Summary of the Board of Directors meeting and comments

Board of Directors
Third Annual Meeting
3rd November 2015
Parktown Hotel
Saskatoon
* Ming-ko Woo (Chair)
* Jim Bruce (EC and WMO)
* Ken Greenway (Alberta ESRD)
* Allan Howard (AAFC)
* David Livingstone (Laurier-GNWT)
* Andre Methot (EC)
* Howard Wheater (CCRN PI)
Marjorie Shepherd (EC)
Dave Bowen (NSERC)
Richard Harding (IAP)
Eric Kasischke (IAP)
* Chris DeBeer (CCRN Manager)
Regrets:
* Wayne Dybvig (Saskatchewan WSA)
* Donna Kirkwood (NRCAN)
* Board member or alternate
• All themes are delivering important results
• Investigators and plans are in place to complete
the proposed research successfully
• The modelling strategy is now well articulated
• Four reviewers; generally favourable
• Items that require consideration are being attended to
Good work, and respond positively to comments
• Pleased with the high research productivity
• Synthesis effort should commence now;
should consider how the lessons learnt from single
sites can be applied to greater parts of the network
• Workshops (e.g. fire) are useful in pulling together
the research from different disciplines
• Finance is well managed
• Budget is approved
• Theme E is to produce a coherent plan for submission to
the Board within six months (by the end of April 2016)
• The plan should Set priorities for outreach effort
Identify key elements
Target potential audiences (end users, organizations etc)
Specify practical and effective means to deliver
• The Network has been very active in training HQP
• We need to complete a questionnaire on Network Data.
All co-investigators are to fill in the form and send it back
PROMPTLY to Chris DeBeer, the Network Manager
THE INFORMATION IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE AS NSERC
REQUIRES THE MATERIAL
THIS HAS IMPLICATIONS ON FUTURE FUNDS AVAILABLE
The form will be sent out later this month.
Provide the materials required and return promptly to Chris DeBeer.
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NSERC
Partners
International Advisory Panel
Principal Investigator
Science Committee
Secretariat and Network Manager
Technical staff
and OF COURSE
• Investigators and students