2023-05-15 NSF - OpenCI Meeting Agenda & Summary

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Last updated: May 15, 2023 by Dina Meek
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Attendees:

  • Present: Lizanne DeStefano, John Towns, Dina Meek, Tom Gulbransen, Lavanya Podila, Jay Alameda, Cynthia Dillon, Shawn Strande, Cindy Wong

Agenda/Notes

  1. New inputs or feedback from community, teams, or NSF (5 mins)

  2. Evaluations Update @Lizanne DeStefano (Unlicensed) (10 mins)

    1. Foci/scope of the week -

    2. Open or Emerging Risks/Issues

    3. Successes or achievements

  3. Communications Update @Dina Meek (10 mins)

    1. Foci/scope of the week

      • Preparing for EC presentation on Communications and Web & Branding Working Group activities

      • Finalizing PEARC (and future conference) table/booth “kit”

        • Pull up banner

        • Table cloth

      • Continuing work on the website

        • We will soon have pages up about:

          •  RPs (with links for action)

          • How to get involved with ACCESS (so we can continue to point to it in newsletters, social media, etc.

        • Getting our universal navigation finalized, style and footers

    2. Open or Emerging Risks/Issues

    3. Success or achievements

  4. Community Engagement Update @Jay Alameda (10 mins)

    1. Foci/scope of the week

      1. Working to close on code of conduct updates https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zKemCUZIasEvOqcltp9uNnwQHCSZTCi4BzJdF8t0GmA/edit#

      2. Recent Events

        1. MS-CC, May 10-11, 2023

          1. Alan Chalker report

            1. Discussion with Phillip Wallace - United Negro College Fund

            2. key point: need to do more than just sign up for account - needs to be education, training and engagement

            3. Discussion with Russell Hoffman, on MC-CC grant, representing AIHEC interests

            4. key point - lack of resources (staff, broadband connectivity, local computing) is a persistent challenge that needs attention through any engagement.

      3. Upcoming events:

        1. RMACC - 5/23/2023

          1. Support, Allocations

        2. Unite 2023 UNCF Summit for Black Education, July 17-20, 2023

        3. PEARC23 - July 23-27, 2023

          1. All groups present, multiple BoFs submitted

          2. Community Engagement in with Support BoF (along with Allocations)

        4. Tapia - Sept 13-16, 2023

        5. CC* PI Workshop - Sept 25-27, 2023

          1. In conjunction with Quilt

          2. Operations

        6. Grace Hopper - Sept 26 -29, 2023

    2. Open or Emerging Risks/Issues

      1. Would like to secure invitations to relevant NSF PI workshops (eg, CC*, CSSI, …)

      2.  

    3. Successes or achievements

      1. none to report

  5. Project Office Updates @Lavanya Podila (10 mins)

    1. Foci/scope of the week

    2. Open or Emerging Risks/Issues

    3. Successes or achievements

  6. EAB Updates @Shawn Strande (10 mins)

    1. Foci/scope of the week

      1. Exploring brief in-person EAB meeting at PEARC

      2. Connected with Eva Siegmann (RP Forum Chair) as new EAB member

    2. Open or Emerging Risks/Issues

    3. Successes or achievements

  7. Planned Events

    1. ACCESS Program Wide Meeting in Boulder, CO on Monday, 26th June & Tuesday, 27th June

    2. PEARC 23 in Portland, OR, 23th July - 27th July

  8. Financial considerations

    1. Discussions underway for PY2 budget and PY1 underspend redistribution.

  9. Misc:

Next Meeting: 22nd May 2023