EPO and Communications Thread

All are welcome to the 9 sessions

Who is here for EPO/COMM?Outreach Advisory Board

Arne Henden (AAVSO)Mark SubbaRao (Adler)Tim Spuck (AUI)Stephen Pompea (NOAO)Martin Ratcliffe (SkySkan)Carol Christian (STScI)Chris Lintott

(Oxford/Zooniverse)Arfon Smith (GitHub)

SLAC CommunicationsAndrew GordonFarnaz Khadem

Interested Community MembersBob Abel (Olympic CC / UW)Connie Walker (NOAO)Christopher Palma (PSU)

EPO Subsystem TeamFrossie Economou Tim Axelrod

Project Office COMM TeamEmily AcostaGretchen StahlmanRob McKercherMark Newhouse (NOAO)

Initial Goals For Thread• Inform Community of LSST EPO Plans (and constraints)• Identify ways to leverage and support existing community

efforts for EPO and COMM• Identify ways to engage EPO partners through 2022 and Ops

• Opportunities for Specific Discussions Websites: renovation, SC support, events Meeting planning (DPS 2014, AAS 2015, IAU 2015)Effective communication strategies (hardware purchases)

EPO/COMM Breakout ScheduleAll Sessions in Curtis A (upstairs)

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

11 – 12:30 EPO Baseline Design Construction

OperationsEveryone

Communications PlanNSF/DOE

SLAC, LSST PO

Broadening Participation

T. Spuck

1:30 – 3:00 Leveraging EPO Efforts Citizen Science w/ LSST User InterfacesData Interfaces

Arch. Implications

C. Lintott, T. Axelrod

EPO Hack Day:SC Websites

UI PrototypePublic Talk

Image Gallery

3:30 – 5:00 Define / Refine Goals:Sustainable Partnerships

Monitor Progress Document Progress and Plan Next Steps