Unidata Users Committee Meeting

Members

Agenda

9-10 October 2008

Boulder, Colorado

Thursday, 9 October

8:00-8:30 - Continental Breakfast

8:30-8:45 - Administrative Items

• Introduction of new committee members: Brian Etherton, UNC-Charlotte, Brendon Hoch, Plymouth State Univ, Larry Oolman, Univ of Wyoming, and Michael James, UPC, GEMPAK developer and support
• Date for Spring Meeting (Calendars)
• Review of Meeting Summary 10-11 April 2008 Meeting
• Review of Actions 10-11 April 2008Meeting

8:45-9:00 - Policy Committee Report - Lackmann, Ramamurthy

9:00-11:00 - Director's Report and Panel Summary Report on Unidata's 5-year Proposal - Ramamurthy

• Focused discussion:
  • GEMPAK
    • (see NAWIPS Migration Presentation by Brent Gordon, NCEP)
  • Community Characterization
  • Priorities
  • Other topics if time permits

(Informal Break during discussion)

11:00-11:45 - Status Reports - (Users Committee should review status reports prior to the meeting) - staff will be available for questions

• Unidata Annual Report
• Community Services - Miller, Weber, Hansen
• Equipment Awards - Mitchell, Ramamurthy
• GEMPAK - Murray, Yoksas, James
• IDV Development - Murray
  • IDV now reads GEMPAK format
  • IDV Steering Committee Report - Whittaker
    • Call for GEMPAK representatives
• LDM/IDD - Emmerson, Schmidt, Weber, Yoksas
  • Next Generation LDM Discussion
• CADIS - Weber, Ramamurthy
• Decoders - Kambic
• International Activities - Yoksas
• LEAD - Ramamurthy
• McIDAS - Yoksas
• NetCDF - Rew, Hartnett, Heimbigner
• RAMADDA - McWhirter
• Web Development - Oxelson
• Next Generation Case Studies - STORM funds - Weber, Ramamurthy
• NEXRAD-Hydrology ITR Project - Weber, Ramamurthy
• Support - Yoksas
  • Support by topic
• THREDDS - Caron
• GALEON and related outreach - Domenico

11:45-12:45 - Lunch

12:45-2:45 - 2009 Triennial Summer Users Workshop Discussion

• Settle on date of workshop (currently we have reserved Center Green for 8-12 June 2009)
  • The date precedes the 2009 NSF Observational Facilities Users' Workshop scheduled 15-17 June 2009
• Workshop title
• Select co-chairs
• Selection of sub-committee
• Short workshop funding proposal to NSF
• Preliminary list of speakers (Cliff Jacobs, others)
• Panels, break out sessions, labs (need to know to reserve meeting rooms)
• Web site set up and registration
• Scribes

2:45-3:00 - DeSouza Award solicitation for nominations

• Date of solicitation
• Winner to make Webcast presentation at Spring UserComm meeting

3:00-3:15 - Break

3:15-4:15 - Site Contact Reports (Action 3)- Users Committee

4:15-5:00 - Wrap up items (workshop, others?)

5:00 - Adjourn

5:45 - Dinner - Aji-1601 Pearl Street

Friday, 10 October

8:00-8:15 - Continental Breakfast

8:15-8:45 - New IDV features - Murray

8:45-9:15 - RAMADDA Demo - McWhirter

9:15-9:45 - Executive Session

9:45-10:15 - CONDUIT

• Decisions
• Results
  • Louis Uccellini email

10:15-10:30 - Break

10:30-11:00 - TDWR (Gilbert) - Herbster

11:00 - Wrap up - committee input

12:00 - Adjourn