Agenda-Oct 4-5 2007

Unidata Users Committee

8:00-8:30 - Continental Breakfast

Welcome to Bill Gallus, Iowa State Univ
- Committee introductions
- Farewell to Kevin Knupp
Date for Spring Meeting (discuss DeSouza Award and meeting format)
- Seminar given by DeSouza award winner?
- Regional workshop (18-20 May 2008)
Review of Meeting Summary 17-18 May 2007 Meeting
Review of Actions 17-18 May 2007 Meeting

8:45-9:00 - Policy Committee Report - Gary Lackmann

9:00-9:45 - Director's Report - Mohan Ramamurthy

9:45-10:00 - Break

10:00-11:00 - Status Reports - (Users Committee should review status reports prior to the meeting) - staff will be available for questions

11:00-12:00 - Site Contact Reports and Sean Arms' survey - Users Committee

12:00-1:00 - Lunch

1:00-2:15 -

2006 Workshop follow up activities
GMail accounts
Forum - Orf, Oxelson, Lackmann
AMS student conference - 7th Annual AMS Student Conference and Networking, "Connecting the Dots...College, Career, and Society"- Sat-Sun, 19-20 Jan 2008 (Unidata Paper?)
Professional Face Book - Arms

2:15-2:30 - University of Oklahoma Regional Workshop Discussion

2:30-3:15 -Unidata's 5-year proposal input and planning - All

Strategic plan
Unidata Five-year Core-funding Proposal: A Tentative Outline
Enabling access to, as well as analysis and visualization of, high-resolution model grids (see Lackman email, 9/26/07)
AWIPS II

3:15-3:30 - Break

3:30-5:00 - Unidata's 5-year proposal input and planning, continued - All