[Grad-postdoc-assn] ASP Retreat: Please RSVP

[Paula Fisher]

Dear NCAR Fellows,

Next Friday November 10th is the ASP Annual Retreat at the Boulder 
Broker Inn.   All ASP fellows are expected to attend all day, and all 
NCAR fellows are invited and encouraged to join us for lunch and the 
afternoon session.

We will need to know the number of people attending by noon on Monday 
the 6th.  Please respond to Kathleen Barney (leeney at ucar.edu) as soon 
as possible if you plan to attend.

**ASP fellows are expected to attend and must respond either way. **

Our working agenda follows below, but we will also be discussing 
education and outreach at some point during the day.  Please send me 
any feedback that you may have about the agenda and any other topics 
that you would like to discuss.

Paula

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ASP Retreat Nov 2006
Working Agenda

AM Session - ASP Fellows

Welcome and Introductions

Discussion of the Agenda/Revisions/Additions

ASP Business/Program Elements
	--travel procedures
	--reporting requirements/procedures
	--ASP Seminars
	--ASP Research Reviews

ASP Elements Needing Attention
	--ASP Thompson Lectures
                        program relevance
                        assessment of selection process
                        ongoing program relevance
	        plausible revisions/extensions/closure
	--Informational Socials
	        current needs/wants
	        out/in-house expertise to meet demands
                        engaging the broader NCAR community (need/want/how to)


PM Session - ASP Welcomes All NCAR Fellows

Introductions

Lunch

Special Guest Speaker:
    Thomas Windham
    Senior Advisor for Science & Engineering Workforce
    Office of the Director, NSF

NCAR Fellows Association
	Introduction and Mission
	Informational Socials
	        ASP fellows' ideas about current needs/wants
	        Unstructured discussion
	Work-life Issues
	        Affordable quality child-care
	        Other?
	Fellows' Networking Session