EC Portfolio Workshop Introduction

EARTHCUBE COMMUNITY

EarthCube Portfolio Workshop

Boulder CO

February 12-14, 2014

WORKSHOP GOALS

Seek guidance on a community-based plan to further cyberinfrastructure in the geosciences

Assess needs, visions, opportunities, and challenges of the EarthCube builders for system architecture

Identify ways the EarthCube Commons can support this community

EARTHCUBE TEST ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE

An agile approach to design a system that catalyzes the field and works for the community

How do we link your tools, standards, and skills to create EarthCube?

2-year community engagement, testing, and demonstration process

Stakeholders (Assembly) – governance

ideas,

testing

Integrat

e stakeholder concepts - crowdsource

Synthesize

and recommend to NSF

Establish Organizational Demo

Facilitate convergence on system design, data standards

Evaluate results: basis for long term organization

Governance timeline – Year 2

Organizational timeline – Year 1

Demo phase Governance

charter

NSF solicitation?

WHAT IS EARTHCUBE “GOVERNANCE?”

Not imposition of unwanted command and control

Resistance is futile!

EarthCube governance is a blank canvas

We are looking to you to paint the future

EarthCube Commons

Governance is finding solutions to specific problems, fostering trust, reconciling

interests, and coordinating communities.

Providing a ‘backbone’ to help build community

1. Identify and Implement Vision, Mission, and Goals

2. Engage and Coordinate Across Community

3. Create and Implement By-Laws and Charter

4. Facilitate Agreement on and Maintain Viable Architecture and Concept of Operations that Enable Realization of Goals and Objectives of EarthCube Vision

INITIAL COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS

Industry & FOSS:

Instrumentation,

Software, and

Technology Developers Data

Facilities & Users

Professional Societies

IT/CS/ Information Scientists

End-User Communities & Workshop Participants

EarthCube Awards Assembl

y AdvisoryCouncil

Research Science Communities

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): EARTHCUBE ASSEMBLY

Industry & FOSS:

Instrumentation,

Software, and

Technology Developers Data

Facilities & Users

Professional Societies

IT/CS/ Information Scientists

End-User Communities & Workshop Participants

EarthCube Awards

Research Science Communities

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): EARTHCUBE ASSEMBLY

.

.

.Assembly Advisory Council

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): CROWDSOURCING

New website

www.earthcube.org

EARTHCUBE.ORGThe “Informational Site” Portal

The Workspace

Earthcube.org

The “Workspace”

Big Data

Digital Government

CIF21

Big Earth Data Initiative

Open Data Access

DARPANET NSFNET INTERNET

EARTHCUBE ?

A CALL FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT• Upcoming community workshops: Jan – March 2014

• All Hands Meeting, June 24-26, 2014, Washington, DC

• Crowdsourcing:

• Strategic Pathways exercises

• Input & feedback on community

models

• Social Media – Twitter, Facebook

• www.earthcube.org