PROGRAM OF

 

AMS NATIONAL OFFICERS

President: Richard D. Rosen     President-Elect: Elbert W. Friday

Executive Director: Ronald D. McPherson        Executive Directors Emeritus: Richard E. Hallgren and Kenneth C. Spengler

 

BOARD ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Mohan Ramamurthy, Chairperson,

Steven Ackerman, Gregory Byrd, Kenneth F. Carey, Frederick H. Carr, Richard D. Clark, Carol Anne Clayson,

Stan Q. Kidder, Rosemary Auld Miller, Jonathan T. Overpeck, Patricia M. Pauley, and Eugene S. Talke

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Frederick H. Carr, Chris Maples, Co-chairpersons,

Susan K. Avery, Gene Bierly, Mohan Ramamurthy, and Eugene S. Talke

 

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AGU  NATIONAL OFFICERS

President: Robert E. Dickenson     President-Elect: John A. Orcutt

General Secretary: Terry E. Tullis       International Secretary: Anny Cazenave

Past President: Marcia K. McNutt        Executive Director: A. F. Spilahus, Jr.

 

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

John T. Snow, Chairperson,

Charles R. Bacon, Susan M. Buhr, Frank R. Hall, Carlo E. Laj,

John A. Madsen, Heather MacDonald, Stephanie Ann Stockman, Susan K. Avery (Liaison with AMS)

 

HEADS AND CHAIRS STEERING COMMITTEE

Chris Maples, Chairperson

 

 

 

A joint meeting of Heads and Chairs of departments in all areas of Geosciences will be held 10–11 October 2002 in Boulder, Colorado at NCAR's Center Green Campus, 3080 Center Green Drive, Boulder, Colorado. This meeting will be the AMS/UCAR 13th Meeting of the Heads and Chairs of Departments of Atmospheric, Oceanic, Hydrologic, and Related Sciences and the Fourth Meeting of the AGU's Heads and Chairs of Earth and Space Science Departments.

 

ACCOMMODATIONS

A block of rooms is reserved at the Broker Inn, 555 30th Street, Boulder, Colorado. The Inn is offering a special rate of $93 plus tax which includes breakfast. Hotel reservations should have been made by 16 September 2002. The UCAR contact at the Broker is Leah Christenson (tel: 800-338-5407 ext. 600; fax: 303-444-6444). A credit card guarantee is required. When making reservations please mention the UCAR room block.

 

REGISTRATION

All representatives were required to register for the Heads and Chairs meeting by submitting the registration form to AMS by 16 September 2002.  After 16 September, the attendees may register on-site.

 

TRANSPORTATION

The Broker Inn is approximately 45 miles (1 hour) from Denver International Airport. A commercial shuttle (the Supershuttle) departs from the airport every hour for the Broker Inn and costs approximately $19 per person one way. Reservations are required. Tel. 303‑370‑1300.  Bus transportation (from the University of Colorado) will be provided to attendees traveling between the Broker Inn and NCAR's Center Green Campus.

 

FUNCTIONS

        Luncheon: Thursday, 10 October at 12:20 p.m. (Sponsored by AGU, UCAR and the AMS )

        Reception: Thursday, 10 October at 5:45 p.m. (Sponsored by AGU, UCAR and the AMS)

 

CONTACTS

For further program information contact Frederick H. Carr, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd St. Room 1310 SEC, Norman, OK (tel: 405-325-2990; e-mail: fcarr@ou.edu) or Chris Maples, Dept. of Geology, Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN, (tel: 812-855-5581, e-mail: cmaples@indiana.edu)

 

 

 

THUR 10 OCT

7:30 a.m.       REGISTRATION BEGINS

 

8:15 a.m.       WELCOMING REMARKS

 

8:15 a.m.        Richard A. Anthes, President, UCAR, Boulder, CO

 

8:20 a.m.        Gene Bierly, Senior Scientist, AGU, Washington, DC

                                                 

8:25 a.m.        Ronald D. McPherson, Executive Director, AMS, Boston, MA

 

8:30 a.m.        Susan K. Avery, AMS Commissioner for Education and Human Resources, and Director, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO

 

8:35 a.m.        Frederick H. Carr, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, and Chris Maples, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN, Co-Chairpersons

 

8:40 a.m.       SESSION 1: REPORTS FROM FUNDING AGENCIES

 

8:40 a.m.        Jarvis Moyers, Director, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Geoscience Directorate, NSF, Arlington, VA

 

9:10 a.m.        Jack Kaye, Director of Research Division, NASA Office of Earth Science, Washington, DC

 

9:40 a.m.        James Mahoney, Assistant Administrator of Commerce for Oceans and Atmospheres, NOAA, Washington, DC

 

10:10 a.m.     COFFEE BREAK

                                                                                                   

 

10:30 a.m.     SESSION 2: REPORTS FROM AGU, AMS, AND UCAR

 

10:30 a.m.     AGU ACTIVITIES. Gene Bierly, Senior Scientist, AGU, Washington, DC

 

10:50 a.m.     MESSAGE FROM AMS HEADQUARTERS. Ronald D. McPherson, Executive Director, AMS, Boston, MA

 

11:10 a.m.     AMS ATMOSPHERIC POLICY PROGRAM. William H. Hooke, AMS, Washington, DC

 

11:30 a.m.     AGU PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM. 

                        Gene Bierly, Senior Scientist, AGU, Washington, DC

 

11:50 a.m.     UCAR OFFICE OF PROGRAMS ACTIVITIES. Jack Fellows, Director, UCAR Office of Programs, Boulder, CO

 

12:20 p.m.     LUNCHEON (Sponsored by AGU, UCAR & the AMS)

 

1:20 p.m.       SESSION 3: SPECIAL REPORTS

 

1:20 p.m.       CURRENT BUDGET AND LEGISLATIVE ISSUES. Cindy Schmidt, Director, Government Affairs Office, UCAR, Boulder, CO

1:50 p.m.       DEMOGRAPHICS OF DIVERSITY. Roman Czujko, Director, American Institute of Physics Statistical Research Center, Washington, DC

 

2:20 p.m.       NSF CRITERIA 2 ISSUES. Michael Mayhew, Program Director for Education and Human Resources, Division of Earth Sciences, NSF, Arlington, VA

 

2:50 p.m.       CHARGE FOR BREAKOUT SESSIONS

 

3:10 p.m.       COFFEE BREAK

 

3:30 p.m.       SESSION  3: BREAKOUT SESSIONS

 

·                      Workforce and Diversity Issues. 

                Roman Czujko, Moderator

 

·                      NSF Criteria 2 Issues.

                Michael Mayhew, Moderator

 

5:30 p.m.       ADJOURN FOR THE DAY

 

5:45 p.m.       RECEPTION

(Sponsored by AGU, UCAR and the AMS)

 

FRI 11 OCT

 

 

8:30 a.m.       SESSION 3: SPECIAL REPORTS: (Continued)

 

8:30 a.m.        REPORT ON UCAR FORUM ON PRIVATE/PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS. Jack Fellows, Vice President of Corporate Affairs, UCAR, Boulder, CO

 

9:00 a.m.        TRACKING OF PH.D.s IN GEOSCIENCES. Roman Czujko, Director, American Institute of Physics Statistical Research Center, Washington, DC, and Gene Bierly, Senior Scientist, AGU, Washington, DC

 

9:30 a.m.       SESSION 4: REPORTS FROM BREAKOUT SESSIONS

 

Summary of main points and recommendations from first breakout session followed by general discussion

 

10:15 a.m.     COFFEE BREAK

 

10:35 a.m.     SESSION 4: REPORTS FROM BREAKOUT SESSIONS: (Continued)

 

Summary of main points and recommendations from second breakout session followed by general discussion

 

11:20 a.m.     ADDITIONAL BUSINESS/RESOLUTIONS

 

General discussion and question and answer period. Resolutions for actions to be undertaken by the AGU, AMS or UCAR may be introduced.

 

12:30 p.m.     MEETING ADJOURNS