ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING, 2015

Rick Hooper, President & Executive Director

Al Valocchi (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Chair of the Board of Directors

Rina Schumer (Desert Research Institute), Treasurer

Adam Ward (Indiana University), Secretary

WELCOME TO THE 2015 CUAHSI ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING!

Comments?Type in Chat Box!

Poll Questions will appear during the meeting

Raise Hand

MEETING OUTLINE

State of the Consortium (Al Valocchi)

Treasurer’s Report (Rina Schumer)

Business Meeting Establishing Quorum (Adam Ward)

Approval of minutes (Al Valocchi)

Election Results (Adam Ward)

Expressions of Appreciation (Al Valocchi)

2015 STATE OF THE CONSORTIUM

Al Valocchi, University of Illinois

FEEDBACK ON CUAHSI SERVICES

Opportunity for you to tell us how well CUAHSI is doing!

Use chat box and polls to respond to a series of questions

WHAT DOES CUAHSI MEAN TO YOU?

CUAHSI has been in operation for more than a decade.

1. What is the first word you think of when you hear “CUAHSI”?

CUAHSI SERVICES

Data Access

Data Publication

Training Classes

Community Meetings (Biennial, Hydroinformatics, Regional Meetings)

Cyberseminars and Virtual Workshops

Let’s Talk about Water Events

2. What CUAHSI Services have you (or your students) used or attended? Check all that apply

DATA ACCESS THROUGH THE CUAHSI WATER DATA CENTER

http://data .cuahsi.org

POLL QUESTION

3. Have you tried HydroClient (data.cuahsi.org)?

Yes – I plan on continuing to use it

Yes – it does not meet my needs

Yes – but it didn’t work when I tried it

No – I’ve never heard of it

No – I’m not interested

DATA PUBLICATION

Publishing your data with CUAHSI meets NSF EAR requirements

CUAHSI had guidelines for your data management plan on its website (https://www.cuahsi.org/nsf-data-management-plan-overview)

CUAHSI offers cloud-based servers for publishing your data Upload data using templates through any web browser!

CUAHSI publishes time series data and GIS Coverages (http://spatial.cuahsi.org)

POLL QUESTIONS

4. Have you included CUAHSI data publication for your NSF Data Management Plan?

5. Why do you publish your data?

6. What types of data do you need covered by your data management plans?

TRAINING CLASSES

2015 Classes

National Flood Interoperability

Experiment

Hands-on Training Near Surface Geophysics

WRF-Hydro Model

High-Res Characterization of Subsurface Properties

Soilscapes to Landscapes: Measuring Soil Carbon

Virtual Workshop/Short Course Data-Driven Hydrology Education

Time-Variable Transit Time Techniques

Upcoming: 2016 Classes

Watershed Science (Jan)

NASA Remote Sensing for Hydrology (March)

WRF-Hydro Model (May)

PUB School w/ USGS Powell Ctr (June)

Summer Institute, National Water Center (June/July)

Stream/GW Interaction (August)

Near-Surface Geophysics (August)

DEVELOPING NEW TRAINING CLASSES

CUAHSI is soliciting new training classes

CUAHSI handles logistics—you focus on course content Registration

Advertisement

Venue

On-site support

Share your expertise with the community!

Contact Emily (eclark@cuahsi.org) with questions

POLL QUESTIONS

7. Are you interested in teaching a training class in the next 2 years?

Yes, an in-person class

Yes, an on-line class

No/Not applicable

8. Would you send your graduate student to a 1-week basic field techniques training course?

Yes, we need this

Yes, if total cost was less than $1500

No, other approaches to this training

No, not interested

COMMUNITY MEETINGS, 2015

HydroInformatics Conference 2015

Capstone event for National Flood Interoperability Experiment

Co-sponsored by EarthCube projects

138 Registrants

Planning next conference in 2017

Regional Meetings

3 held in 2015: Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and High Plains

Attendance rate ranged from 65% to 77% of universities within each region

Research Cyberseminars

Spring 2015: “Evapotranspiration: Frontiers in measurement, modeling, and management from leaf to

landscape”

Fall 2015: “The Western US Drought on the Ground and from Space: Combining in situ and remotely sensed

data to understand and mitigate drought”

Archived recordings available through CUAHSI Website (https://www.cuahsi.org/Posts/Cyberseminars )

BIENNIAL SYMPOSIUM, JULY 2016

Theme: “Finding Your Place in Big Data: Using Observations to Understand Hydrologic Processes for Predicting a Changing World”

Program Chairs: Holly Michael and Brian Waldron

Dates: July 25-27, 2016

Location: National Conservation Training Center, Shepherdstown, WV (near Washington, DC)

Featured Speakers: Dara Entekhabi, MIT (Eagleson lecture); Praveen Kumar, UIUC (Wolman lecture); Lucy Nowell, DoE (Keynote lecture)

POLL QUESTIONS

9. How likely are you to attend the CUAHSI Biennial in 2016? Planning on attending

Interested but uncertain

Unlikely

PATHFINDER FELLOWSHIPS

Travel grants awarded to graduate students, $30,000 award pool

30 applicants in 2015

Recipients to be announced at Fall AGU

2014 Fellows Scott Allen, LSU

Ted Barnhart, Colorado

Elizabeth Chamberlain, Tulane

Robert Mahon, Wyoming

Brett Poulin, Colorado

Caitlin Rushlow, Idaho State

John Volk, Univ. Nevada, Reno

LET’S TALK ABOUT WATER

Film and panel events for education and outreach

3 Challenge grants ($-for-$ match) of $3000

Funded by NSF and Johnson Family Foundation

8 Proposals received in most recent competition

2015 Awardees Duke

North Carolina State

UIUC

University of Nevada, Reno

Oregon State

Butler

Saint Leo (Florida)

University of Florida

Photo by Jennifer Cohen, OSU

INSTRUMENTATION DISCOVERY TRAVEL GRANTS

Travel grants for faculty/post docs to learn about instrumentation from colleagues

1-page proposal and report

Pilot program

2015 Awardees Austin Carey, Wyoming

Jackson Crews, DRI

Tess Thompson, Virginia Tech

Ricardo Gonzalez-Pinzon, New Mexico

POLL QUESTIONS

10. Which of these programs were you aware of before today?

Pathfinder

Let’s Talk about Water

Instrumentation Discovery Travel Grants

11. Which programs might you (or your student) apply to in the coming year?

Pathfinder

Let’s Talk about Water

Instrumentation Discovery Travel Grants

None of them

COMMUNICATING WITH YOU

12. CUAHSI uses a variety of mechanisms to communicate with you. How well are we doing?

CUAHSI GOVERNANCE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

NEW MEMBERS TO THE CONSORTIUM

Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey

The University of Alabama in HuntsvilleHuntsville, Alabama

INFORMATICS STANDING COMMITTEE

Scott Peckham (Chair) - Community Surface Dynamics Modeling System

D. Scott Mackay (Board Liaison) - SUNY at Buffalo

David Arctur (OGC Liaison) - University of Texas, Austin

Ibrahim Demir - University of Iowa

Yoram Rubin - University of California, Berkeley

Christina Tague - University of California, Santa Barbara

Jeff Weber - Unidata

INSTRUMENTATION STANDING COMMITTEE

Erich Hester (Chair) - Virginia Technical University

Kamini Singha (Board Liaison) – Colorado School of Mines

Branko Kerkez - University of Michigan

Jessica Lundquist - University of Washington

Thanos Papanicolaou - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Andrew Parsekian - University of Wyoming

Charlotte Roehm - NEON

EDUCATION AND OUTREACH STANDING COMMITTEE

Benjamin Ruddell (Chair) - Arizona State University

Brian Waldron (Board Liaison) - University of Memphis

Ryan Emanuel - North Carolina State University

David Freyberg - Stanford University

Emad Habid - University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Venkatesh Merwade - Purdue University

Jeff Niemann - Colorado State University

Jennifer Saleem Arrigo - UCAR

Beverley Wemple - University of Vermont

Nicholas Zegre - West Virginia University

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH IS ONGOING

Rick has intention to step down as Executive Director in February, 2017

Search Committee formed for new Executive Director

Ad at https://www.cuahsi.org/Posts/Entry/27115

GOALS FOR 2016

Broadening user base for data services

Advance Community Modeling pilot projects

Develop additional training classes

Improve Community Engagement

TREASURER'S REPORTRina Schumer, Desert Research Institute

NSF FUNDING

Funds Awarded 2,889,758$

Total Expenditures and Obligations

Budget Categories Totals % of Total

Water Data Center 951,580 39.9%

Community Modeling 165,972 7.0%

Training Services 408,905 17.2%

Education Support Services 115,433 4.8%

Community Meetings 5,957 0.2%

Dissemination 102,489 4.3%

Community Oversight 112,751 4.7%

Indirect Costs 520,315 21.8%

Total Expenditures and Obligations 2,383,402$

Carryfoward Residual Funds 506,356

Award Year 2 (February 2015 - January 2016)

Data Center Year 3 (April 2015 - March 2016)

MEMBERSHIP FUND BALANCE

•Began collecting membership dues in 2011.•Objective: Stabilize unrestricted funds•Uses: Cashflow and in case of funding disruption•Cost of running CUAHSI: $95,000/month•Goal: 6-month’s operation

155400

141680

134159

110072

115423

139931

156684

162122

174883

110000

120000

130000

140000

150000

160000

170000

180000

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

MEMBERSHIP FUNDS

Summary of Current Year Fund Activity

CUAHSI Membership Fund Balance 01/01/15 $162,122

Total Membership Income 2015 (Dues & initiation fees) $25,200

Donation Income 2015 $0

Estimated Expenditures 2015 ($12,439)

Projected CUAHSI Membership Fund Balance 12/31/15 $174,883

Current Year Detailed Membership Activity

ActivityNumber of Members Income

2015 Annual Dues for Active Membership 101 $20,200

2015 Annual Dues Paid 92 $18,400

2015 Annual Dues Receivable 9 $1,800

2015 Annual Dues for Corporate Members 1 $2,500

2015 Corporate Dues Paid 0 $0

2015 Corporate Dues Receivable 1 $2,500

2015 Initiation Fees for New Members (all levels) 2 $2,500

MEMBERSHIP INCOME AND EXPENSE

42257

28000

37773

25200

14498

7523

28319

12493

2012 2013 2014 2015

Income Expense

16%

18%

1%

28%

8%

29%

Salary/Fringe Business Insurance Subscriptions Meetings Web Conferencing Indirect Allocation

Total Expenses: $12,439

EXPENDITURES FROM MEMBERSHIP FUNDS, 2015

FOUNDATION FUNDING AND GIFTS

Let’s Talk about Water Education Program Johnson Family Foundation

Award 2011: $19,911, developing materials for LTAW programs

Award 2012: $20,000 for Challenge Grants

Award 2013: $34,800 for Challenge Grants

Award 2014: $13,050 for Challenge Grants

Award 2015: $25,000 for Challenge Grants

BUSINESS MEETINGAl Valocchi, University of Illinois

1. Establishing Quorum (Ward)

2. Approval of Minutes for 2013 Annual Meeting1. Motion to Approve (Raise Hand)

2. Second the Motion (Raise Hand)

3. Discussion (Enter in Chatbox)

4. Vote

3. Results of Elections for Directors

AGENDA

RESULTS OF THE BOD ELECTION

Matt Cohen, University of Florida

David Genereux, North Carolina State University

Gordon Grant, Oregon State University

Erich Hester, Virginia Tech

Steven Loheide, University of Wisconsin

Jeanne Van Briesen, Carnegie Mellon University

EVENTS AT FALL AGU

CUAHSI Booth on NSF Street—stop by and get your sticker!

Early Career Luncheon, Marriott Marquis, Monday at 12 Noon By Invitation Only

A few spaces are still available; will continue to extend invitations as space allows

Reception (with Hydrology Section) at Jillian’s (adjacent to Moscone Center), Tuesday at 6 pm

RETIRING DIRECTORS

Robyn Hannigan, University of Massachusetts, Boston

Witek Krajewski, The University of Iowa

Anne Carey, The Ohio State University

Carol Johnson, South Dakota State University

Brian McGlynn, Duke University

McGylnn Johnston Carey

Krajewski Hannigan

CUAHSI STAFF

Richard Hooper, Executive Director

Alva Couch, Water Data Center Senior Architect

Brian Cummings, Water Data Center Software Engineer

Emily Clark, Communications and Outreach Manager

Jessica Annadale, Controller

Jon Pollak, Program Manager

Liza Brazil, Water Data Center Software Engineer

Liz Tran, Communications and Events Coordinator

Martin Seul, Acting Water Data Center Director

Melissa Gervais, Accounting Assistant

Yaping Xiao, Water Data Center Software Engineer

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING!

Keep in touch: Twitter @CUAHSI

Instagram @CUAHSI

Email: busmgr@cuahsi.org

Visit us at AGU! CUAHSI booth on NSF Street

Water Science Reception at Jillian’s at the Metreon (across from MosconeWest) Tuesday 6:00 pm

Light Appetizers and pool tables!