Agenda
Unidata Policy Committee
16-17
May 2005
Boulder, Colorado
Unidata Conference Room (FL4, Room 1318)
Monday, 16 May 2005
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:15 Administrative Matters (Wetzel)
- Review October 2004 Meeting Notes
- New Member Selection Process
8:30 Review of October 2004 Action Items
- Action Item 1: The committee recommends that the UPC include copies
of a recent monthly newsletter in the Unidata booth at both the AGU and AMS
meetings. (Done)
- Action Item 2: Oceanography and coastal weather will be the focus
for the Spring 05 meeting. (Agenda Item)
- Action Item 3: Hold orientation session for new members prior to
or following the May meeting.
- Action Item 4: The May meeting will include an agenda item and
discussion of tools and software support. (Agenda Item)
- Action Item 5: The committee recommends that the Users Committee
examine and discuss the Table of Priorities and discuss prioritization of
the items it contains (Discussion underway)
- Action Item 6: The Policy Committee will collaborate with the Program
Center to develop a metric measurement method. (Initial steps taken.)
8:45 Status Reports
Director's Report (Ramamurthy)
Budget Report (Graham)
9:45 Committee Report
Users Committee Report (Steenburgh)
10:00 Break
10:15 Agency Reports
NSF (Jacobs)
NASA (Goodman)
NWS (Spayd)
12:15 Lunch
1:30 Metrics/Evaluation Strategy (Wetzel, Ramamurthy)
- Policy Committee Initiative Report (Wetzel)
- UPC Activity (Ramamurthy)
2:30 Using Unidata Data to Collaborate with the Astronomy Community
2:00 Unidata's Evolving Collaboration with the Oceanographic and Coastal Waters
Community (Bogden coordinating)
1:40 Overview of the Community (Bogden)
- IOOS (Integrated and Sustained Ocean Observing System)
- DMAC (Data Management and Communications)
2:30 Discussion
- Questions
- Unidata's role in these initiatives?
- Opportunities for collaboration, partnerships and funding
- Identify the potential for gaining access to new datasets, middleware,
and tools that would benefit the Unidata community?
- Technical development: can Unidata datasets/datastreams, middleware,
and tools benefit those projects?
5:00 Adjournment
6:00 Working dinner at:
Mesa Lab, Damon Room (Committee members, UPC staff)
Tuesday 17 May--Joint with Unidata Users Committee
EOL Atrium (FL1, Room 1318)
8:00 Continental Breakfast
8:30 Introductions/Stage Setting
8:45 Software and Support (Rew)
Support Taskforce Report (Yoksas)
9:45 Break
10:00 SSEC: McIDAS Transition Plans (Ackerman and Whittaker)
11:00 Metrics/Evaluation Strategy Discussion
11:45 Adjournment
Address questions or comments to Jo Hansen at jhansen@ucar.edu
