Action 1: Serafino will check with George Huffman to see whether the Goddard group is archiving any of the NCEP data.
George will report on this during the conference call.
Action 2: The UPC will send a letter to the community explaining the upcoming changes to the NWS NIDS contract; an article on this should also appear in the next issue of the newsletter.
Per discussions with NWS, this was not included in the newsletter because a new arrangement with vendors has not yet been established. A letter will be written with the situation is clarified.
Action 3: Glackin will determine what the plans are for distributing a national mosaic of radar data.
Mary will report on this during the conference call.
Action 4: The UPC will develop a plan for advising users on how to comply with NWS international data restrictions, identifying the costs involved, and report on this at the next Policy Committee meeting.
The precise nature of these restrictions still has not been determined, so such a plan is not yet practical. Dave was invited to another international meeting on this subject in Dallas during the weekend preceding the AMS conference. See his status report.
Action 5: Fulker will draft a letter to Gen. Kelly expressing an interest in being kept informed of N-AWIPS developments. The letter should indicate Unidata's awareness of NWS priorities.
A draft of the letter is linked from Dave's status report.
Action 6: Fulker will look into obtaining a release of GARP from COMET.
In progress.
Action 7: Fulker will prepare for a more focused discussion at the next meeting; the topic will be data access and software compatibility , and an SCD representative will be present.
We're working on this. Dave will be meeting with Al Kellie, the new SCD director. We hope data access and software compatibility will be agenda items for the May 1999 meeting.
Action 8: Fulker will contact Dan Atkins (UARC), the NASA DAACs, and IRIS about concepts involved in facilitating access to retrospective data.
Action 9: Before the next meeting, the Policy Committee members will reflect on the relative priorities of accessing retrospective data vs other advancement projects.
Done, right?
Action 10: Bates will check with Julie Winkler on whether and how to engage the Heads and Chairs in an effort to improve communication.
Sally and Julie have discussed this and Julie will be discussing this with the H&C members.
Action 11: Bates will check out the Tropical Newsletter mentioned by Carlson and Fox.
Done.
Action 12: The Policy Committee will revisit the communications issue next year.
This will be done.
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