7-2-09mtg
7-2-09 EPIcenter Meeting Minutes
Southern California Earthquake Center – University of Southern California
2 July 2009
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome &Introductions (All)
9:15 – 10:00 ShakeOut 2009 (Benthien)
10:00 – 10:30 Share Successes From ShakeOut 2008 &2009 Activities Brainstorm (Springer)
10:30 – 11:00 Update: EPIcenter Organization &Activities (de Groot, Springer, &Schuman)
- What qualifies as an EPIcenter?
- The EPIcenter collaboration in Southern California
- EPIcenter organizational structure
- EPIcenter focus groups
- Statewide collaboration
- Initiating and sustaining partnerships with the USGS, EarthScope Program, and other organizations
11:00 – 11:10 Break
11:10 – 11:25 ShakeOut Educational Materials and “Take On the Quake” Patch Program (Gotuaco, Hwang, Yamashita, Dansby, and Schuster)
11:25 – 11:55 Quake Catcher Network (Cocharan)
11:55 – 12:15 pm Visit USEIT Interns (de Groot)
- 1. Visualizations and other products being produced by the SCEC intern program
12:15 – 2:00 Working Lunch &Discussion
- Materials produced by EPIcenter institutions (All)
- Upcoming EPIcenter activities:
- EPIcenter field trips in July 2009 (Faults of Los Angeles and Southern San Andreas Fault) (de Groot)
- Fall 2009 EPIcenter meeting in Rancho Mirage (concurrently held with the SCEC Annual Meeting) – we need ideas for speakers, activities, etc. (de Groot)
- California Science Education Conference (22 – 25 Oct 09) (de Groot)
- Presentations at Professional Meetings (e.g. CSTA, NSTA, AAM, etc.) (Schuman)