The future of USGIN depends on taking measured steps to build this initiative and see it succeed. A summary of recommended actions from this document include: • Develop and deploy a marketing strategy to increase engagement of the State Surveys and stakeholders and cement a strong user base supporting USGIN. • Establish a governance structure led by a technical working team with representatives from USGS, State Geological Surveys, and other geosciences-focused communities • Decide if USGIN should be established as an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) foundation or a subdivision of an existing organization like OGC or ESIP • Conduct a comparative analysis of preferred sustainability models and select one to implement that will provide a conduit for financial resources to support infrastructure, a 2-3 person staff, and servers for system infrastructure • Inventory the State and Federal Geological Survey information architecture landscape to identify and prioritize use cases, and to identify capabilities and expertise to develop prototypes and testbed opportunities. • Work to promote consistent best practices • Engage with ESIP, NGC, DataOne18 and other geosciences communities to promote interests of geological surveys in national cyber-infrastructure development. • Select test bed opportunities to engage the geological survey community in the context of CDI, ESIP, NGC, OGC, DataOne and evolving NSF EarthCube activities.