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UNIVERSITY
CORPORATION FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
University
Relations Committee Meeting
University
of Maryland
Howard
University
24-25
April 2001
Agenda
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MONDAY,
23 APRIL
An ice-breaker
dinner for the URC will be held at the Sir Walter Raleigh
Restaurant, College Park, Maryland.
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TUESDAY,
24 APRIL
University
of Maryland
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7:30
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Continental
Breakfast will be available in the Main Concourse.
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8:30
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1.
Welcome Remarks
Eugenia
Kalnay, Chairwoman of the Meteorology Department and member
of the UCAR Board of Trustees, will welcome the URC and UCAR
to the University of Maryland.
UCAR
President Rick Anthes and URC Chairman Kelvin Droegemeier
will welcome the meeting participants and local hosts to the
URC meeting.
Students
and Faculty from the Meteorology Department have been invited
to attend the meeting from 8:30-10:30 am.
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9:00
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2.
Overview of UCAR and Report on Current Activities.
Rick
Anthes will present an overview of UCAR, update the URC on
the status of UCAR activities and other items of interest.
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9:40
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3.
NCAR AND UOP Program Updates and Discussion
a.
NCAR Director Tim Killeen will discuss current NCAR activities.
b.
UOP Director Jack Fellows will present on update on UOP
activities.Time is allotted for discussion.
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10:30
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Break
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10:45
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4.
October URC Meeting Notes
Chairman
Kelvin Droegemeier will present the URC October Meeting notes.
Action:
Approval of the meeting notes.
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10:50
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5.
Non-Core Proposal Review
Subcommittee
Chairman Ken Pickering will lead the discussion on the NCAR
and UOP proposals submitted for non-core funding from July-December
2000.
Tim Hundsdorfer,
NCAR Budget and Planning Office, will present a report on
NCAR/universities collaborations over the past four years.
In addition,
the draft FY2000 NCAR Non-NSF Funding Report is included for
your review. This report will be included in the overall URC
report to the Members for the Annual Meeting in October.
Action:
Receive the report of the non-core proposal review subcommittee.
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11:45
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Lunch
Break at the Mount Clare Café in the Convention Center
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1:00
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6.
NSF Review of NCAR and NSF Remarks
Cliff
Jacobs, Head of UCAR and Lower Atmospheric Facilities--ATM/NSF,
will discuss the NSF FY2002 budget and the NSF Review of NCAR.
Time is allotted for discussion.
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2:00
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7.
UCAR Advocacy
Jack
Fellows will present the FY2002 UCAR Advocacy Strategy and
Priorities, and current status of the FY2002 federal budget.
Action:
The URC is asked to provide feedback on the strategy and priorities.
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2:30
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Break
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2:45
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8.
October 2001 Members' Meeting
With
the recent development of new research initiatives and possible
new directions for NCAR, and the creation of the new Education
and Outreach Strategic Plan, Forum sessions at the 2001 October
Members' Meeting could focus on these plans for research and
support to the atmospheric and related sciences community--bringing
to closure a three year look at the new challenges and opportunities
for UCAR and the universities.
Discussion
will be led by Rick Anthes and Tim Killeen. A short background
paper follows this agenda.
Action:
URC to provide guidance on the proposed topics and structure
of the 2001 Members Meeting.
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4:45
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Executive
Session
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5:30
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Recess
with Reception immediately following in the Atrium of the Meteorology
Department on campus. Directions will be given at the meeting.
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Wednesday, 25 April
Howard
University
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8:30
am
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9. Welcome
Remarks by Howard University officials.
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9:00
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10. Graduate
Student Recruitment Discussion
Rick
Anthes will lead a discussion on the following:
a.
a recent BAMS article on the state of applications and enrollments
in graduate programs in the atmospheric and related sciences.
b.
the development of a student recruiting website
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9:30
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11. URC
input on Nominating Process
Rick
Anthes will ask for the URC for help in identifying nominees
for Trustee and Committee slates for the elections at the
October Annual Meeting.
Action:
URC to provide names for slate of new URC members, and for
Trustees and other Members' Committees
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9:50
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Break
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10:10
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12. NCAR/University
Connections
Kelvin
Droegemeier will lead the discussion on the following.
a.
NCAR Divisional Liaison reports;
b.
Follow-up on discussion items from the October URC meeting:
1)
discussion on bringing graduate student visitors to NCAR
to inform them of the work being done at the National
Center
2)
discussion on a URC-led session on UCAR programs at the
AMS 2002 Annual Meeting.
Action:
ask for NCAR divisional liaison volunteers; explore ideas
for, and feasibility of, a graduate student program or workshop;
decide whether to pursue planning for a session on UCAR at
the AMS 2002 Annual Meeting.
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11:15
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13. DLESE/Unidata
Programs.
Dave
Fulker, Director of the Unidata Program and on sabbatical
with the DLESE program, will discuss the current status of
these programs, and present and future directions. Ample time
is allotted for discussion. This agenda topic is a continuation
of previous day's discussion on UCAR and NCAR research and
education directions.
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12:15
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14.
Working lunch—Unstructured Discussion.
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1:00
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Adjourn.
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Background for discussion with the URC on the October 2001 Annual
Meeting Forum Sessions (see items 8 & 13)
For the past
two years, the October Meeting Forum Sessions have focused on UCAR,
UOP, and NCAR programs and the universities as they evolve to meet
the opportunities and challenges of the next several decades.
The 1999 Forum
sessions considered these challenges as framed in the 1998 BASC
report—The Atmospheric Sciences Entering the Twenty-first Century—and
the NSF Geosciences Beyond 2000 report—Understanding and Predicting
Earth's Environment and Habitability. The issues identified
at this meeting formed the basis for the UCAR Community Survey sent
to over 2000 members of the broad atmospheric and related sciences
community in May of last year. .
The October
2000 Forum sessions were organized around issues in the following
key areas of interest as determined from the community survey results:
- Observational
Facilities/Instrumentation/Field Program Support
- Computing
Facilities/Community Models
- Data/Real-time
and Archived Data, Data Sets, Data Streams
- Education
and Training
- Recruiting
Graduate Students
Since the October
2000 meetings, much effort has been put into formulating new research
directions for NCAR as it develops its strategic plan, and into
the development of a UCAR Education and Outreach Strategic Plan.
We propose
that the October 2001 Annual Meeting Forum Sessions be organized
to:
1) communicate
these new NCAR research directions and the UCAR education plan to
the UCAR community; and 2) facilitate effective community interaction
on these plans as they relate to community interests and needs.
We ask the
URC to consider these topics, and to advise on the most effective
way to structure the discussions.
In addition,
URC guidance is requested for the 2002 Forum. It has been suggested
that the October 2002 Members Meeting Forum examine the relationship
between the private sector and the academic and research communities,
including on new education needs for those students who are looking
at careers outside academia.
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