Minutes of November 29-30, 2000, Instrumentation Committee Meeting 

In Reply Refer To: 
Technical Operations Program 
Mail Stop 405 


MEMORANDUM 

March 13, 2001


To:        Stephen F. Blanchard 
             Acting Chief, Office of Information 

From:     James H. Barks 
            Chairman, Instrumentation Committee     

Subject:  Minutes of November 29-30, 2000, Instrumentation Committee Meeting 

This memorandum reports on the November 29-30, 2000, meeting of the Water 
Resources Discipline (WRD) Instrumentation Committee (ICOM).  The meeting 
was held at the Subdistrict Office in Altamonte Springs, Florida.  The 
primary purpose of the meeting was to: 

·        Approve final fiscal year (FY) 2001 allocations to ICOM projects 
·        Review progress reports for selected priority instrumentation 
projects; 
·        Meet with staff of the Altamonte Springs office in a town 
meeting; 
·        Receive progress reports on several 5-Year Plan issues, such as 
the FY 2001 Biennial Survey of Hydrologic Field Instrumentation and 
Equipment Projects and Needs and the National Instrumentation Testing and 
Calibration Program; 
·        Receive reports on FISP and the HIF 
·        Receive status report on Field Computers; and 
·        Discuss alternative strategies for instrumentation development. 

A version of this memorandum, as well as a list of the attendees of the 
November meeting (attachment 1) and the ICOM Minutes (attachment 2) can be 
found at the following URL: 

http://1stop.usgs.gov/icom/general/minutes/minutes.1100.html


The next meeting of the ICOM will be a joint meeting with the ITAS and 
will be held at the District Office in Honolulu, Hawaii, on March 20-22, 
2001. 

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Steve Blanchard                                        National Center, 
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Acting Chief,  Office of Information        Reston, VA 20192
U.S. Geological Survey                          Phone: 703-648-5629
                                                                       
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