Minutes from USG meeting July 29, 2010
Terse minutes from todays meeting. Action items are at end. Suggested items
for folks we don't pay yet are at the very end -- these are not required.
Attendees: Crystal, Tony, Kartik, Rachel, Adam, Scott, Aaron
- Agreed to weekly USG meetings (at least until after OpsRR) on Tuesdays at 4pm EDT.
- Agreed to begin posting travel information on shared google calendar. Calendar name is NAASC USG Calendar. It appeared automagically for me. If it didn't for you, maybe Kartik can help.
- Calendar usage:
- Please include your name
- Meeting name if conference
- Vacation - just say this, you don't need to say where you are going
- Whether in email contact
- If your travel doesn't result in an absence from office no need to put on Calendar (i.e. weekend travel)
- We agreed to try instituting a "Science Day" each Friday where only emergency NAASC items will be addressed
STAFF ACTION ITEMS:
- Crystal
- Work on document platform definition
- Final disposition on Mediawiki/"Guides" solution
- Ask Mark to change ALMA/NAASC helpdesk triage manager to Tony
- Find out when DA Heidi is expected to integrate with NAASC
- Kartik:
- Google calendar for travel. Already done. 08/03/10
- Take over Jan. AAS Special Session planning: Jan 2011
- Schedule meeting to refine goals for AAS SS: 08/10/10
- Develop Strawman for CfP Tutorial with lengths of 2 or 3 days 08/17/10
- Tony:
- Check whether you have NRAO helpdesk account and ask Kelly for help if necessary: 07/03/10
- Send Kartik existing info on AAS planning: 08/03/10
- Strawman for Helpdesk scientific staff staffing (may contain a few options for discussion): 08/31/10
- NAASC/HIA Workshop planning Jan 2011
- Aaron:
- Find out from Harvey/John et al. what the current release plan for OT is w.r.t. version for early science (needed for OT guide work), and public release 08/03/10
- Science Web tweaks already underway 08/10/10
- Set up a general Science Web discussion meeting (all NAASC including NRC invited) for feedback: before August 17.
- Rachel
- Review Primer and make bullet list of suggested expansion 08/10/10
- Explore http://science.nrao.edu/alma in prep. for Aaron's focus group meeting week of August 16.
- NAASC/HIA Workshop planning Jan 2011
OPTIONAL FOLKS
- Scott
- Review Primer and make bullet list of suggested expansion 08/10/10
- Explore http://science.nrao.edu/alma in prep. for Aaron's focus group meeting week of August 16.
- Amy
- Review Primer and make bullet list of suggested expansion 08/10/10
- Explore http://science.nrao.edu/alma in prep. for Aaron's focus group meeting week of August 16.
- Adam:
- Review Primer and make bullet list of suggested expansions 08/10/10
- Explore http://science.nrao.edu/alma in prep. for Aaron's focus group meeting week of August 16.
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CrystalBrogan - 2010-08-04