Action 1:
Bates will include a short reminder concerning Unidata data-usage policy in
every issue of the newsletter.
Will begin with next issue.
Action 2:
The UPC will encourage Unidata universities to include a disclaimer
asserting that all weather data on their Web pages are for non-operational
use only.
Done.
Action 3:
The UPC will pursue the idea of an article in BAMS re Unidata's role in
providing universities with data access.
In progress.
Action 4:
The UPC will develop a rolling five-year equipment budget every year.
In progress.
Action 5:
Bob Fox will write a letter to the National Weather Service asking that more
information be made available on the NWS Web server.
Became unnecessary as the NWS, without prompting, began providing material via the Web.
Action 6:
Bob Fox will look into making the SSEC's copy of the master station list
available to the Unidata community.
Done.
Action 7:
The UPC will redraft the policy to incorporate words on international data
exchange issues and will circulate the revised draft to the Policy
Committee.
Action 8:
The UPC can begin acting on the sponsored participation policy.
Done.
Action 9:
The question of Unidata's name should be on the agenda for the next Policy
Committee meeting.
No time at this meeting; will carry over to next meeting.
Action 10:
Henceforth, status reports will be limited to the morning of the first day
as follows: all UPC reports, 1-1/2 hours; committee reports, 15 minutes;
agency reports (NOAA, NASA), 15 minutes each; NSF report, 1/2 hour. Policy
Committee members will read the status reports in the notebooks and be
prepared to discuss particular items or raise specific questions as
needed. Topics needing policy decisions will become separate agenda topics.
Done.
Action 11:
The ATAC should begin considering what technology will require of the
Unidata program in the year 2003.
In progress.
Action 12:
The Users Committee should seek ideas from the community concerning where
the program should be in the year 2003. How this is to be accomplished will
be on the agenda for the next Users meeting (October).
Done.
Action 13:
Bob Fox and Otis Brown will explore the question of where Unidata's
boundaries should be.
In progress.
Action 14:
Bob Fox and Otis Brown will work with the UPC on creating a forum for the
AGU.
Done.
Action 15:
The UPC will contact the new Policy Committee members about the dates for
the next Policy Committee meetings.
Done.