Meeting Agenda
(Version of Nov. 14)

Alaska Satellite Facility User Working Group
November 19-20, 2003
International Arctic Research Center, Room 401, University of Alaska Fairbanks


Wednesday November 19

8:30 a.m.	Coffee etc.

9:00		Welcome (Roger Smith)
		Logistics (ASF)
		Introductions all around

9:15		Background and purpose of meeting (Harry Stern)

9:30		NASA HQ perspective (Waleed Abdalati)

10:00		Overview of ASF's recent past and near future (Nettie LaBelle-Hamer)

10:30		Overview of ASF day-to-day (Ross Newcombe)

10:45		Break

11:00		Remote Sensing Support Center (Don Atwood)

11:30		Operations Center (Carel Lane)

12:00		Engineering Center (Scott Arko)

12:30 p.m.	No-host lunch brought in by ASF

1:30		Software tools survey (Jeremy Nicoll)

2:00		ALOS (Larry Ledlow)

2:45		Strategic plan (Nettie)

3:30		Tour ASF, starting with sunset on the roof

4:30		Meet and Greet the UWG – informal conversation with
		User Services Office and other personnel at ASF
		(refreshments)

5:30		Adjourn

7:00 p.m.	Dinner at The Vallata


Thursday November 20

8:30 a.m.	Coffee etc.

		UWG session
			Assessment of ASF
			Recommendations
			Scope of UWG
			New members
			
10:00		Short reports (10 minutes + 5 for questions and discussion)

		NIC (Paul Seymour)
		NESDIS (Pablo Clemente-Colon)
		RGPS/JPL (Ron Kwok)

		Break

		Ross Sea Project (Ron Kwok)
		RAMP (Katy Farness)
		Seasat (Ben Holt)

11:45		Review of action items
		UWG report to ASF (Harry)

12:30		Adjourn