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Discussion of the Annotated Outline for the Guidance Document. Glen Anderson, Senior Manager, IRG/Engility April 9, 2013. Discussion topics (1). Who is the audience for the guidance document? Producers of services? Users of services? Decision-makers on services?
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Discussion of the Annotated Outline for the Guidance Document Glen Anderson, Senior Manager, IRG/Engility April 9, 2013
Discussion topics (1) • Who is the audience for the guidance document? • Producers of services? • Users of services? • Decision-makers on services? • Valuation practitioners? • What form will the guidance document take and how will it be disseminated/distributed? • Preparation of the guidance document • Overall responsibility • Contributors • Review process • Timeline
Discussion topics (2) • Current outline of guidance document • Current version is only a placeholder to facilitate discussion • Structure of guidance document • Introduction: Background, motivation, objectives, roadmap (to be added once the structure of subsequent chapters is finalized • Sequencing of topics (current placeholder) • Overview of services: Definitions, service users • Benefits of weather, climate and water services • Valuation methods • Designing valuation studies: Problem identification, characterizing the service to be valued, selecting the valuation method(s), valuation challenges, communicating results to users and decision-makers • Other sequencing options? Primer for economic analysis for NMHS (Stratus Consulting report provided by J. Lazo)
Discussion topics (3) • Preparation of the guidance document • Overall responsibility • Contributors • Review process • Timeline • Financing • How to manage our time for the next two days