Agenda

Unidata Policy Committee

27-28 February 2003
UPC Conference Room, Boulder, Colorado

Thursday, 27 February 2003

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Administrative Matters (Merrill)

• Adopt agenda
• Approve summary of October 2002 meeting
• Review status of action items from last meeting
  1. Send thank you letters to Users Committee nominees (incomplete)
  2. Appoint Raj Pandja DLESE liaison to the Users Committee (done)
  3. Revise charge to the Users Committee to reflect number 2 (done)
  4. Circulate LEAD proposal's reviewers comments to the committee
  5. Circulate Terri Bettancourt (RAP) internal report re GIS data (done)
  6. Seek additional collaboration letters for 2008 proposal. (done)
  7. Submit funding proposal via Fastlane and simultaneously send 1 hard copy notebook. (done)
  8. Prepare and send proposal CDs (40 of them) (done, 12 sent)
  9. Possible submission of proposal to directorates other than GEO (pending).
  10. Make community aware that IDV support is available (Stu Wier) (covered by IDV group)
• Set next meeting dates:
• 19-20 May 2003, Arlington
• 9-10 October 2003, Boulder

9:00 Status Reports

• Director's Report (Ramamurthy)
• UPC Budget Report (Graham)
• Status Reports Discussion

10:00 Break

10:15 Committee Reports

• Users Committee (Murphy)

10:30   Agency Reports

• NCDC (Watkins)
• NSF (Grant/Jacobs)

12:00 Lunch

1:15     THREDDS Status and Discussion (Domenico)

2:15     NSF 2008 Proposal Discussion (Ramamurthy)

  Review Status

3:00     Break

3:15 Foothills Lab 4 Remodel and Space Plans

4:00 State Level Budget Crisis Discussion

5:00 Break

6:00 Working Reception at 2201 Firestone Way, Superior, Colorado 80027 (all  participants and Unidata staff)

END Day One

Friday, 28 February 2003

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 NWS Level II Data (Miller)

9:00 NCAR/Unidata Collaborations (Killeen)

10:00   Break

10:15   Recent Proposal Activity (Ramamurthy et al)

10:45   Miscellaneous

11:30 Wrap-up

12:00 END