CANRI Projects 2002-2003
Project Plans Board Evaluation

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Project Plans were reviewed at the Board Meeting on 10 July.  The Board approved projects as listed in the table below.  Decisions made by the Board include various conditions required for approval.  Some project plan, schedules and organisational charts will be modified according to the decisions made by the Board and subsequently published here.

 

Project	Project Manager	Lead Organisation	CANRI Cost	Board Decision
#1 Access Management	TBA - Contact: J.Doig	CANRI Program	$52K	"In principle" agreement to provide $35K subject to: other funding sources being secured to bring total funds to the $52K needed. $5K to be released immediately to resolve: i. if Department of Information, Technology and Management will fund cost of maintenance ii. ensure all agencies use the system.
#2 ALGKEY	Tim Entwisle	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney	$53K	Approved
#3 Architecture	TBA - Contact: J.Doig	CANRI Program	$30K	Approved
#5 BIWGMG	Gary Hyde	National Parks and Wildlife Service	$20K	Approved
#6 Natural Resource Reporting Water Quality	Cecilia Tram	Dept of Land and Water Conservation	$100K	Approved, subject to: i) Dave Malone (DLWC) to ensure that the needs of SWMCC are considered in this project ii) feedback should be sought from Klaus Koop (EPA) iii) Deletion of title "Senior" from User group.
#7 Catalogue	TBA - Contact: J.Doig	CANRI Program	$35	Approved, subject to clarification of: i) Greg Hall (CRG) as the community Senior User. ii) Malcolm Stephens is to be part of the Steering Group.
#9 Communication Strategy	Cecilia Tram	CANRI Program	$10K	Approved
#10 CANRI Program Coordination	Jonathan Doig	CANRI Program	$200K	Approved, subject to: i) provision of more detailed schedule and deliverables.
#13 Gazetteer	TBA - Contact: J.Doig	CANRI Program	$20K	Not approved, however the Board may reconsider if DITM were involved and funding was available.
#15 Green Web Sydney	John Harkin	National Parks and Wildlife Service	$40K	Approved, subject to: i) CMBs involvement ii) assurance that data is served iii) NPWS role is defined, and iv) Senior User clarified including a formal link with LGSA
#17 Herblink - Royal Botanic Gardens	Louisa Murray	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney	$32K	Approved
#20 Master Names List of Fauna of NSW (MNL)	Michael Elliott	Australian Museum	$30K	Approved, subject to: i) acceptance of two senior users - NPWS (technical user) and Ecological Society of Australia (Community user), and ii) clarification of which taxa will be included in the project.
#21 MEB Web II	Bob Creese	NSW Fisheries	$50K	Approved, subject to: i) securing new senior user as per CRG recommended list: Oceanwatch, Australian Marine Conservation Society, Sydney Unversity Marine Science Department, CRC (Tony Underwood), and ii) completion of previous MEB web project.
#23 Native Vegetation Mapping Program Application (NVMPA)	Ross Peacock	Dept of Land and Water Conservation	$51K	Approved pending: i) clarification Neil Inall as Senior User and ii) availability of base map.
#24 Open Apps	TBA - Contact: J.Doig	CANRI Program	$40K	Approved
#25 RAMS Far West	Graham Turner	Environment Protection Authority	$0K (Other funds allocated)	Approved subject to: i) Senior (community) User: Belinda McNeil (NSW Farmers) ii) an internal Senior User (Aaron Colban was recommended) performs a quality assurance role to ensure EPA delivers the remediation work. iii) Agriculture are responsible for project implementation and ensuring data is made available on the internet.
#26 Rangeland Reporting	Rob Richards	Dept of Land and Water Conservation	$26K	Not approved, until: i) further clarification of what data will be delivered on the internet, ii) need to verify project is not core business. iii) Senior User is clarified: Greg Hall (CRG) or Martin Denny iv) further detail is required to identify data as referred to in Deliverable #4
#27 RIIS Phase 4	Ray Boyton	Dept of Land and Water Conservation	$40K	Approved, pending: i) confirmation of Senior User is Belinda McNeil (NSW Farmers/CRG) and ii) link to NRRWQ project (to be indicated in the organisation chart).
#28 SBSWeb	Gary Hyde	National Parks and Wildlife Service	$65K	Approved subject to: i) Senior User clarification Andrew Cox (National Parks Australia Council/CRG) ii) Robert Mezzatesta to become Senior Supplier.
#29 SPADEturbo	Humphrey Milford	Dept of Land and Water Conservation	$30K	Approved subject to: i) clarification on what extra functionality is required of Web Map Composer in order for this project to deliver (cost of changes must be justified) ii) clarification of Senior User (no senior user provided).
#30 Tech Choice	TBA - Contact: J.Doig	To be determined	$30K	Approved, subject to: i) Project plan to be completed by end of August (and prior to Kick Off meeting 21st August) ii) Project manager and team is identified and appointed by the end of August. iii) Senior User needs to be resolved.
#31 Usability	Ceciila Tram	CANRI Program	$75K	Approved, subject to: i) Senior User: Roger Johnson (Regional Institute/CRG) ii) exact applications to be specified iii) report is used as a basis for reporting to DLWC DG and possibly other CEOs.
#32 Web-keys - Herbivorous Insects	Gerry Cassis	Australian Museum	$50K	Approved, subject to: i) clarification of Senior User.
#33 Web Feature Server	TBA - Contact: J.Doig	CANRI Program	$30K	Not approved. To be reconsidered: i) and held over until further information is available and the plan is expanded to reflect the results of the WFS pilot. ii) at the October Board meeting
#34 WISE website application	Dr Richard Kingsford	National Parks and Wildlife Service	$50K	Approved, subject to: i) assurance that a Senior User outside the agency be sought, ii) establishing where this project fits in the overall catchment management framework (useful to Catchment Management Boards).
#36 Local Government Partner	Cecila Tram	CANRI Program	$30K	Approved, subject to: i) Roger Jayasundara (LGSA) accepting the role of Senior Supplier. ii) Senior User Geoff Withycombe. (CRG recommendation) Kim Buckley to remain in the organisation chart.
#37 FDBC	John Pursey	NSW Fisheries	$50K	Approved, subject to: i) clarification of Senior User - Roger Johnson (Regional Institute/CRG) and DLWC Grafton (act as a technical senior user) ii) public availability of the product defined.