2023-08-23 OpenCI Leadership Meeting Agenda & Summary

Attendees:

• Present: Jay Alameda, Shawn Strande, Cindy Wong, John Towns, Dina Meek, Lavanya Podila, Kim Bruch, Shannon Bradley

Agenda/Notes

1. Debrief on EC Meeting John Towns

2. Review Action Items John Towns

3. Finalize Agenda for ACO Retreat - Lavanya Podila

   1. Ideas - https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1AX8MHRI7O1EVFCYN-ruul9QYXvbaLVaVtp-qd8pAnk0/edit*gid=0__;Iw!!DZ3fjg!_ebikJH4bZrA6H40F4TJyzQLLsGPRGx_hRJP1fwfnMoFSiWtOIl0YhDRRPBpnwz8bVJLxlhjhNx70IcKV9RkqmQO$

4. Cognizant Program Officer - https://iosblog.nsfbio.com/2023/01/26/what-are-cognizant-program-officer-comments-and-where-can-you-find-them-at-research-gov/

   1. John Towns report after review and suggest some items

5. EAB meeting - during Virtual Meeting in Sept - last two hours of second day? - need to decide
   
   

6. Updates

   1. EAB Updates Shawn Strande

   2. Communications UpdateDina Meek

      1. Newsletters

         1. Want to ensure there is budget to replace Hannah Naughton

         2. Need ACO updates for newsletters by this Friday:  https://ncsa.typeform.com/to/JIjewSVR

      2. Boilerplate language for ai.gov site

      3. HPCWire Awards

      4. Contact Form emails - acknowledging Meggie’s work

      5. Newsletters - got over 100 contacts for our newsletter from PEARC

   3. Community Engagement UpdateJay Alameda

      1. New draft of plan: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1avwEny0HmH_2K2_D8Xmsh3qyT-PhVy5yCCf3mad6dBA/edit

   4. Project Office Lavanya Podila

      1. retreat planning - see below
         
         

Misc Topics

Reference - ACO Action Tracker

Next Meeting: 30th August 2023

Suggested Retreat Topics