EARTHCUBE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science

OGC EarthCube SummitMarch 25, 2014

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS…

“The process by which individuals build ongoing, permanent relationships for the purpose of applying a collective vision for the benefit of a community.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_engagement

The vision. . .

“Over the next decade, the geosciences community commits to developing a framework to understand and predict responses of the Earth as a system—from the space-atmosphere boundary to the core, including the influences of humans and ecosystems.”

GEO Vision Report of NSF Geoscience Directorate Advisory Committee, 2009

Broad Geosciences Community

(> 300,000 people)

Domain Workshops(2000+ people)

Assembly, including NSF

Awards (150 - 200 people)

Governance Project Team

(30 people)

EARTHCUBE TEST GOVERNANCE: TARGET COMMUNITY

IMPORTANCE OF USING INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

ACCESSING DATA, MODELS, AND SOFTWARE WITHIN FIELDS/DISCIPLINES: IMPORTANCE & EASE

Cutcher-Gershenfeld, 2013

1. Engage and Coordinate Across Community

2. Identify and Implement Vision, Mission, and Goals

3. Create and Implement 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

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

interests, and coordinating communities.

Providing a ‘backbone’ to help build community

EarthCube Commons

Source: http://www.economist.com/node/11848182

WHAT DOES THE EARTHCUBE COMMONS DO?

Provide conduits for input on the ECTEG models Crowdsource

Social Media

In-person

Develop EarthCube Platform & Provide Services: Collaborative workspace on the web WebEx Face-to-face meeting space (all-hands)

Provide content “About EarthCube” slides, 1-pgrs, etc. Additional content types to come

Create connections between EarthCube and other relevant activities

YEAR 1 – TIMELINE

Test Gov Kick-off &

CE Plan

• Oct. 2013

Outreach and

Engagement Activities

• Assembly Workshops• Crowdsource input• Professional Meetings

• AGU, GSA, AMS, Oceans

All-Hands Meeting

• June 24-26, 2014• Draft Charter

Industry & FOSS:

Instrumentation, Software,

and Technology Developers

Data Facilities & Users

Professional Societies

IT/CS/ Information Scientists

End-User Communities &

Workshop Participants

EarthCube Awards

Assembly

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

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Assembly Advisory Council

New website

www.earthcube.org

EARTHCUBE.ORGThe “Informational Site” Portal

The Workspace

Earthcube.org

The “Workspace”

EARTHCUBE AS A PLATFORM

SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY GROWTH

Upcoming OpportunitiesFeedback on draft charter

• Strategic Pathways exercises

• Assembly-specific charters

• Respond to calls on social media

Participate in Assembly Groups

All Hands Meeting, June 24-26, 2014,

Washington, DC

GET INVOLVED!

Contacts:

Erin Robinson (erinrobinson@esipfed.org)

David Arctur (david.arctur@utexas.edu)

Steve Diggs (sdiggs@ucsd.edu)

On the web:

Twitter: @EarthCube

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NSFearthcube

EarthCube.org !!

The vision. . .

“Over the next decade, the geosciences community commits to developing a framework to understand and predict responses of the Earth as a system—from the space-atmosphere boundary to the core, including the influences of humans and ecosystems.”

GEO Vision Report of NSF Geoscience Directorate Advisory Committee, 2009