2023-03-06 NSF - OpenCI Meeting Agenda & Summary
Attendees:
Present: Lizanne DeStefano, John Towns, Dina Meek, Tom Gulbransen, Lavanya Podila, Jay Alameda, Cynthia Dillon, Shawn Strande, Cindy Wong, Ron Payne
Agenda/Notes
New inputs or feedback from community, teams, or NSF (5 mins)
Short discussion about access to ACCESS resources, events, and information for international community members.
Tom exploring potential for supplemental funds that may be needed by the program.
Evaluations Update @Lizanne DeStefano (Unlicensed) (10 mins)
Foci/scope of the week -
Tom would like to follow-up with Lizanne about survey availability to RPs.
Open or Emerging Risks/Issues
Successes or achievements
Communications Update @Dina Meek (10 mins)
Foci/scope of the week -
Events - What is Tom’s expectation on producing materials
Should it be the ACO sharing templates with the service tracks and they produce their own materials, or
Large printing costs could potentially be offset with supplemental funds, as needed.
ACO produces all materials
Would Tom like some ACCESS booklets (from SC) for the Boise State conference
Dina to send Tom any excess booklets for the conference
What is the expected open rate for the 50K+ mail list
Open or Emerging Risks/Issues
Successes or achievements
Share Story Bank with Tom
Community Engagement Update @Jay Alameda (10 mins)
Foci/scope of the week
AIHEC exhibition - in progress - no news at this moment
Boise State conference - have a page to help organize what you need: https://access-ci.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ACP/pages/190611463
Otherwise, quiet
Open or Emerging Risks/Issues
Successes or achievements
Project Office Updates @Ron Payne (10 mins)
Foci/scope of the week
Soft-launch of new ticketing system
ACO Performance Management Plan
Populating ACO risks in Risk Register
ACO ramp-up spend follow-ups
Open or Emerging Risks/Issues - none of note
Tom asked about when the change control process would go into effect. Ron’s response was that the approvals of the PEPs would constitute a baseline that would be used to initiate the change control process.
Successes or achievements
EAB Updates @Shawn Strande (10 mins)
Foci/scope of the week
Draft meeting report from EAB meeting on Thurs., 3/2/23
Open for feedback, from Tom and ACO, on what went well and what could be improved.
Multiple EAB members showed interest in engaging more with Service teams. Shawn to send a note to PIs on the EAB members that expressed interest.
Open or Emerging Risks/Issues
Successes or achievements
Great kick-off in attendance and discussion at the EAB meeting
Planned Events
ACO NSF Review 18-19th April 2023 (Tentative) - dates remains the same
Financial considerations
no financial considerations of note.
Misc:
beginning meetings with Service Teams
Met with Allocations today
Operations declined a regular meeting but agreed to a single meeting
Meeting with MMS on Friday
Meeting with Support next Thursday
Annual report
last quarter for PY1 (not cumulative)
Section 10 should cover annual observations/learnings that impact following year
These should be summarized and succinct
Next Meeting: 13 March 2023