SURA Board of Trustees Meeting - Spring 2003
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SURA BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING WYNDHAM WASHINGTON HOTEL, WASHINGTON, DC APRIL 29 & 30, 2003 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Tuesday, April 29, 2003

8:00 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30	Call to Order and Report of the Board Chair, Dr. Donald Lehman
8:40	Report of the Council
8:55	Meeting Logistics and Agenda Review
9:15	Jefferson Lab (Chair June Matthews and SURA staff)
	DOE Site office: New Manager's Introduction & Comments, James Turi Jefferson Lab Overview: Director's Report, Christoph Leemann Topics/Issues: CEBAF & FEL paths forward, grad education program, external relations policy
10:00	Coastal Research (Chair Otis Brown and SURA staff)
	SCOOP Overview: Update from SURA Coastal Fellow, Don Wright Leadership Team: Acting Director's Introduction & Comments, Phil Bogden Topics/Issues: Leadership team, first-year program, coastal data/modeling grid, relations agenda
10:30	Break
10:45	Information Technology (Chair Jed Diem and SURA staff)
	Update on national optical networking initiatives, Mike Roberts (Darwin Group) The SURA IT Fund and its impact on the SURA region, Director's Report, Gary Crane Topics/Issues: Path forward with AT&T, ViDe sponsorship, NMI program and opportunities
11:30	Development Committee (Chair Joan Lorden and SURA staff)
	Challenge: Growing the science capacity of our region and the nation, Jerry Draayer Topics/Issues: Charter, JLab activities, tech transfer, group purchase - APS/AIP journals
Noon	Lunch, Guest Speaker Mr. Chris Rooney, President of Sales, AT&T
	The Changing Telecommunications Landscape
1:30 - 5:30 pm	Standing Committee Break-out Sessions
	Jefferson Lab Hall D at JLab - Alex Dzierba Coastal Research Information Technology Development and Relations JLab FEL Program - Fred Dylla Technology Commercialization - Matt Thomas JLab Centers of Excellence - Swapan Chattopadhyay Finance
6:00	Board Dinner: Guest speaker Dr. Irving Lerch, Director of International Affairs, American Physical Society
	Scientific Exchange and National Security
7:30	Executive Committee Meeting

Wednesday, April 30, 2003

8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30	Call to Order and Executive Committee Report
8:45	APS and AIP Journals: Approaches to a Consortium Agreement Guest Speakers:         Thomas McIlrath, Treasurer and Publisher, American Physical Society. Presentation.         Mr. Douglas LaFrenier, Director of Marketing and Sales, American Institute of Physics. Presentation.
9:30	Standing Committee Reports: Discussion of issues, Action items
	Finance Committee Jefferson Lab Committee Coastal Research Committee Information Technology Committee Development and Relations Committees
10:45	Meeting Wrap-Up and Adjournment

Post meeting:
The IT Steering Group and SURA NLR participants will meet following the Board meeting adjournment.

SURA Board of Trustees - Spring 2003 - Attendees List


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