Action 1:
The Policy Committee asks the UPC to prepare a thorough
review of the status of YNOT, including its origins, its
development to date, and the UPC's view of its future role
and relationship with other UPC-supported packages.
This review should be scheduled as the first item for
discussion at the next Policy Committee meeting.
Done: on the agenda.
Action 2:
The Policy Committee asks the Users Committee to select
a small number of community representatives with YNOT
experience, including IWG members if appropriate, to
contribute to the discussion of YNOT at the next Policy
Committee meeting.
Done. In notebook.
Action 3:
The term of Users Committee appointments is three
years, and the UPC will ensure that appointments are
staggered across years.
Noted.
Action 4:
An article on the Unidata view of netCDF should appear in
the Unidata Newsletter.
Pending.
Action 5:
The UPC will draft a position paper on the role of netCDF
within UCAR and within the atmospheric sciences
community with recommendations for its future and ask
the IWG for comments. This paper should elucidate the
UPC "corporate philosophy": on data formats and on the
requirements of Unidata-support software.
Planned.
Action 6:
UPC will request a letter from the University of Monterey
formally requesting to participate in the Unidata
Program.
Done.
Action 7:
UPC will circulate the list of questions raised by the NSF
proposal reviews to the Users Committee and seek its
input. The UPC and Bob Fox will collate the comments
and draft a reply to NSF, sending a copy of the reply to
the committee as well.
Done.
Action 8:
The UPC will include the Unidata Users Committee in its
list of recipients of its biweekly Status Reports.
Done.