8:30-8:45 - Introductions/Stage Setting

8:45-9:45 - Software and Support (Rew)

• Support Task Force Report (Yoksas)

9:45-10:00 - Break

10:00-11:00 - Space Science Engineering Center: McIDAS Transition Plans (Ackerman)

11:00-11:45 - Metrics/Evaluation Strategy Discussion

11:45-1:00 - Lunch

1:00-1:15 - Administrative Items

• Select Date for Fall Meeting
• Review Action Items from October 7-8 2004 Meeting
• Meeting Summary, October 7-8 2004 Meeting

1:15-1:30 - Policy Committee Report from October 2004 Meeting - Jim Steenburgh, Users Committee Liaison

1:30-2:00 - Director's Report - Mohan Ramamurthy

• Community Services - Miller, Weber, Hansen
• OPeNDAP - Ho
• Equipment Awards - Graham/Petrie
• GEMPAK - Chiswell
• IDV Development - Murray
• LDM/IDD - Chiswell, Emmerson, Schmidt, Weber, Wilson, Yoksas
• LEAD - Baltzer, Lindholm
• McIDAS & MeteoForum - Yoksas
• NetCDF - Rew, Hartnett
• Plaza Web Portal - Oxelson/Graham
• Support - Yoksas
• THREDDS technical overview, THREDDS-GIS proposed work - Domenico, Caron

2:30-3:00 - Community phone survey input - Users Committee

• Interpretation of results
• Next steps

3:00-3:15 - Break

3:15-3:30 - IDV Steering Committee Report - Whittaker

3:30-4:00 - DVB-S NOAAPORT - Chiswell, Schmidt, Yoksas

• NWS DVB-S presentation (Phil Cragg) - Jan 2005
• Unidata DVB-S NOAAPORT White Paper

4:00-4:15 - Automated Floater Selection - Chiswell and Yoksas

4:15-5:15 - Planning for 2006 Users Committee Workshop - All

ACTION 4 (from October 7-8 meeting) : The Users Committee has identified modeling in the atmospheric and related sciences as a possible topic for the next summer workshop. At the upcoming April meeting, the title will be finalized, chairs selected, and preliminary list of presenters and topics compiled. Users Committee members should start the process of identifying possible speakers/topics prior to the April meeting.

• Focus/topic(s)
• Logistics
• Assessment
• Schedule
• Planning committee - co-chairs

5:15 - Adjourn

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8:00-8:15 - Continental Breakfast

8:15-8:45 - Rico Experiment - Murray, McWhirter

8:45-9:00 - DeSouza Award

• Solicit community for nominations
• Selection date

9:00-9:15 - Equipment Awards - Graham, Petrie

9:15-9:45 - Table of Priorities - all

9:45-10:15 - Break/Executive Session for Users Committee

10:15-10:30 - Ken Howard, NSSL - Mosaic data and LEAD connection

10:30-11:30 - Continuation of Workshop Planning

11:45-12:00 - Wrap up