EARTHCUBE COMMUNITY
EarthCube Portfolio Workshop
Boulder CO
February 12-14, 2014
WORKSHOP GOALS
Seek guidance on a community-based
plan to further cyberinfrastructure in the
geosciences
Assess needs, visions, opportunities, and
challenges of the EarthCube builders for
system architecture
Identify ways the EarthCube Commons can
support this community
EARTHCUBE TEST ENTERPRISE GOVERNANCE

An agile approach to
design a system that
catalyzes the field and
works for the
community
How do we link your
tools, standards, and
skills to create
EarthCube?
Organizational timeline – Year 1
Stakeholders
(Assembly) –
governance
ideas, testing

Integrate
stakeholder
concepts crowdsource

Synthesize
and
recommend
to NSF

Demo phase
Governance
charter

Governance timeline – Year 2
Establish
Organizational
Demo

Facilitate
convergence
on system
design, data
standards

Evaluate
results: basis for
long term
organization

NSF solicitation?
WHAT IS EARTHCUBE
“GOVERNANCE?”
Resistance is
futile!

Not imposition of unwanted
command and control
EarthCube governance is a blank canvas

We are looking to you
to paint the future
EarthCube Commons
Providing a „backbone‟ to help build community

Governance is finding
solutions to specific
problems, fostering
trust, reconciling
interests, and
coordinating
communities.
INITIAL COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS
1.

Identify and Implement Vision, Mission, and
Goals

2.

Engage and Coordinate Across Community

3.

Create and Implement By-Laws and Charter

4.

Facilitate Agreement on and Maintain Viable
Architecture and Concept of Operations that
Enable Realization of Goals and Objectives of
EarthCube Vision
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): EARTHCUBE ASSEMBLY
Industry & FOSS:
Instrumentation,
Software, and
Technology
Developers

EarthCube
Awards

Research
Science
Communities

End-User
Communities &
Workshop
Participants

Data
Facilities &
Users

IT/CS/
Information
Scientists
Professional
Societies

Assembly
Advisory
Council
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): EARTHCUBE ASSEMBLY
Industry & FOSS:
Instrumentation,
Software, and
Technology
Developers

EarthCube
Awards

Research
Science
Communities

End-User
Communities &
Workshop
Participants

Assembly Advisory Council
Data
Facilities &
Users

IT/CS/
Information
Scientists
Professional
Societies

.

.
.
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR 1): CROWDSOURCING
New website

www.earthcube.org
EARTHCUBE.ORG
The “Informational Site” Portal

Earthcube.org

The “Workspace”

The
Workspace
Big Data
Digital
Government
Big Earth Data
Initiative

Open Data
Access

CIF21
DARPANET
EARTHCUBE

NSFNET
?

INTERNET
A CALL FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT
• Upcoming community workshops: Jan – March 2014
• All Hands Meeting, June 24-26, 2014, Washington, DC

• Crowdsourcing:
• Strategic Pathways exercises

• Input & feedback on community
models

• Social Media – Twitter, Facebook
• www.earthcube.org

Portfolio Assembly Workshop: Intro

  • 1.
    EARTHCUBE COMMUNITY EarthCube PortfolioWorkshop Boulder CO February 12-14, 2014
  • 2.
    WORKSHOP GOALS Seek guidanceon a community-based plan to further cyberinfrastructure in the geosciences Assess needs, visions, opportunities, and challenges of the EarthCube builders for system architecture Identify ways the EarthCube Commons can support this community
  • 3.
    EARTHCUBE TEST ENTERPRISEGOVERNANCE An agile approach to design a system that catalyzes the field and works for the community How do we link your tools, standards, and skills to create EarthCube?
  • 4.
    Organizational timeline –Year 1 Stakeholders (Assembly) – governance ideas, testing Integrate stakeholder concepts crowdsource Synthesize and recommend to NSF Demo phase Governance charter Governance timeline – Year 2 Establish Organizational Demo Facilitate convergence on system design, data standards Evaluate results: basis for long term organization NSF solicitation?
  • 5.
    WHAT IS EARTHCUBE “GOVERNANCE?” Resistanceis futile! Not imposition of unwanted command and control
  • 6.
    EarthCube governance isa blank canvas We are looking to you to paint the future
  • 7.
  • 8.
    Providing a „backbone‟to help build community Governance is finding solutions to specific problems, fostering trust, reconciling interests, and coordinating communities.
  • 9.
    INITIAL COMMUNITY FUNCTIONS 1. Identifyand Implement Vision, Mission, and Goals 2. Engage and Coordinate Across Community 3. Create and Implement By-Laws and Charter 4. Facilitate Agreement on and Maintain Viable Architecture and Concept of Operations that Enable Realization of Goals and Objectives of EarthCube Vision
  • 10.
    STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR1): EARTHCUBE ASSEMBLY Industry & FOSS: Instrumentation, Software, and Technology Developers EarthCube Awards Research Science Communities End-User Communities & Workshop Participants Data Facilities & Users IT/CS/ Information Scientists Professional Societies Assembly Advisory Council
  • 11.
    STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT (YEAR1): EARTHCUBE ASSEMBLY Industry & FOSS: Instrumentation, Software, and Technology Developers EarthCube Awards Research Science Communities End-User Communities & Workshop Participants Assembly Advisory Council Data Facilities & Users IT/CS/ Information Scientists Professional Societies . . .
  • 12.
  • 13.
  • 14.
    EARTHCUBE.ORG The “Informational Site”Portal Earthcube.org The “Workspace” The Workspace
  • 15.
    Big Data Digital Government Big EarthData Initiative Open Data Access CIF21
  • 16.
  • 17.
    A CALL FORYOUR INVOLVEMENT • Upcoming community workshops: Jan – March 2014 • All Hands Meeting, June 24-26, 2014, Washington, DC • Crowdsourcing: • Strategic Pathways exercises • Input & feedback on community models • Social Media – Twitter, Facebook • www.earthcube.org

Editor's Notes

  • #4 Agile – several advisory committee & a development evaluation team – allow us to quickly change course if things aren’t working or we’re not getting the results we want.
  • #10 Governance functions based on published governance research and community input. Specific sources include: Over 75 published research on governanceEarthCube Working Group and Concept Team draft roadmapsCommunity input during Governance Steering Committee virtual webinars – more than 30 webinarsJune charrette, July 2012 EarthCube Principle Investigator workshop, EarthCube sessions at the ESIP Federation Mid-Year Meeting in Madison, WI, July 17-20. #4 refers to the governance and organizational architecture and not any specific CI
  • #11 What about agencies, intl, other science communities?
  • #12 What about agencies, intl, other science communities?
  • #13 Need feedback from broad cross-section of geoscientists on their ideas on EarthCube governance, and test how they would react to different externalities (NSF funding, support from university/employer, etc.) through game theory.