ESIP Update: Registration is OPEN, Nominations for ESIP Leadership, Lab RFP Deadline, USGS CDI, DMT Pitch and more!

ESIP UPDATE: October 9, 2017
 

Lastly, a reminder to everyone that nominations for ESIP leadership positions are OPEN! We welcome new faces to leadership!  If you've never served in a leadership capacity the committees are a great place to get started. If you are new or have questions, please feel free to send an email to nominations@esipfed.org – we are here to help! Nominations will be accepted through October 31, 2017.

Best, 
Annie B. and the ESIP staff

P.S. Keep up on all the action on Slack! If you are not already on the ESIP Slack team: here is your INVITATION.  If you are on Slack, are you using the Slack App? It's a much better GUI. Grab it HERE. 

Federation News  

• CALL for Winter 2018 sessions is OPEN
• Who do YOU want in ESIP Leadership? Nominate someone today!
• ESIP Lab call for incubator projects: DEADLINE Thursday
• ESIP member recognition opportunities are open for nominations

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Federation News

CALL for Winter 2018 sessions is OPEN.
Here is the Call for Sessions for the 2018 Winter Meeting in Bethesda, MD. This call will END Monday, October 30, 2017.

Who do YOU want in ESIP Leadership? Nominate someone today!
Nominations for 2018 ESIP leadership are now OPEN!  If you are interested in serving or nominating someone, please use the following Google Form to nominate: https://goo.gl/forms/EmP5UgmQKGHdqX6s1. The nominations committee will reach out to those that have been nominated to confirm the nomination and explain next steps in the process. 

For the positions that are accepting nominations, please see the following link: http://wiki.esipfed.org/index.php/Nomination_Committee/2018_Nominations_and_Ballot. There are position descriptions here for more information about the individual roles as well.  

We welcome new faces to leadership!  If you've never served in a leadership capacity the committees are a great place to get started. If you are new or have questions, please feel free to send us an email at nominations@esipfed.org we are here to help! Nominations will be accepted through October 31, 2017.

ESIP Lab call for incubator projects: DEADLINE Thursday
The Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Lab is happy to receive proposals for ESIP Lab Incubator Projects. Please take the time to review the full RFP HERE.

ESIP Member Recognition opportunities: Nominations are open!
The ESIP Partner of the Year: 
This award is to honor an ESIP member organization that best exemplifies the spirit of ESIP in one or more areas, through the sharing of a success story.
The Martha Maiden Award: 
This award honors individuals who have demonstrated leadership, dedication and a collaborative spirit in advancing the field of Earth Science information.

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NOTE: Job Opportunities are now listed on the ESIP Slack Job-Opportunities Slack Channel <https://esip-all.slack.com/messages/C4MMH7R8Q/>.  You can post and find jobs there. If you are not yet on the ESIP Slack team, use the invite (above) to join.

USGS Community for Data Integration Telecon
The Community for Data Integration (CDI) meetings are held the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

WebEx: https://usgs.webex.com/ – Under the Meeting Center tabs, search for meeting name: “Community for Data Integration.”

Audio:
USGS/DOI Dial In Number: (703) 648-4848 (for USGS and DOI offices)
Toll Free Dial In Number: (855) 547-8255 (for other offices and telecommute locations)
Conference Code: 47919# (same for both numbers)

Agenda (in Eastern time)
11:00a Scientist's Challenge
11:10a Welcome – Cheryl Morris – Director, Core Science Systems, Analytics, and Library
11:15a Working Group Announcements [PDF]
11:25a CDI Reproducible Notebook Series – Rich Signell, USGS
11:40a  From API to Apps: USGS Texas Water Science Center Web Development Approaches and Analytics – Daniel Pearson, Joe Vrabel, Ramona Neafie, USGS

Learn more about this week's CDI speakers here.