Board on Enterprise Planning 2012 Annual Report Chris Strager and Andrea Bleistein

Membership MemberPositionTerm Laura Furgione* Christopher Strager/Andrea Bleistein NOAA, NWS Chair , Co-Chairs John EgentowichDOD, AFW2012 Tom PaylorRenaissanceRe Corporation2012 Don WinterCSC2013 David GreenNOAA, NWS2013** Bruce BaileyAWS Truepower2013** Bruce JonesMidland Radio2013 George SmithRiverside2014** Ana BarrosDuke University2014** John SchneiderNOAA, OAR2015 Wendy ThomasAMS2015 * Laura Furgione’s term was completed by Strager/Bleistein. ** These members serve as co-chairs of an APT and have agreed to serve on the Board until the APT has been finalized.

Primary Activities in 2012 Two active annual partnership topics committees: 1) Offshore Wind 2) Integrated Water Resources Two new standard APTs were accepted after the 2012 Annual AMS Meeting in New Orleans: 1) Solar Energy Forecasting 2) Ecological Forecasting Member interest in topic of Research and Operations for Human Health (not an APT)

APT Committee on Offshore Wind Co-chaired by Bruce Bailey and David Green On December 11, 2012: Chairs released draft report on Metocean Issues for Offshore Wind Energy for BEP review Comments were accepted until January 4, 2013 CWCE review in early 2013

APT Committee on Integrated Water Resources Co-chaired by George Smith and Ana Barros Progress being made in developing report: In August outline for chapters was being developed along with a survey on IWR working with representatives from NWS. The subcommittee met in October APT meeting planned for 2013 Annual Meeting

APT Committee on Solar Energy Forecasting Chaired by John Schneider Draft APT team charter has been written for review by the first APT members and still pending review by the AMS BEP Chairs Potential APT members have been identified. Future Timeline: January, 2013: Meeting at AMS annual meeting to review progress and finalize goals and timeline for APT activities. January, 2014: Presentation of final APT report (TBD)

APT Committee on Ecological Forecasting Champions: Paul Sandifer and Juli Trtanj Recent discussions in Dec 2012 among CWCE chair, BEP chairs, and champions has resulted in the proposal to develop an ad hoc committee on Ecosystem Forecasting. Terms of reference/charter in development by champions

Research and Operations for Human Health BEP Member: Wendy Thomas Worked on summer 2012 pilot valuation study to assess the benefit or contribution that Earth observations supply to health early-warning systems coordinating with NWS and AMS Aligning efforts with the AMS Board on Environment and Health Potential to have topic for discussion in CWCE related forums (i.e. Summer Meeting; Symposium on Weather and Climate Enterprise)

Planned Activities for 2013 BEP meeting at the AMS Annual Meeting Austin, TX on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 9:30-10:30am in the Hilton Austin - Room 404 Work with CWCE Commissioner regarding proposed restructuring of BEP to be called the Board on Enterprise Strategic Initiatives (BESI) Move forward to streamline exiting APTs into other AMS efforts (i.e. Ecosystem Forecasting) BESI will need to develop new TOR Develop website for BESI Recruiting new members