[NGSC] NHERI GSC General Meeting Minute

[Robin Nelson]

Dear NHERI GSC Members,

Thank you to those who attended the HAZUS presentation from Niko Grisel Todorov at today's General Meeting. Niko is a HAZUS Software Developer/trainer and a PhD candidate at Chapman University. If you have any questions about HAZUS, please reach out to Niko (todorov at chapman.edu<mailto:todorov at chapman.edu>). Thank you, Niko for such an informative presentation!

Nominations Open for User Forum Representative
We also introduced nominations for a new leadership position, User Forum Representative. The individual would represent the NHERI GSC member's needs in the User Forum.
We are now accepting nominations for this position for NHERI GSC members of good standing for this position. A member in good standing meets the following requirements:
1. Registered<https://bit.ly/NGSCNHERI> NHERI GSC member
2. Attended at least two meetings the semester before the election (Executive Committee, General Meeting, Working Group, or Workshop)
3. Enrolled as a graduate student
4. Must agree to abide by our Inclusivity Statement<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/media/filer_public/76/2c/762c627c-33e3-4cea-a2c6-32482eb0e8e3/statement_of_inclusitivity.pdf>

The User Forum is a committee that provides input to the NHERI Council on community satisfaction within the NHERI network and raises awareness of the priorities and needs of its community. To find out more about the NHERI User Forum, please visit their webpage, https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/user-forum/<https://www.designsafe-ci.org/community/user-forum>.

As the NHERI GSC User Forum Representative, the member will represent the needs of the entire interdisciplinary NHERI GSC membership from January 2022 to January 2023. The representative is required to attend the NHERI GSC Executive Committee (first Friday), NHERI GSC General Meeting (third Friday), and User Forum Committee (scheduled) monthly meetings and reports between the NHERI GSC EC and User Forum. Additional meetings and responsibilities will be necessary based on the needs of the two organizations and the larger NHERI community. Further, the NHERI GSC User Forum Representative may not hold any other NHERI GSC leadership position due to the time commitment required.

Please nominate yourself or another NHERI GSC member for this position by December 1, 2022: https://bit.ly/2023NHERIGSC_UF_Nominations.

Nominations for All Vice Positions Will Open in January
All Vice Officer and Vice-Chair positions will also be up for election in February. Nominations will be accepted in January and all incumbents may run again since there are no term limits on leadership positions. Nominations for those wishing to run for a vice position must also meet the member in good standing requirements as mentioned above. Specific descriptions of each position will be shared in January before the nomination window opens.

NHERI GSC Opportunities
There are also several other opportunities for NHERI GSC members:

  1.  Join a group that is writing an NSF proposal with the assistance of UTSA and others. Contact Treasurer Elliot Nichols for more information (enichols9 at gatech.edu<mailto:enichols9 at gatech.edu>).
  2.  NHERI GSC & SimCenter's Research Tools Workshops organized by Chair and Vice Chair of Research Tay Heath and Rakesh Salunke. Register for the series: https://bit.ly/2023NHERI_REU_VRE.

     *   December 9 - Machine Learning and AI Resources at DesignSafe, Wenyang Zhang, Research Associate, UT Austin
     *   January 13 - Developing and Benchmarking Fragility and Consequence Functions, Adam Zsarnoczay, Research Engineer, Stanford University
     *   February 10 - Simulation of Regional Hurricane Impact using SimCenter Tools, Stevan Gavrilovic, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Berkeley
     *   March 10 - Data Integration Using Relational Databases and Application Programming Interfaces, Scott Brandenberg, Professor, UCLA

Acknowledgments
Thank you to Maggie Web and Harman Singh for putting on the NHERI GSC DEI Workshop in September and for creating the Inclusivity Statement.

Thank you also to our membership Chair and Vice-Chair Faith Nnenanya and Sasan Dolati for beginning fall recruitment.

Finally, welcome to all new members! We hope you and all NHERI GSC members will join us for our December 16th General meeting at 11:00 am CST. Vice President, Emmaleah Jones will host a fun, social get together with prizes and plenty of laughs. Please take a break and enjoy the company of your fellow natural hazard researchers.

Wishing everyone a safe and happy break! We are thankful for each of you!!

Best regards,

Robin Nelson, PhD
Educational Specialist, NHERI ECO
The University of Texas at San Antonio
robin.nelson at utsa.edu
210.896.8744


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