Agenda

Unidata Policy Committee Meeting

Boulder, Colorado
Unidata Conference Room (FL4, Room 1318)

Monday, April 17

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:15 Administrative Matters (Wetzel)

• Approve Agenda
• Set next Meeting Dates
• Approve September 2005 Meeting Notes

8:30 Review of September 2005 Action Items

• 1: Review the IDV's current development status including its long-range plans and how this affects the long-term plans for GEMPAK and McIDAS. (Agenda Item)
• 2: Review Unidata's data distribution policy giving consideration to issues concerning their quality and possibly cost
• 3: Reserve a block of time at the spring meeting for an in-depth discussion of the Unidata Strategic Plan's revision. (Agenda Item)
• 4: Develop a timeline and schedule for the Unidata metric. Completed
• 5: Unidata will continue to seek collaborative partners for proposal development, especially, at this time, for developing the multi-disciplinary Oceans-hydrology and atmospheric science proposal. (Seek input from Steve Meacham.) (Noontime seminar)

8:45 Status Reports

Director's Report (Ramamurthy)
Budget Report (Graham)

10:00 Break

10:15 Committee Report

Users Committee Report (Steenburgh)

10:30 Agency Reports

NSF (Jacobs)
NWS (Spayd)

11:30 The Future of Unidata Sofware and Applications (Rew) (Tab 19)

12:15 Lunch (at Center Green, Room 3150, presentation by D. Fulker, CyberGeo)

1:30 Unidata's Near-term Goals and Priorities (Ramamurthy) (Tab 20)

2:00 Developing Unidata's Vision (Tab 21)

• Strategic Planning (Tab 22)

3:00 Break

3:15 Wrap Vision Discussion

3:30 Unidata Assessment: Progress Report (Sarah Nelson) (Tab 23)

4:30 UOP Strategic Plan (Tab 24)

5:00 Adjourn

6:00 Working dinner (Aji)

Tuesday April 18

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Web Services for Weather Data Products (Maidment)

9:45 Break

10:00 Strategic Planning

11:15 Developing Sister University Contacts (Wetzel)

11:30 Wrap up

11:45 Adjourn

Address questions or comments to Jo Hansen at jhansen@unidata.ucar.edu