Resolution 1: (tabled)
The Policy Committee recommends that Unidata continue to restrict its support to universities (i.e., to WMO Region 4 educational institutions) and not expand its support activities beyond this.
On the agenda for the September 99 meeting.
Action 1: An update from COMET will be on a future Policy Committee meeting agenda.
Done. On the agenda for the September 1999 meeting.
Action 2: The community needs to be better informed about the work of MetApps and the ramifications of the UPC's work on Java. Bates and Murphy will explore mechanisms for further educating the community on these topics.
In progress. An article on MetApps will be in the next issue of the newsletter.
Action 3: Radar mosaics (both both 10-km and 1-km resolution) will be in NOAAport. The UPC will ensure that Unidata users have access to these when they become available on NOAAport.
See materials in Section A in the notebook.
Action 4: The Unidata Users Committee will assess Unidata users interest in the satellite data archived at SSEC and report on this at a future Policy Committee meeting.
In progress. Moody will report on this in the Users Committee report; preliminatary materials in Section A.
Action 5: Bob Fox will provide URLs to information on MODIS.
Done. See materials in Section A in the notebook.
Action 6: The UPC will draft a statement of explanation on the educational use of data under WMO Resolution 40 and send the draft for comment by NWS and NSF. (The goal is to create a clear statement of responsibilities to share with Unidata users.)
See materials in Section A in the notebook.
Action 7: Discussion of the Action 6 draft statement will be on the agenda for the next Policy Committee meeting.
Done.
Action 8: Fulker will devise a new Unidata participation policy that addresses questions of licensing and access to software; the policy will include implementation. Discussion of this policy will be on the agenda for the next Policy Committee meeting.
On the agenda for this meeting.
Action 9: The Policy Committee will select new members for the Users Committee via e-mail.
Done. Moody will report on this in the Users Committee report.