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Bleed said she is not sure where this is headed and that the GC needs to know what they will do <br />• in order to decide who to seat on the ISAC. Strickland said the way ISAC was conceived was a <br />2-part review process: 1) specific peer review on protocols, and 2) an overall review of the way <br />the Program is operating from a scientific perspective. The GC may have a question about the <br />overall process that ISAC needs to address and that the ISAC will meet at the pleasure of the <br />GC. Strickland said it is a good idea to have the ISAC review the Integrated Monitoring and <br />Research Plan (IMRP). The AMP has been peer reviewed, but the IMRP has not been peer <br />reviewed. Bleed asked if Strickland sees the ISAC as having a broad base and then having other <br />experts pulled in to answer specific questions. Strickland said we won't be able to seat an ISAC <br />with all areas of expertise that you will ever need, so the ISAC can do more general peer review. <br />Kowalski said he recommends seating the Selection Panel, having the ED's Office develop the <br />scope of work, and then distribute that draft to the Selection Panel and possibly more widely for <br />comment. Strickland said you have 13 years to do work, and only 12 years are left. He said it is <br />a good idea to get the ISAC up and running early to not end up having too much information <br />collected before all appropriate peer review is completed. Purcell said the GC should agree to <br />the proposed schedule so that the GC can approve the scope of work at the December GC <br />meeting. Ryan suggested that the Selection Panel look at other efforts like this around the <br />country to help us go down the right road and have good technical support. <br />Luecke said the Selection Panel needs somebody outside process and that the International Crane <br />Foundation (ICF) might have some good suggestions. Ryan said it seems we are looking for <br />someone on the Selection Panel that has some technical background in the issues. Mike Drain <br />said we are just setting up a panel to speed up the process. The GC will eventually approve the <br />• ISAC members and we can still get outside input without having an official seat on the selection <br />panel. Purcell said to let process proceed and that the Selection Panel can help get senior <br />scientist input on their own. <br />DBMS <br />Kenny walked through the justification he developed in support of selecting the FWS team to <br />manage the Database Management System (DBMS). Purcell said the justification document <br />looks like it adequately addresses the issue. Ryan said it looks like the document does a good <br />job of addressing concerns and that it looks like the decision to go with the FWS team is <br />appropriate. <br />. <br />Don Hunter from the FWS team gave a presentation about their approach to the database work. <br />The team is thinking about how to get their arms around data which is a big project in terms of <br />scale. We feel it is our job to work with you to make this work since the database and the Web <br />site will be your portal to the world and also your data input and management system. We can't <br />think of this as a static program because you are just in year 1 of 13. Our job has been to stay on <br />top of our game and integrate the best things available for every project. The FWS team has <br />evolved as a product and a service shop. For the service part, we do what we can to help instead <br />of just taking information and going away. We try to help develop prototypes and straw man <br />systems that help things get discussed. We are always staffed with professionals (GS-12, 13, <br />14). One of our successes is that if we see IT innovations, we go out and look at it to see if it <br />works for a particular project (R&D). Once we set up a project, we work to set up tasks and <br />This document is a draft based on one person's notes of the meeting. The official meeting minutes may be different <br />if conections are made by the Governance Committee before approval. Page 8 of 10