University of Waterloo
                     Electronic Data Service Task Group
                  Minutes for Meeting of September 21, 1994

Present:  Albert Kemp 			Absent:  Debbie Tytko
	  Doug Morton				 Carol Vogt
          Sue Moskal (Secretary)		 
          Bill Oldfield (Chair)
          Shabiran Rahman

CC:       Bruce MacNeil
          Mike Ridley
          Boris Bruder
          Charles Woods

1.  Minutes of Previous Meeting -
    Approved with minor corrections.

2.  Business Arising - 
    No additional business.

3.  Additional Agenda - 
    Item 7 moved up to item 4.
    * Leisure Studies Data Bank (LSDB)

4.  UW-EDS Service Configuration -
    Doug Morton and Susan Moskal went before P&PG, to present the furniture 
    and equipment requirements for the Public Service Component of UW-EDS.
    All requirements were acknowledged, and the O.K. was given to proceed 
    with plans to acquire the necessary equipment and furniture.  It was
    also suggested that the EDS group be expanded to include both a faculty
    and student representative.

    January 1st, 1995 was proposed as an official start date for UW-EDS.

5.  CANSIM/EPAS - 
    Doug Morton has just received the contracts for the EPAS software as
    well as the CANSIM data.  He will be contacting Chris Leowski to
    verify that the necessary contracts have been signed.
	
    We are also still awaiting word from Chris regarding our request to
    distribute the EPAS software across campus via x-hier.    

6.  Census Data - 
    Albert Kemp reported that Laine Ruus at U of T has just put up another 
    batch of census data for ftp.  However, we missed bringing down the 
    previous batch, due to an unusually narrow time period in which to 
    transfer the data.  Laine will be contacted and arrangements made to get 
    the missing data.
 
7.  GSS Data - 
    Albert Kemp reported that cycles 1 thru 7 of the GSS data have been
    successfully transferred to Library.  Laine has also just put up cycle
    8 in Toronto.  The data will be transferred to Library asap.

    Notification for the GSS8 data was sent to Jan Willwerth, but Jan has
    advised that Albert should be added to the list.  Laine will be con-
    tacted to make the change.

8.  EDS Gopher - 
    Shabiran Rahman reports that Gopher access to the gss data is almost
    ready.  All that remains is to transfer the necessary codebooks into
    the appropriate area in the gopher.  Shabiran and Albert will arrange
    transfer these files together.

9.  Leisure Studies Data Bank - 
    During a previous discussion Albert had with Jan Willwerth, the LSDB
    was briefly discussed regarding the role of the UW-EDS.  Jan has since
    confirmed with the faculty of Recreation that they would be happy to
    cooperate in making their data available thru UW-EDS.


Next Meeting: Oct. 12, 1994, 1:30 pm, LIB 428