Thanks to… Local organizer Foundation staff and volunteer Student fellows

Meeting Logistics Poster Setup – During the break and time prior to reception Lunch Thursday and Friday at La Fonda

New Partners Since July 2010 Center for Spatial Analysis, University of Oklahoma (Type II - Research) City of Chicago (Type III - Applications) DataONE (University of New Mexico) (Type I - Data Center) Information Technology and Systems Center (ITSC) (Type II - Research) National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) (Type III - Applications) National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) (Type I - Data Center)

Four Applications Under Review The Data Conservancy (DC) (Type I - Data Center) Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network (Type II - Research) Arizona Geological Survey (Type II - Research) Ozone and Atmospheric Quality Processing Team, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Type II – Research)

Student Fellows Oleg Aulov – University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Data & Information Quality) Brent Maddux, – University of Wisconsin, Madison (Data Preservation) Yasmin Zaerpoor, – Columbia University (Energy & Climate) Jesse Roberts – University of Wisconsin, Madison (Education) Thomas Narock – University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Semantic Web) Eric Rozell – RPI (Discovery) Ratish Menon – IITB (Air Quality [Participates remotely])

Plugs and Other Announcements Emerging Networks Map – Creating throughout the meeting, beginning at the poster session. It will be set up for the poster session and the remainder of the meeting. Climate Literacy and Energy Awareness Network (CLEAN) – Looking for expert reviewers of climate and energy curricula (See Tamara Ledley – table next to registration desk.) Please take a look at proposed Bylaws changes document – Breakouts on Thursday and Friday Funding Friday! – Three $5K awards to be given out – Talk to Carol or Erin if you need more information

ESIP Strategic Plan Mid-course Retreat held June 2011 Current leadership and addition membership representation Professional facilitator Goals of the retreat – Status check – Message focusing – Action plan for remaining 2+ years More info see sheet in packet and posters

Meeting Theme – Data Quality 6σ Data quality is not a myth Issues related to the instrument Who gathered the data and why Metadata New algorithms to enhance, re-analyze data Some ‘data’ live on even though there are recognized flaws/limitations