OAC - this will be another group we should connect with

      2. We need to be included in conversations so we can get connected - can someone connect us in?

         1. we are not the hub - what we do could certainly be a thing that connects people - but these programs are on their own

         2. Behave as a service company - earn our way in

   3. Thomas would like a short cut place to get to all our links - quick links

      1. Started here: NSF OpenCI Meetings

2. What have we heard from stakeholders? (5 minutes)

   1. John met with EDUCAUSE - they are interested in speaking wtih ACCESS as a follow on project

      1. they were not aware of XCEDE or ACCESS - so we can act as a resource

   2. Contacted by journal Santia last week - they want to do an article on ACCESS

      1. should come out in Dec or January

      2. will mention to EC as well - (next week meeting)

3. Awaiting any NSF feedback on revised PEP (v2.1)

   1. no expectation of another cycle

4. Question lodged with NSF regarding sharing of ACCESS data via XDMoD

   1. Sharon was working on this

   2. Tom Purlani’s update was just released today - Tom G is reviewing

      1. we might have some policy changes to look at

      2. Will let EC address

      3. Tom G will share with RCs

5. Area updates (10+ minutes)

   1. ACO

      1. Contacted by Scientia regarding an article about ACCESS; will bring up on next EC call; looks like a worthwhile effort to raise awareness

      2. John contacted by Eva Siegmann to look at RP Forum Charter

      3. At EDUCAUSE on Wednesday (10/11): Presented poster: “Creating a Data-Informed Culture to Drive Innovation”; had more interest than I had anticipated; was able to talk about ACCESS as part of the discussions; most had not heard of it.

   2. Evaluation;

      1. Working through the the program-wide metrics into from the September PW meeting.

         1. Shawn working on table and how to consolidate it

         2. There were 85 metrics mentioned from the meeting - came from Team meeting

         3. Shannon seeing if there is a good way to track the Matrix via Jira like we do for Risk Management

      2. Eval group meets this week

   3. Communications;

      1. I’ve added Fernanda Pembleton and Christine Christy to ACCESS newsletter mailing lists

      2. What name/word might we use to incorporate the CITAP (technology accelerator pathway) award into our web presence ecosystem?

         1. will make sure they have the style guide to match with ACCESS

         2. Closest word we can think of for CITAP is “software” - but that is not quite it

            1. don't need a decision now - but will as this pans out

            2. “accelerator” might be a term to look at (not quite an incubator but similar)

      3. Have updated the access-ci.org site to improve access to “getting started” information - shared screen

         1. About Screen: https://access-ci.org/about/

         2. https://access-ci.org/about/get-started/

         3. Sharon can give more input

         4. Tom -

            1. 3 boxes across - light green one to the right - reword - “I want to share resources through ACCESS” (cyberinfracture, software, experts)

            2. More to explore - that could be a place to put “what success with ACCESS means” - this science got done faster/better - we have those stories - put them in here (storyboarding?)

   4. Community Engagement;

      1. Plan and Charter are with EC Sponsor Shelley Knuth/heading to the EC

      2. Events upcoming - will be looking out beyon

   5. Project Office;

      1. Working on ACO financials,

      2. prep for mid year reveiw

      3. Working on ACO risks

      4. Working IPR

   6. EAB

      1. Planning for Dec in-person meeting. Cindy working on logistics and supporting EAB members with travel and reimbursement.

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