Dear Unidata Community Members,
The Unidata Users Committee meets twice a year, and our spring meeting
will be held on 6-7 April. This committee is charged with:
1.) Communicating user needs and attitudes to the Unidata program;
2.) Soliciting suggestions for additions or changes to data streams and
software products; and
3.) Facilitating the exchange of ideas between Unidata and the user
community.
Please feel free to review the meeting agenda, and send us any comments
or suggestions that you would like us to consider:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/2009aprmtg/agenda.html
Send suggestions or comments to usercomm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
As you may be aware, the GEMPAK software package and ongoing development
of AWIPS II are currently topics of discussion for the Users Committee.
Our committee and the UPC are closely tracking the progress of the
migration work (both on the AWIPS-II front as well as on the GEMPAK and
IDV fronts) and we will continue to discuss the topic at the upcoming as
well in future governing committee meetings. In fact, Brent Gordon of
NCEP will give us an update at the meeting next week. See
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/gempak/nawipsmigration/ for
updates as they become available. Please send comments to:
nawipsmigration@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I would like to invite you to attend the 2009 Unidata Users Workshop
*Using Operational and Experimental Observations in Geoscience
Education* to be held June 8 - 12, 2009 in Boulder, CO. See
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/events/2009UsersWorkshop/index.html
for additional information. Note that a *special opportunity* exists
for *graduate students* with a strong interest in education to receive
funding to attend this workshop. If you are unable to attend, please
consider sharing this information with colleagues who you believe may
wish to do so. The workshop will provide a wonderful opportunity to
focus on the use of observational data and data assimilation in
undergraduate and graduate education across all aspects of geoscience.
Also, the workshop will feature a *poster session*, so that every
attendee will have an opportunity to share their experiences and
projects with the other attendees and presenters.
Last, but not least, I wanted to let you know about this year's
recipient of the Russell L. DeSouza Award, which the Users Committee
awards each year to a community member who has exhibited outstanding
community service. This year, out of several highly deserving nominees,
the award goes to Professor Elen Cutrim, for her dedicated service,
inspirational leadership, and contributions toward broadening and
strengthening the Unidata community. Please see:
https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/committees/usercom/users/DeSouzaaward/2009award/elenawardpage.html
for additional information.
Best Regards,
Gary Lackmann
Chair, Unidata Users Committee
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