Hampton Inn, Ponderosa Room
137  Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO

Goal: Produce a detailed outline of the synthesis and assessment product, identify contributing authors and establish writing assignments and timelines.

Thursday, July 12, 2007

9:00 AM – 10:40AM  Administrative matters. Closed to Public. Opening statements, guest speakers

• Opening statement
• Joan on logistics of meeting
• Nancy Baumgartener (USGS) on SGE (special government employee) status and FACA requirements

10:40AM – 11:00AM Break

11:00AM – 12:00PM Open to the Public.

• Public comments
• Writing guidelines, timeline, next workshop dates

12:00PM – 1:15PM Lunch

1:15PM – 1:30PM

• Afternoon announcements/Overview of prospectus
• Discussion of comments on prospectus

1:30PM – 3:00PM 

History and Fate of the Greenland Ice Sheet
Richard Alley

• Presentation of outline
• Discussion of outline topics
• Identification of contributing authors

3:00PM  BREAK

3:30PM – 4:30 PM    

Past Rates of Change
Richard Alley (for Jim White)

• Presentation of outline
• Discussion of outline topics
• Identification of contributing authors

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM  

Temperature and Precipitation History (start)
Julie Brigham-Grette

• Presentation of outline
• Discussion of outline topics
• Identification of contributing authors

5:00PM   Adjourn

6:00PM   Group Dinner

Friday, July 13, 2007

8:30AM – 8:45AM

• Morning announcements
• Leftover business from previous day’s discussion

8:45AM – 9:30AM 

Discussion of overlap with SAP 3.4 
Lead:  Jack McGeehin

9:30AM – 10:15PM

Temperature and Precipitation History (finish)
Lead:  Julie Brigham-Grette

• Presentation of outline
• Discussion of outline topics
• Identification of contributing authors

10:15AM  BREAK

10:40AM – 12:00PM

Past Changes in Arctic Sea Ice Cover
Lead:  Leonid Polyak

• Presentation of outline
• Discussion of outline topics
• Identification of contributing authors

12:00PM – 1:30PM Lunch

1:30PM – 1:45PM 

• Afternoon announcements
• Leftover business from morning discussion

1:45PM – 5:00PM

• Discussion of how to handle uncertainty  (send e-version)
• Overarching organization of report – putting it all together
• Discussion of contributing authors – standardized or individual approach?
• Distribution of writing assignments
• Target date for draft zero
• Identification of next steps

5:00PM Workshop ends