1. WGISS Infrastructure Services Project (WISP) Status Report Martin Yapur, NOAA WGISS – 28 28 September – 2 October, 2009 Pretoria, South Africa

2. WISP Support Team New WISP Lead –Martin Yapur (NOAA) (martin.yapur@noaa.gov) WISP Support –Technical Lead - Courtney Davis (NOAA) (courtney.davis@noaa.gov) –Web Site Hosting - Allan Doyle at MIT facility on WISP hardware –DNS alignment to be done by WISP/NOAA working with NASA Marshall Space Flight Center with Dave Hartzell/NASA support as needed. Working Group on Information Systems and Services

3. WISP Services WGISS meeting support –Collect and post presentations –“Pictures2share” Email lists DNS coordination WGISS website maintenance –Host website –Website layout/page development –Training/editorial support - Content to be provided by WGISS POCs CEOS website support –Coordinated with CEOS/SIT, CEO, SEO –Host website Working Group on Information Systems and Services

4. WGISS 28 Presentations Collection of presentation materials –Presentation filename: Date_Time_Title (5.11_09.15_WISP_Report) –Either Provide to Courtney on your thumb drive, or: Place on WISP thumb drive, or: Email to: courtney.davis@noaa.govcourtney.davis@noaa.gov cc: martin.yapur@noaa.govmartin.yapur@noaa.gov Sharing of pictures –Also use thumb drive or email –Filename: WGISS27_Pictures_Name Working Group on Information Systems and Services

5. Email Lists Working Group on Information Systems and Services List TypeList servicesList NameList Moderator subscriber onlyTo all membersallMartha Maiden subscriber onlyChair, Vice Chairs, SG Chair and Vice ChairsexecMartha Maiden subscriber onlyWISP Infrastructurewisp (formerly witt)Martin Yapur subscriber onlyLiaisonsliaisonsMichelle Piepgrass subscriber onlyProjects and Applications Task Team LeadsprojectPakorn Apaphant subscriber onlyTechnology and Services Task Team LeadstechnologyDingsheng Liu subscriber onlyInternational Directory NetworkidnLola Olsen subscriber onlyPurge AlertpurgealertJohn Faundeen subscriber onlyGRIDgridAndrii Shelestov subscriber onlyGRID-techgrid-techAndrii Shelestov subscriber onlySensor WebsensorwebTerence van Zyl subscriber onlyAtmospheric Composition Interest Groupacig (formerly acc_ig)Stefan Falke subscriber onlyLand Surface Imaging Interest Grouplsi_igLyn Oleson subscriber onlyWeb Service Interest Groupwebservice_igLyn Oleson subscriber onlyOfficial agency representatives to WGISSwgiss-repsEMPTY (Courtney Davis) subscriber onlyWGISS Architecture Data ContributionswadcKen McDonald & Y. Enloe Open ChairMartha Maiden Open Web MasterCourtney Davis

6. Website Status –Need to match the structure of the 5 year plan to the site –Should we match text as well? Thoughts? –Pages that have not yet been updated: GRID Data Service Interest Group (is blank) Standards Liaison (is blank) – Not included in 5-yr plan Global Datasets (is blank) Working Group on Information Systems and Services

7. Plans for this Meeting Seeking recommendations to implement the “Best Practices” template decided on last meeting? Discuss required website updates and assign responsibilities during each Project/Interest Group session Short training sessions can be scheduled with Courtney throughout the week Is the WGISS home page serving the needs of the WGISS members? Should we have an archive section? Comments Working Group on Information Systems and Services