Minutes of Meeting, January 26, 2000


Present:	Cooper, Jack			Pinnell, Richard
		McTaggart, Judy (Recorder)	Rahman, Shabiran
		Moskal, Susan (Facilitator)


1. Minutes of Previous Meeting:  Accepted.


2. Business Arising:  None


3. Additional Agenda:  Add "TDR Service Agreement Cost" as agenda item 4a.


4. TDR Newsletter:

Copies of the TDR Newsletter are available for distribution.  The Data
Liberation Initiative brochure will be included with the mailing.  There was
discussion about who would create the mailing labels and how the items
should be distributed. It was suggested that Val Huggan might address the
labels.  Action:  Susan will ask Val if she can do this.  It was also
suggested that liaison librarians might distribute copies to their
respective faculties.  It was decided that the librarians would be
approached about this possibility.  Additional copies of the newsletter may
be required.  Action:  Susan will check about the duplication of copies.


4a.   Service Agreement Distribution Cost:

	In preparation for the upcoming budget and the setting of priorities, Mark
	Haslett asked the committee to discuss the following:

	(a) who is using the TDR data and how?
	(b) human resources - is it possible to find the expertise on campus to
	    cover UW's share of the cost?
        (c) If the money is not made available, are there other sources of
	    funding?

        Points made regarding the above discussion:

	- there are individuals on campus with the required expertise
	- individual faculty and other areas of interest using the TDR data may be
	  willing to provide funds

         Richard Pinnell will report back to Mark Haslett on the discussion.

5. CFI Update:

Richard reported the CARL board has reaffirmed support for the proposal to
the Canadian Foundation for Innovation.  The proposal needs to be signed by
January 27.
Shabiran noted UW has been accepted as a "Research Center".  She also noted
the Sociology Dept. is applying for CFI and SSHRC grants.

6. EDS Advisory Group Meeting:

Susan reported the EDS Advisory Group did not meet last term.  A
meeting will be scheduled for this term - Reading Week was suggested as a good time.
The current list of members needs to be confirmed and it was decided that
Departments that are currently not on the list should be approached.
Action:

1. Jack Cooper will find out what date during Reading Week would be
   good.

2. Richard, Susan and Shabiran will divide the current membership list
   and make contacts.

3. Richard will speak with Marina Wan about possibly setting up a web
   page.

4. Jack Cooper will speak with Charles Woods about establishing an
   alias

Next Meeting:  Feb.9, 2000;  Room 224A;  1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.