Agenda

Unidata Policy Committee

25-26 February 2002

National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

Room 770
Monday, 25 February 2002

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Administrative Matters (Merrill)

• Adopt agenda
• Welcome new members: Maiden, Laing
• Approve summary of October 2002 meeting
• Review status of action items from last meeting
  1: Unidata Equipment Grants (Agenda Item)
  2: GIS presentation (Agenda Item)
  3: The Strategic Plan (Agenda Item)
• Set next meeting dates. Next meeting scheduled for:
  • 21-22 May 2002 in Boulder
  • Set fall meeting date

9:00 Director's Report

• Director's Report (Fulker)
• UPC Budget Report (Graham)

10:00 Break

10:15 Committee Reports

• Users Committee (Clark)
  • Survey results

10:45 Agency Reports

• NSF (Jacobs)
• NWS (Helms)
• NCDC (Watkins)
• NASA (Maiden)

12:00 Lunch: Room 730

1:30 Unidata Director's Search (Merrill/Fellows [by conference call])

2:30 Open GIS progress report (McNeeley)

3:00 Break

3:15 Strategic Planning Recap (Fulker)

4:00 Adopt Strategic Plan Resolution

The PolComm endorses, in a general sense, the vision, directions, and strategies put forth by the Unidata leadership in the last several meetings, and anticipates May adoption of the completed strategic plan, accompanied by a clear sense of priorities and of the impact on current endeavors. In the meantime, the Polcomm encourages submitting proposals (e.g. THREDDS), developing collaborations (with digital libraries, e.g.), and taking other steps that position Unidata to achieve the vision.

5:00 Break

6:30 Working Dinner

Tuesday, 26 February 2002

8:00 Continental Breakfast

8:30 Program Status Discussion (Domenico)

9:00 Equipment Grants (Graham)

9:45 5-year Proposal Planning (Domenico)

10:00 Break

10:15 5-year Proposal Planning (continued)

11:30 Wrap-up

12:00 END