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# UMD <> FFDW kickoff meeting for the EASIER Data Initiative 


Agenda from Brynn

    - Key points of contact
    - FFDW overview - how we can support you
    - Project details: overview, milestones, and measuring success
    - Reporting asks
    - Communications between UMD & FFDW
    
Attendees:
- Brynn, Jordon, Stefan, Taylor, Zheng

Notes:
- Roles
    - Brynn will find out the best support from FFDW and other parternships that can help the EASIER project implementation. 
    - Jordon will coordinate on the communications such as blog post and news. Office hours are available 2-4pm Fridays upon notice, starting late this Aug.
    - Stefan will provide the technical support, like figuring out Estuary or other tools to be used in the project.
    - UMD team will lead the roadmap design and implementation. Datasets include Landsat-9, GEDI, and other data products used by the UMD GEOG folks.

- Communication expectations
    - Monthly Reports for achivements and challenges
    - Bi-weekly meeting for progress check
    - Slack channel for the parternship community is available

- Resources
    - Recruiting resources are available if need. Brynn can help to coordinate.
    - Other orgnizations like Protocal Labs are implementing tools that may be useful for EASIER DI

Action Items:
- Prepare news with Brynn on the launch of UMD-FFDW parternship.
- Full list of interested geospatial dataset for Stefan that is high-value target for the project.
- Check out the NASA/UMD agreement on data acquisition that may lower the cost of AWS Snowball.