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Minutes of the June 26, 1999 meeting of the GEM Steering Committee
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From: Dick Wolf (wolf@alfven.rice.edu)

Snowmass Village, Colorado. 8:00 am-12:05pm on 6/26/99

Attending: K. Baker, R. Clauer, B. Fraser, Y. Galperin, R. Greenwald,
M. Hesse, M. Hudson, H. Kawano, L. Kepko, J. Kozyra, L. Lyons, T.
Moretto, C. Russell, H. Singer, R. Smith, R. Wolf

APPENDIX A.

MINUTES OF JOINT MEETING OF GGCM STEERING COMMITTEE AND GGCM PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Prepared by George Siscoe

Joint Committee met at lunch 6/24/99

Three Agenda Items:

I. Organizational Issues

II. Phase 1 Issues

III. Phase 2 Issues

I. Organizational Issues

Current model; 2 independent committees with no formal interaction.

Several different options discussed:

1. Same structure with formal interaction -- Steering Committee chair
is a member of Campaign Program Committee.

2. Eliminate Steering Committee and let GEM Steering Committee assume
its duties.

3. Make Program Committee and Steering Committee subcommittees of the
GGCM Campaign.

     The Joint Committee adopted Model 1.

II. Phase 1 Issues.

     The issues are:

1. Expanding Phase 1 product offerings;

2. Advertise Phase 1 products;

3. Phase-1 =3D GEM Nugget

4. Eos article

     Committee approved actions:

1. Encourage additions to 3 existing Phase 1 grant holders. Solicit
additions to list of providers (e.g., Gombosi, Lyon-Fedder, MRC model
outputs).

2. Advertise Phase 1 products through SPA and GEM Newsletters and in
EOS article (below). Recommend to GEM Steering Committee that the next
GEM a/o again encourage use of Phase 1 products including in particular
the use to develop educational products (tours through the
magnetosphere). GGCM web page will be constructed as part of the GEM
web site.

3. Achievement of Phase 1 products is a GEM nugget. Send brief
announcement to K. Baker.

4. Siscoe will write EOS article to celebrate the achievement of basic
Phase 1 goal and to encourage (stimulate) use of Phase 1 products with
education as an example. Clarify Phase 1 etc. structure and GGCM
management structure.

III. Phase 2 Issues:

The issues are 1. Phase 2 implementation, 2. CCMC coordination, 3.
Go for new money.

1. Agencies very interested in getting global code into Phase 2. NSF
and NASA are willing to put up transition funds (~$50K to $70K) as
perhaps add-ons to existing grants. All potential providers have been
notified. Recommend to GEM Steering Committee that the next AO
encourage proposals for Phase 2 implementations -- wording needed.

2. CCMC coordination: Approve transition of Run-on-demand function to
CCMC for any or all of the global codes alluded to above. In Phase 2,
the codes are not to be accessed by users -- just output.

3. Recommend to GEM Steering Committee to prepare argument to ask NSF
for new money into the GEM program to implement Phase 2 operation --
the prime goal of the GEM program.