The UPC will develop a prototype user tracking information system and report the status of this effort at the next meeting.
In progress. A report of this will be incorporated
in Fulker's discussion of licensing issues,
which is on the agenda for the January 2000 meeting.
Fulker will refine the draft Participation Policy and this will be an agenda topic at the next meeting.The refinement needs to strengthen the section on points of contact in respect to data flows and include more on Unidata's core constituency.
Done. On the agenda for the January 2000 meeting.
Merrill will write an article for the next issue of the newsletter on the increase in data usage, the potential future difficulties these pose for the LDM, and staff efforts to meet these challenges. The article will include information on possible solutions.
Done. A copy of the article is in Section A of the notebook.
LDM development will be a topic on the agenda for the next meeting.
Done. On the agenda for the January 2000
meeting.
The UPC will inform the community of the status of GARP and GEMPAK.
This has not yet been addressed.
Data use policies will be a topic on the agenda for the next meeting.
Done. On the agenda for the January 2000 meeting.
Fulker will draft a policy on the distribution of NOAAport data by Unidata..
In progress. Fulker will address this issue in his status report.
In consultation with SSEC, Unidata will draft a software distribution approach, based on shrink-wrap licensing, for Policy Committee consideration in January.
Done. On the agenda for the January 2000 meeting.
An overview of the SuomiNet proposal will be on the agenda for the next meeting.
Done. On the agenda for the January 2000 meeting.