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IMC Reorganization. Governance Meeting Format. IMC Governance. IMexec Steering Committee Members Decision Making IM Committee Membership Ad Hoc Working Groups Reports to IMexec Meet face to face and VTC Communicate expectations, goals, timelines. IMC Governance. Discussion Items:
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IMC Reorganization • Governance • Meeting Format
IMC Governance • IMexec Steering Committee • Members • Decision Making • IM Committee Membership • Ad Hoc Working Groups • Reports to IMexec • Meet face to face and VTC • Communicate expectations, goals, timelines
IMC Governance • Discussion Items: • Should members of IMExec have certain roles (e.g. GIS) • Decision Making Power of IMExec • Should we increase the number of IMExec members to accommodate those roles • Should we define IM Committee as larger than 1 rep per site • Productivity of Ad Hoc Working Groups
IMC Meetings • Currently • Annual IMC • Every 3 years with LTER ASM • Other years with ESA • Fixed budget • One IM per site supported • Stretched by meeting on weekends and lodging with roommates
IMC Meetings • Goals • Engage in the Network • Develop Products • Determine Priorities • Information and Technology Exchange • Enhance Network Functionality (CI Plan Implementation) • Improve collaborations (within & outside of LTER IM) • Identify Training Opps (intro & advanced) and/or Develop Materials • Enhance interface between managing and using information (PI and IMs)
IMC Meetings • Discussion Items: • Keep format • Meet annually in conjunction with another mtg • Invite supported guests • Support more site IMs • Change format • Meet as a larger group every 18 months in conjunction with another mtg, organize session at another mtg • Working groups meet face to face and VTC • Voluntary VTC updates quarterly • Columns and RSS feeds on Information Management website • No longer stretch budget with roommates, etc