AI Identifier

Person(s) Assigned / Description of Action Item / Status of AI/Comment

AUG2000.VA.1

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Nelson Williams, Kate Flynn, and Arlen Harbaugh

Description of Action Item:  Recommendation for the Lahey FORTRAN compiler needed on the NT TAC web page. Recommendation would include the current version, where to go to get the version, and how to get the version. DIS FORTRAN help group to keep the information up to date.

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED see recommendation
General information on Lahey Fortran is available at their website http://www.lahey.com/

AUG2000.VA.2

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Lew Wade and Tom Wood

Description of Action Item:  Regarding:  Discussion of the DIS move to OPS
Action item is to draft service level agreement to include scope, tasks and field level funding support. To answer the question:  What is the mechanism that CPAC will use to influence DIS issues? Bob Hirsch indicated to CPAC that a DIS Service level agreement is needed.

Example of an NWIS need is to renew the Ingres contract; this is a major effort. Needs 18 months lead time.
Status/Comments:  COMPLETED -- Reference November CPAC Meeting issue on Service Level agreements

AUG2000.VA.3

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Carl Goodwin

Description of Action Item:  Write a letter to invite the other Division/Discipline information representatives from BRD, GD, NMD and OPS to the future CPAC meetings. The CPAC meeting invitation is a standing invitation. These reps will participate in the CPAC meeting as peers, but they would not be voting members.

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED -- See final Letter of Appreciation to Division Information Officers.

Also reference the draft letter Memo to Division Information Officers

AUG2000.VA.4

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  CPAC

Description of Action Item:  Regarding:  Goal One Document Issues Agenda Item. Tom's DIS funding proposal for HW/SW support for Fiscal Year 2001.

The action Item is to have CPAC members respond to Tom Wood in two weeks on the DIS document describing what OI will support in funding and resources in FY 2001. Tom needs input on FY 2001 Funding for DIS Support of WRD hardware/software; Focus areas of support changes:  DBMS Technical Advisory Committee.

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED

AUG2000.VA.5

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Loren Kloft

Description of Action Item:  Regarding the Lotus Team Room Application, Loren is to set up a CPAC Team Room for the CPAC Data Archival topic.

Status/Comments:  10/2/2000 update from Loren Kloft - "To be honest, I haven't had a chance to do anything with this. I don't believe I will have anything to show on this action item, or even whether I will use it at all - considering that I hope to have the electronic data-archival document ready for CPAC approval (hopefully) by the Jan/Feb meeting."

AUG2000.VA.6

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  CRACD & Alan Lumb

Description of Action Item:  The CRACD will submit the CRACD requirement to the NWIS User Group Chairs. Alan will ensure that the NWIS User Chairs receive the requirements from the CRACD and also ensure that the NWIS User Groups provide feedback to the CRACD.

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED

AUG2000.VA.7

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Lew Wade

Description of Action Item:  Lew will provide funding from the Office of Information accounts to support the District members of the Data & Records Archiving Committee.

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED -- Suggestions for those showing interest are Nancy Barber for Water-Use, Kathy Fitzgerald for Water Quality, and Willet Wilson, Computer Specialist from Richmond, VA.

AUG2000.VA.8

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Loren Kloft

Description of Action Item:  Will prepare a draft Data & Records Archiving Committee plan on for the November 2000 CPAC meeting.

Status/Comments:  10/2/2000 update from Loren Kloft - "I will call Scott this week to discuss what he had in mind for funding request to Lew. I figure I had better add this to - this topic should be for "electronic" data archival.

I haven't had a lot of free time the past couple of weeks to work on it, but I believe I can still have a draft document ready by the next meeting."

AUG2000.VA.9

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Tom Wood, Carl Goodwin and Lew Wade

Description of Action Item:  Regarding the discussion about funding upgrades to WRD desktops Tom, Carl, and Lew will look at the numbers from the RCSers and take the appropriate action based on the CPAC approved proposal.

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED -- Reference Desktop System Distribution memo from Chuck O'Hara, 9/22/2000

AUG2000.VA.10

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Nelson Williams, Alan Lumb & Mark Nilles

Description of Action Item:  Proposal is that Nelson Williams to add Sandy Williamson's comments.

Linda Geiger, Colleen Babcock, and Molly Maupin are recommended to review the draft. The next step is to put Nelson's document on the Web and to have endorsement from NWIS and the WRD Discipline Offices. Alan and Mark will ensure that their respective offices are engaged. Endorsed position description will be distributed widely to the WRD.

CPAC Pages should be the owner of the draft position description document. Then the owner would be NWIS. Recommendation is to change the title of the document to "Duties for managing NWIS Databases."

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED -- 10/2/2000 update from Nelson Williams -- "The DBA list of duties has been modified to Sandy Williamson's satisfaction. Linda Geiger gave the list a review. We've been playing telephone tag for about a week now. I hope to incorporate Linda's comments this week and have the list out to Alan and Mark by Friday."

AUG2000.VA.11

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Lew Wade

Description of Action Item:  Lew will talk to Skip Schmidt to determine if it would be useful for CPAC to produce a list of duties for WRD Site Administrators analogous to the draft document that Nelson Williams produced for "Duties for managing NWIS Databases."

Status/Comments:  

AUG2000.VA.12

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Lew Wade and Lorna Schmid

Description of Action Item:  NatWeb -- Lew and Lorna will draft an email and sent it to the District Chiefs to describe the NatWeb status, plans, costs, benefits, etc. for NatWeb.

Status/Comments:  

AUG2000.VA.13

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Bill Carswell and Lew Wade

Description of Action Item:  Regarding: Computer Oriented Strategic Directions, Bill and Lew will synthesize the brainstorm ideas that were generated during the CPAC agenda item on Computer Oriented Strategic Directions and bring a proposal on Strategic Directions to the November 2000

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED -- Reference Hawaii CPAC meeting minutes

AUG2000.VA.14

Reston Hqtr meeting
8/22-24/2000

Person(s) Assigned:  Bill Carswell

Description of Action Item:  Regarding: February 2001 Meeting, Bill will select the Northeastern Region location for the next CPAC meeting is January 30, 2001 to February 2, 2001 in the Northeast Region.

Status/Comments:  COMPLETED -- the next CPAC meeting is scheduled for January 30 to February 2, 2001 to be in Columbus, Ohio.