[LTER-im-rep] LTER ASM

[Margaret O'Brien]

Hi Mark -
Here are two docs. There are context and disclaimers for each. That 
context needs to be kept with the docs - without it, they could be 
misleading or misunderstood. I forwarded a note to IMExec about your 
attending the IMC (we meet on Sunday, Aug 30), and there are other 
breakouts till Wednesday.

Margaret


1. 2015-04-06_IMExec_report_LNO_transition_services.pdf
  is the summary I mentioned the other day.
Context: the IM Committee (IMC) wanted to highlight for the LTER 
Executive Board (EB) what would be the effects on the individual 
operations of the sites themselves if certain services from the LNO 
simply disappeared. The IMC has been the primary point of contact with 
the LNO, and site IMs are the ones who will bear the burden locally if 
things fall apart. The thought was that knowledge of how sites used 
certain services would be required in order to set priorities for 
continuity, and that this sort of activity would be required for other 
types of LNO services as well.

What this doc is not:
- It is not a complete list of everything the UNM LNO did. It has 
nothing about synthesis groups, outreach, student groups, or the effects 
on any committee other than the IMC. Nor does it talk about 
network-level web sites or mail lists.
- There is no info here about what it would take to actually transfer or 
maintain any service.

I don't know what other transition docs might exist. The UNM-LNO 
received some supplement funds for transition, and that is mentioned in 
this doc. But I never saw that text; the references to it were added by 
James Brunt and Bob Waide.


2. 2015-07-09_LTERNetworkDataCenter_summary.pdf
This is a draft summary which described the ideas (as of early July) for 
a new data management operation to replace the existing LNO model. We 
shared it with Saran Twombly and Peter Groffman who have distributed it 
to site PIs and others.

The ideas have evolved a bit with time and further discussion. But we do 
have broad agreement that a model such as this could be developed as an 
effective alternative to the old structure.  As of now, we're working on 
a longer proposal narrative.

As you will be able to tell, the focus of "data center" work has been 
only on aspects of network-level research-data only -- and not on other 
technology, websites, or administrative data.  But the organizational 
structure is expandable to those areas -- with planning and if given 
adequate funding.


I am also attaching 2 figures, that are more recent than what's in doc #2.
3. NIMO_organizational_relationships_model2v1.pdf (the current org-chart)

4. Stacked_venn-layered_services.pdf (current scope of operations).



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Margaret O'Brien
Information Management
Santa Barbara Coastal LTER
Marine Science Institute, UCSB
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
805-893-2071 (voice)
http://sbc.lternet.edu

On 8/20/15 2:48 PM, Mark Schildhauer wrote:
> Hi Margaret,
>
> I haven't booked yet, but it looks like I'll be going to the upcoming 
> ASM. So-- a couple of questions--
>
> can you send me that "summary/poll" you did of which services/features 
> the sites are using?
>
> can you also share with me and, probably, Matt (maybe needing 
> permission from Corinna and/or others) any materials you have about 
> the design for the LTER Data Office?
>
> I've re-read our LTER-CO proposal, as well as the original NSF 
> solicitation 15-535 for the CO.  It is clear that any Data Office 
> solicitation should be very much informed by the 
> goals/responsibiltieis of the LTER-CO, and vice-versa.  And of course 
> division of responsibilities and strong connections across (IT and 
> other) services will be essential for the CO and DO to provide best 
> capabilities to the LTER Network...
>
> I guess the short-term outcome of this might be whether I can attend 
> the IM sessions at the ASM?  And plan for some other breakouts with 
> the IM"s to learn more about who is doing what, and where the acute 
> needs are, etc.
>
> From our chat yesterday, it sounded like the IM"s are (informally) 
> doing a lot of things-- so planning a model where their time and 
> expertise can be compensated, but there needs to be a plan for the 
> overall development strategy for IT (which includes 
> scientific/research data, but other "data" as well) is coordinated via 
> the CO and the individual sites' needs.  This is where I think (but 
> may be wrong) that the LTER NO had a difficult time figuring out how 
> to do this.
>
>  Hence, my thinking I really should attend this ASM.
>
> thanks!
> Mark
>
> ---
> Mark Schildhauer, PhD
> Director of Computing
> National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, NCEAS, UCSB
> 735 State St., Suite 300
> Santa Barbara CA 93101
> Email: schild at nceas dot ucsb dot edu  Web: http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu
> NOTE CHANGE-- Ph: 805-893-7450  FAX: 805-893-7541
>
>

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