U.S.G.S. National Center for EROS

Wednesday, October 12 2005

8:00 – 8:15 Introductory remarks, brief introductions & logistics – Johnston

8:15 – 9:15 National NEON vision & planning activities – Bruce Hayden, NEON co-PI

9:15 – 9:40 CENTRUS and the Consortium of Regional Observatories (COREO) – Johnston

9:40 – 10:00 General discussion and questions

10:00 – 10:30 Break

10:30 – 11:00 U.S.G.S. EROS NEON-related capabilities – Thormodsgard

11:00 – 11:15 Northern Plains NEON: geographic boundaries and name

(Norplaineo? Norpleo? Norpeo?)

11:15 – 12:00 Proposed organizational & governance structure

12:00 – 1:15 Lunch - on your own, EROS cafeteria

1:15 – 1:30 Need for a web presence; website content and design – Johnston

1:30 – 2:45 Roundtable Discussion: regional research strengths that are supportive of national NEON vision and goals; identifying and inventorying available regional resources (facilities, field sites, data & partners)

2:45 – 3:00 Break

3:00 – 3:45 Identify additional institutions, scientists/experts to contact; recruitment efforts and diversity (institutional, gender, ethnic, discipline)

3:45 – 4:00 Plan next meeting? (goals, venue, dates, etc.), tasks to accomplish before next meeting?

4:00  Adjourn