Action 1:
The UPC will draft a letter from the Policy Committee to sites not yet on
the Internet. The purpose of the letter is to express the committee's
concern about the quality of the site's access to Unidata Program services
without an Internet connection and to ask whether there is any way the UPC
can facilitate the site's gaining access.
Preliminary draft done.
Action 2:
The UPC will assess the (FSL) situation and inform the Policy Committee via
email. The UPC will also notify users of the impending changes as soon as
possible.
Done.
Action 3: The Users Committee should survey the user community before the next workshop. A goal of the survey is to update the statement of application requirements.
The Users Committee is in the process of designing the survey.
Action 4:
The UPC should try developing a model of the Internet Data Dsitribution
system in the near future and distribute it to the Policy Committee. The
questions to be addressed are: centralized vs. distributed administration,
homogeneity of platforms; broad vs. shallow distribution, and the size and
quality of the burden on relay sites. Many of these will be addressed in
the testing process, but some may require a statement of philosophy.
The IDD management plan is in Section A of the notebook; a presentation on IDD is on the agenda; and the UPC is engaged in preliminary discussions with BBN on researching the network management issues.
Action 5:
A group of COMET and UPC people should investigate the difficulty and the
resource requirements involved in making the COMET case studies accessible
to the Unidata toolset. A report on this should be on the agenda for the
next meeting.
COMET/UPC meetings have been held and this topic is on the agenda.
Action 6:
Further discussion of AWIPS should be on the agenda for the next meeting,
and probably for all the Policy Committee meetings over the next few years.
Done.
Action 7:
A report on the ATAC should be on the agenda for the next meeting. This
report should include a list of current technical issues. The ATAC can hold
an initial organizational meeting.
Done.