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5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Management Models for Accommodating Seismological and Geodetic Facility Capabilities
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... BOX 5.1 Prompting Questions for Session 3 Small Group Discussions • What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various management models for ac commodating instrumentation, user support services, data management, education and outreach, and workforce development? • What elements of the management models do you think best accommodate and integrate technological innovation?
From page 38...
... SUMMARY OF BREAKOUT GROUP 2 DISCUSSION THEMES Shemin Ge, University of Colorado Boulder Shemin Ge reported on her group's "free-flow" exchange of ideas. When discussing management structures, her group focused mostly on IRIS and UNAVCO and she presented the following overarching points: • IRIS and UNAVCO engage the seismological and geodetic communities well.
From page 39...
... SUMMARY OF BREAKOUT GROUP 3 DISCUSSION THEMES George Gehrels, The University of Arizona George Gehrels summarized his group's discussion and stated that all of the existing facilities described during the workshop were well organized, were managed mostly by domain experts rather than business managers, and received abundant community input. These factors give the research communities confidence that the facilities are science based.
From page 40...
... Instrumentation and User Support Services Elder summarized her group's discussion with the following ideas: • Consortium models offer advantages by providing a large instrument pool and ded icated managers. • There are advantages to management models that provide easy access to instrumen tation and facility expertise for early career investigators.
From page 41...
... Advantages and Disadvantages of Management Models 41 Technological Innovation Frequent, small community meetings were an important component of many of the facilities discussed during the workshop. Elder reported that her group considered it advantageous to have a management model that brings the community together regularly to highlight the state of the art.


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