AUG1999.MD.1

Alan Lumb

Real-time data acquisition for non-DCP’s.

Reference:   Polling of Non-GOES Telemetered Gages - (McEwen)

AUG1999.MD.2

Alan Lumb

NWIS data table structures for Water Quality data.
Archiving Issues:  
Questions were asked during the Town Meeting regarding archiving policies. What to do -- will all old data preserve?

Completed

Reference:   NWIS Database Design Documents

AUG1999.MD.3

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Janice Ward

Provide draft memo on the archiving policy.

Completed

Provided draft memo during the CPAC meeting in Baltimore.

NWIS Training Issue:
Is there formal NWIS training planned?

AUG1999.MD.4

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Lew Wade

Meet with the discipline office chiefs to discuss training issues related to NWIS. Report back to the group.

Completed

Reference:   White Paper on NWIS Training - 2/24/2000 from L. Wade

AUG1999.MD.5

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Alan Lumb & Richard Hollway

Discuss & define the tasks and duties of a discipline database manager. Identify 2 people to develop this document. Report findings back to CPAC. CPAC will decide the next steps.

Reference:   Policy & Procedures for the Management and Archival Storage of Data Collected for Hydrologic Investigations, USGS, Oregon District - 2/15/2000 Preliminary Draft -- not ready for release, by Richard Hollway and Colleen Babcock

AUG1999.MD.6

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Gloria Stiltner

Issue of converting e-mail, either USGS of WRD, statement fo a policy.

Completed.

Lotus weekly note email provided by DIS to all WRD Employees

AUG1999.MD.7

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Chris Barnes

Plan next town meeting.

Sandy Williamson, the NAWQA representative, asked the group to consider WEB mapping infrasturcture. Sandy described the need & opportunity to provide some products on the Web. Several products will map USGS & WRD map coverages to the Web.

AUG1999.MD.8

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Bob Pierce

Talk to Bob Pierce about using the Web to hae map coverage available via the Web and the software to do this. Have on agenda for next meeting.

Reference:   Map Coverages using the Web

AUG1999.MD.9

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

CPAC

Ask Donna Scholz (OPS) about our current "network capacity". Is it limiting our future planning?

Gloria Stiltner handed out the revisee "Goal 1" for the policy on how the division will select & support corporate software & hardware.

Lew & Carl reviewed the agenda for the meeting.

AUG1999.MD.10

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Trapanese, O'Hara, Lew Wade

Push to get CHASIS "GOLD" release out -- Lew Wade will send a memo to Sr. Staff to get WRD to "complete" the Inventory Database. Completion date in 30 days.

Completed
Reference:  DIS Infrastructure Direction Memo #11, Release of WRD Computer Hardware and Software Inventory System (CHASIS) dated 12/15/99

AUG1999.MD.11

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Lew Wade

Get out a preliminary note discussing the plan for CHASIS when it is ready.
For updates and current status see: http://nttac.usgs.gov/chasis

Completed

AUG1999.MD.12

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Tom Wood & Lew Wade

Provide a list of requested funding for SPLUS "Other" customizations to Lew Wade to bring to the Chief hydrologist to capture WRD end of year funding.

S-Plus Enterprise--Wide Site License

This would include all:

• SPLUS Modules for both NT & SUN
• Unlimited Run-time licenses
• SDK Toolkit
• Unlimited access to Web-based training

AUG1999.MD.13

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Gloria Stiltner & Tom Wood

A CPAC vote was taken on the proposed course of action. The Vote was unanimous and the resulting actions are stated in the following action items #13 &namp; 14,

AUG1999.MD.14

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Gloria Stiltner & Tom Wood

SPLUS Proposal – Site License will cover License Transfer, cover all upgrades, ask for web based. DIS will develop a detailed WRD S-Plus Site-wide enterprise license proposal. DIS will develop an estimate of FY00 "Total" cost recovery target.

Completed.

DIS completed this action item at the end of FY99, Reference:   Tom Wood's presentation of August 1999

AUG1999.MD.15

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Gloria Stiltner & Tom Wood

Develop a DIS note to warn Districts about the Splus Site License buy, so that Districts do not purchase Splus with end of year funds.

Completed.

DIS completed this action item at the end of FY99. Reference:   Memorandum of 8/30/99, Subject:   URGENT-End of Year Opportunity for S-PLUS Site License

AUG1999.MD.16

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Actions for RDBMS Team: 1.) Do the necessary "Technical" work to accomplish detailed cost to convert cost table. Also, consider other next steps
2.) Lend strong support to USGS effort
3.) Report back and include resources to accomplish.
Charge for the group:  What direction WRD should be taking in the database arena to improve its business?
Constraints:  Corporate Databases only
Scope:  DB Repository

• Tools (design, query, web delivery, maintenance)
• GIS Connectivity
• Architecture (Distributed vs. centralized)
• Cost to convert

In progress
Not Completed Yet

Reference, (RDBMS Evaluation Status) Statement/email from Alan Lumb, 2/18/2000.

AUG1999.MD.17

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Lew Wade

HASS will put out a memo giving its Y2K status & plans to Lew within 2 weeks.

Completed

Reference:   HASS Y2K status and plans.

AUG1999.MD.18

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

CPAC

CPAC to provide comments to Lew Wade on IC documentation & activities.

AUG1999.MD.19

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Lew Wade

A need for more specific information on how USGS will structure itself to administer Lotus.

AUG1999.MD.20

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Gloria Stiltner & Donna Sholtz (OPS)

Update to CPAC & WRD on the status and plan of activities to convert official USGS & WRD forms. By August 18.

Get information out to WRD employees to show what is being done to convert WRD automated forms from FrameMaker templates into a Lotus Notes format.

Completed

See Email from T. Wood dated January 28, 2000 03:17PM,
Subject: Status of Computerized Forms Used in WRD

Sites will need to install Adobe Acrobat 4 or MS IE 5; direct questions regarding automated forms to Terry Reinitz (treinitz) in DIS.

AUG1999.MD.21

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Richard Hollway

Share Web address on the WEB availability of Government standard forms.

Completed

AUG1999.MD.22

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Alan Lumb

Need to establish an NWIS/Gateway interface. Alan will advise CPAC within 2 weeks by August 19.

A USGS Gateway to the Earth blueprint is located on the web at http://geology.usgs.gov/usgs/
dginfo/gateway/blueprint5.shtml/ - this document is still at a at a very high level at this point and is only to be used internally.

Completed

Lew Wade appointed Katherine Lins as the Gateway to the Earth liaison interface for the NWIS Program.

AUG1999.MD.23

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Alan Lumb

NWIS to advise CPAC on personel action plan to fill NWIS-WEB vacancy. Advertisement is mechanism of choice.

Completed

See Email from G. Stiltner & A. Lumb dated February 9, 2000 04:05PM,
Subject:   NWIS Staff Changes

AUG1999.MD.24

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Chris Barnes

ODBC/Ingres linkages and make the URL available.

Completed

Gregg Shank provided the URL to complete this action item:   http://dg14dpahrb
.er.usgs.gov/ingres
/ing_nt.html

AUG1999.MD.25

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99
(NWIS Web Team Report)

Wade & Carswell

Bring to a coffee staff the preliminary NAT-WEB Proposal within a month.

AUG1999.MD.26

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99
(Real-Time Data)

Fulford

Release of the "Lorna" memo in the appropriate form.

Jim Kolva developed & submitted a questionnaire for the use of tools to serve real-time data. Jim had good feedback from District Chiefs. He had 34 responses.Bill Carswell commented on the issue of allowing coverage of system support during off hours. Bill felt that the "Flexiplace’ plan offered some possibilities to resolve this issue.

WRD MEMO 99.34 (Lorna's memo) dated 2/16/2000

AUG1999.MD.27

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Alan Lumb

Ernie Dryer to update CPAC on his efforts to increase transmission frequency to hourly.

AUG1999.MD.28

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Jim Kolva

Jim Kolva will interact with John Costa on NSIPS work regarding alternate technologies to improve reliable data transfer.

Reference:   Kolva writeup from 2/15/2000.

AUG1999.MD.29

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Bill Carswell

Will provide a set of integrated comments to Bob Hosenfeld on Human Resource issues associated with 7X24 service. Bill will provide this to CPAC and others with a copy.

AUG1999.MD.30

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Bill Carswell

Explore possible use of "FlexiPlace" as tool to use in providing "On Call" coverage.

AUG1999.MD.31

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Carl

Follow up with ICOM on their plan to deal with gage house failures.

See ICOM "Hardening of Gages"

AUG1999.MD.32

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Lew Wade

Carefully administers communication to see that important communications are meaningfully run through CPAC.

AUG1999.MD.33

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

CPAC &Chris Barnes

At next CPAC meeting. Discussion of what has been said on the desktop issue and what CPAC members think & what we do next.

Expected Outcome:  The CPAC members will look at Gloria's issues on USGS WRD Computer Infrastructure memo and decide on the options which include:  

1. reissue the memo
2. modify and reissue the memo
3. stand silent on the issue

Completed

Reference:   DIS Plans for WRD Deployment of Windows 2000 O/S - 2/4/2000 (Stiltner)

Also see
DIS Leadership memo - 3/29/99 (Stiltner)

AUG1999.MD.34

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Stiltner & CPAC

1a & 2a of the HW & SW Table need to be filled out by CPAC members and results to Gloria by September 1. Gloria will let us know when she has received all the results.

Completed

Reference "CPAC Goal One:  Hardware and Software Selection (response by Stiltner, 2/8/2000)

AUG1999.MD.35

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Fulford

Comment to Janice on Modeling Refreshing Program. As modified, Janice will air the proposal with DO’s & NRP. Janice brings modified proposal to CPAC at the next meeting.

The proposal was presented to the discipline office chiefs by the OSW chief; however it was not accepted.

Lew Wade suggested reviewing the reason for the disciplines offices rejection of this CPAC recommendation and discuss the alternatives available to CPAC.

AUG1999.MD.36

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Lee Wade, Charlie Merk

Lew Wade talks to Charlie Merk to see that the clear guidance has/will be issued to RCS’ers on their role in ensuring Y2K compliance.

AUG1999.MD.37

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Kendrix, Wade, Carswell

Lorna e-mails (cpac@mailqvarsa.er.usgs.gov) the complete NatWeb proposal to CPAC. Then take the following steps: 1.) Leadership group will provide comments to Lorna. 2.) Lew Wade arranges Conference Call to discuss the proposal within 2 weeks. (August 20) 3.) Lew & Bill Carswell will meet with Lorna to pull executive summary to present to senior staff. 4.) Wade & Carswell presents to Senior Staff.

Completed



Reference Lorna's memo, Subject:   Quality Assurance Measures for Serving Real-time Water Data on the World Wide Web dated 2/28/2000.

AUG1999.MD.38

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Carswell & Others below (See original minutes for others assigned)

Bill & his team will work to develop scoping paragraphs for the high priority actions. A champion for each item will join the action of drafting and will lead the discussion at the next meeting. CPAC team members will work with Bill on each of the priorities to lead us in a discussion at the next meeting.

AUG1999.MD.39

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Wade & Carswell

for Money Issues: 1.) Lew & Bill will try to get end of year S+ funding. 2.) Carl will present Seed money proposal to CH built around "Models" 3.) Lew & Bill bring national Web proposal to Senior Staff.

AUG1999.MD.40

Baltimore meeting
8/3-5/99

Hollway & Goodwin

Help determine a Western Region site for the May 2000 CPAC meeting