ESIP Federation 101

Federation of Earth Science Information Partners

July 17, 2012

History

•Formed in 1998 by NASA• National Academy report recommended the creation of a

federation• 24 original “Working Prototypes-ESIPs”

• 12 research (ESIP Type II)• 12 applications (ESIP Type III)

• Later expanded to include NASA DAACs (ESIP Type I)

•“Constitutional Convention” (1999-2000)• Constitution and Bylaws

•Foundation for Earth Science (2001)• Nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation• The Federation’s secretariat

Tao of ESIP

•We are...•➜ Community-driven

• Members are the authority• Voluntary

• No requirements• No remuneration• “For the good of the order”

• Distributed• Geographically• Topically• Functionally

• Open• Collegial• Neutral forum

•We value...• Participation

• Share your expertise• Leverage others’ expertise• Encourage free flow of ideas• Exposure → opportunities

• Collaboration• “Communities of practice”

• Innovation• No institutional barriers• Results for $5K!

•Hybrid virtual and ‘real’ organization

Vision Pillars

•ESIP provides the Earth science informatics intellectual commons to drive innovation

•ESIP is the trusted community authority that supports the integration of science and data into mainstream use

•ESIP leads the development of the science data information profession

•ESIP achieves sustainability through diversification, global partnerships and partner recognition

Governance

•Assembly•1 partner, 1 vote•Annual meeting in Jan.•Leadership elected from

Assembly representatives

•Committee•Chair elected by

Assembly•Chair serves on

Executive Committee

•Working group•Created by

Assembly or Committee•Task-oriented

•Cluster•Self-forming•For any reason•Ends when the last

person hangs up

Active Groups

Standing Committees• Education• Information Technology and

Interoperability• Products and Services• Stewardship

Working groups• Air Quality• Climate Education• Data Management Training• Internal Education/Prof Dev• Visioneers• Energy and Climate

Administrative Committees• Constitution and Bylaws• Finance and Appropriations• Partnership

Clusters

ESIP Community Coordination

ESIP supports connections at the data and systems levels by providing a neutral venue to build relationships at the human and organization level.

Things ESIP Does

•Community-generated Best Practices (e.g. Citation)•Testbed (e.g. Identifiers, Ontology)•Community Conventions (e.g. Discovery)•Professional Development

• Technical Workshops• Non-technical Workshops (e.g. Evaluation, Communication)• Data Management Short Course/Workshops

•Outreach• Education (e.g. annual teacher workshop on climate change)• Professional Societies (e.g. AGU, GSA)• International Efforts (e.g. GEO, ISRSE)

•Provide Venue for Collaboration and Connections• Both virtual and in-person• Support with suite of collaboration tools

Get ESIP’ed

•Ongoing activities•Clusters

• start a new one!

•Working groups•Committees

•Twice-yearly meetings•Attend

• Next: July 16-20, 2012• Madison, Wisconsin

• Present a talk or poster

•Chair a session

•Partnership•Join•Invite your colleagues•Host a summer meeting

•Consider ‘running’ for office

•Contribute and Learn!

Key Contacts

•ESIP Elected Officials (annual)• President – Karl Benedict

(2012)• Vice-President – Annette

Schloss (2012)• ESIP type representatives

• Type I – Sayeed Chodhury (JHU)• Type II – Brian Wilson (JPL)• Type III – Stefan Falke (NGC)

• Committee chairs• For other chairs:

•Foundation for Earth Science• Executive Director – Carol

Meyer (carolbmeyer@esipfed.org)

• Information and Virtual Community Director – Erin Robinson (erinrobinson@esipfed.org)

http://esipfed.org/executive-committee

ESIP Online

•Home page• http://esipfed.org

•Wiki (primary collaborative space)• http://wiki.esipfed.org

•Facebook• http://tinyurl.com/esip-facebook

•Twitter• #esipfed

•Global Change Master Directory• ESIP data portal• ESIP services portal

Questions?

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