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Northwest Environmental Data Network Meeting

September 6, 2006, 9:00 - 4:00

Northwest Power & Conservation Council
851 SW 6th Ave, Suite 1100
Portland, Oregon
503-222-5161 or 800-452-5161

Conference call arrangements

Please dial 877-848-1997. You will then be asked to enter the conference code. Enter code 351 to connect to the call.

A. NED agenda items

1. Introductions
2. Short updates (40 minutes total)

• Fed Caucus Data Needs.  See - Northwest Environmental Data Network- Summary of Work.(60k PDF)
• Columbia Basin Data Center – Council Discussion
• International Columbia River Basin Center of Knowledge
• OFWIM Conference
• CBFWA – StreamNet Review

3. Demonstration of Access application that crosswalks a compilation of current Northwest habitat classifications to support consistent data definitions for aquatic, riparian and upland species - Tom O’Neil (20 minutes)
4. Presentation to Council – Next Steps – Peter Paquet (45 min)
5.  The use of a List Serve to support NED conversations - David Tetta (20 min)
6. Draft documents for approval - Stewart Toshach, Joy Paulus (15 minutes)
   Best Practices for Data Dictionary Definitions and Usage (90k PDF) and
   Check List for Organizing Field Collection and Management of Data (90k PDF)
7. Hatchery – Scientific Review Data Management – Peter Paquet (10 min)

B. PNAMP data management agenda items (25 minutes total)

1. Inventory Task (Bruce Schmidt)
2. Training for Metadata.  Follow up with Viv Hutchison from USGS (Jen Bayer)
3. PNAMP Data Management Data Analyst proposal (Jen Bayer)
4. NED Review of “Data Management Design for Regional Project Tracking to Support Monitoring and Evaluation”- Tom O’Neil, Joy Paulus & John Piccininni.

C. Afternoon work session for NED Portal (Tom Pansky): 1-4pm

The NED Portal is expected to be ready for wider access in September 2006.  To prepare for that we have the following tasks to work on:

1. Develop a plan for 'populating' the site...identify who will do what and who will contact whom and when....this should be a shared responsibility for the NED SC and for PNAMP.
2. Engaging a Portal Steward.
3. Finalizing the Portal classification system, and;
4. Identifying "data management" news topics and articles for the Portal home page – and identifying who will draft them.