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7-2-09 EPIcenter Meeting Minutes

Earthquake EPIcenter Meeting
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)

  1. What qualifies as an EPIcenter?
  2. The EPIcenter collaboration in Southern California
  3. EPIcenter organizational structure
  4. EPIcenter focus groups
  5. Statewide collaboration
  6. 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

  1. Materials produced by EPIcenter institutions (All)
  2. Upcoming EPIcenter activities:
    1. EPIcenter field trips in July 2009 (Faults of Los Angeles and Southern San Andreas Fault) (de Groot)
    2. Fall 2009 EPIcenter meeting in Rancho Mirage (concurrently held with the SCEC Annual Meeting) – we need ideas for speakers, activities, etc. (de Groot)
    3. California Science Education Conference (22 – 25 Oct 09) (de Groot)
    4. Presentations at Professional Meetings (e.g. CSTA, NSTA, AAM, etc.) (Schuman)

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