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Unidata Policy Committee Agenda

18 - 19 May 1998
Narragansett, Rhode Island

Monday, 18 May

8:30 Administrative Matters (Chair, Merrill)

• Introduce new members
• Approve agenda
• Approve summary of February meeting
• Review status of action items from February meeting
• Select/verify next meeting dates
• 15-16 October, in Arlington, VA
• January or February 1999 in Boulder, CO

8:45-10:15 Status Reports

• UPC Report (Fulker)
  (including Fulker's address to the NSF Review Panel, which contains an update on the Java transition effort, among other items)

10:15-10:30 Break

10:30-11:00 Committee Reports

• User's Committee Report (Ramamurthy)
• Taskforce Update (Murphy)

11:00-11:45 Agency Reports

• NOAA Report (Fox for Sargeant)
• NSF Report (Jacobs)

11:45 Lunch

1:00-3:15 NSF Review (Fulker)

• Data Issues
• Recommendation 3: Facilitating access to remote historical archives
• Recommendation 5: Advisory role vis a vis WMO
• Recommendation 8: University access to NOAAport
• Infrastructure Issues
• Recommendation 6: Encouraging consistency among various sectors concerning technical infrastructure
• Recommendation 9: Promoting community development of spreadsheet environment capabilities
• Recommendation 10: Disseminating information about Java
• Recommendation 11: Maintaining awareness of GIS developments

3:15-3:30 Break

3:30 -4:15 Continuation of NSF Review (Fulker)

Miscellaneous

• Recommendation 4: Clearing house role on K-12 activities at universities
• Recommendation 7: Continuing the Equipment Grants program

Budget

• Recommendation 2: Submitting a revised budget

4:15 - 5:00 Presentation on DODS (Peter Cornillon)

5:00 Break

6:30 Working Dinner

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Tuesday, 19 May

8:30-9:00 Russell DeSouza Award (Merrill)

9:00-9:30 Unidata/UCAR KDI Proposals (Fulker)

9:30-10:00 NEXRAD (Fulker)

10:00-10:15 Break

10:15-10:30 NOAAport (Fulker)

10:30-11:30 Selection of New Users Committee Members (Merrill)

11:30-12:00 Unfinished Business and Wrap-Up

12:00 END

Prepared by J. Hansen

Questions or comments can be sent to <jhansen@unidata.ucar.edu>.