Minutes of Meeting, March 22, 2000


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


Absent:    Shabiran Rahman


1. Minutes of Previous Meeting, March 1, 2000:  Approved.


2. Business Arising:

Add the following as agenda items:  TDR Governance;  DRC Tapes.


3. Agenda For EDS Advisory Group Meeting:

The date and location for the EDS Advisory Group Meeting have been
confirmed:  April 13, 9:30 a.m.  Davis Conference Room.  Susan Moskal will
chair.  Richard reported a good response to the invitations sent out.
Agenda items include:

1. TDR - changing structure, service and cost agreements, governance and
cost issue

2. ICPSR Summer Program - application procedure, web site information

3. TDR and Data Delivery by Web - announcement and overview of IST course (a
component of Skills For The Academic Workplace series)

4. Faculty Feedback - ask faculty what training or demos they or their
students would find useful

5. CFI Proposals for Data and GIS - update

6. Statistics Canada Data Research Centre at U of W

7. DLI Evaluation - 5 year assessment of program

8. Status of UW DRC Tapes

9. Communication and Publicity - solicit feedback on TDR newsletter
(content; medium, possibility of web site or other electronic formats for
communicating)

10. Around the Table - open discussion of databases, sources of data faculty
would like to see or are currently using


4. Systems Dept. Concerns re Libdli Email Account:

Charles Woods has expressed concern that messages in the Libdli email
account are not being monitored.  Richard will confer with Charles to
determine if the account is still required.


5. TDR Governance - Richard Pinnell

Richard reported on the TDR Systems and Service Agreements and resulting
changes.  As a result of the Systems Agreement, the TDR structure is as
follows:

(a)  TDR Systems Steering Committee - composed of 3 TUG chiefs or their
delegates.
(b) TDR Operational Management Group - composed of 1 rep from each TUG
Library and 1 rep from the Computing Centre of the University operating the
TDR services.  The chair will be chosen from among the 3 Library reps.  The
group will be accountable to the steering committee.

This pilot will be in place for a 2 year period beginning May 1, 2000.


6. DRC Tapes:

A  discussion was held on the condition of the DRC tapes and the
implications for archiving data.  This will be added as an agenda item for
the next advisory group meeting.


7. Around the Table:

Richard will contact Charles Woods and give him a list of who is on the EDS
listserv (uweds-L)

Susan will send information out about the ICPSR Summer School Program.


Next Meeting:  Wed., March 29, 2000;   Porter 224A;   1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.