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Northwest Environmental Data Network Meeting

May 2, 2007, 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 338 to connect to the call.

A. NED agenda

1. Introductions.
2. Data Management Initiatives for PISCES, Ben Zelinsky, BPA. (At 9:10 for 20 minutes)
3. Update Data Summit Planning and Responsibilities — NOW Proposed for 2007-10-02 (note this date has been changing as we have juggled logistics)
4. Metadata Training Workshop May 22-23. A planning call-in is scheduled for 2007-4-30
5. Northwest Environmental Data Network Inventory update (1.5mb Word)
6. NED Data Portal (11:00)
   1. Potential Channel Manager Participants: NED Water Quality Group, Upper Columbia Basin Trust, Lower Columbia River Estuary Partnership, Pacific Northwest Regional Geographic Information Council.
   2. Technical Issues — automatic harvesting
   3. Populating the Portal — needed action, outreach contacts
7. Process for Developing Comprehensive Data Management Strategy for the Council – Update from Tom O’Neil and Phil Roger.
8. NED document development:
   1. Activities Needed to Bring the Subbasin Planning Archive From Framework to Reality – Status (From Framework to Reality). Phil Roger.
   2. Reviewing Data Sharing Guide (120k Word). This is the next version of the draft with comments from Bruce Schmidt on the changes Stewart made.

B. PNAMP data management agenda

1. New task — request from PNAMP for NED to review the PNAMP Macro-Invertebrate Protocol (300k Word) and checklist (50k Word)
2. New Task — the PNAMP Fish Population Workgroup is beginning a protocol review/discussion with respect to fish monitoring protocols. First, they will examine tagging, telemetry, & marking methods. Later this summer, they will do a gap analysis (after the SFPH is published) to consider what other methods should be reviewed/discussed, etc. PNAMP has already identified QA/QC and data management as important elements of these methods and found a biologist to help with this, but need data management experts to help.
3. New Task — PNAMP is attempting to produce data definitions for methods/metrics of interest. This task needs to be systematically completed across PNAMP and PNAMP needs support from NED in constructing a process so that PNAMP can be efficient with the task.
4. Information Update: Protocol Manager Testing: from PNAMP Meeting on 2007-04-24.
5. Information Update: PNAMP Inventory task.

C. Afternoon worksession: NED, PNAMP, PNW-RGIC - Summit, business case, and fish and habitat strategy

1. Data Management Summit proposal, planning and responsibilities (40k Word)
2. Development of Compelling Business Case (330k Word)
3. PNW Strategy for Fish & Habitat Data.