Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2002 14:42:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Carey Noll To: igs-dcwg@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Subject: [IGS-DCWG-1] IGS Data Center Working Group Message-ID: Sender: owner-igs-dcwg Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** IGS-DCWG Mail 07 Jun 11:42:50 PDT 2002 Message Number 1 ****************************************************************************** Author: Carey Noll/CDDIS Dear Colleagues, I am sorry it has taken me so long to issue an update on the status of the IGS Data Center Working Group. Life has been quite busy since the IGS Workshop in Ottawa in early April. The concept of this working group was presented during the workshop and was also discussed at the IGS Governing Board meeting following the workshop. The Governing Board approved the creation of this working group as well as the proposed charter. I have set up a website for the group at http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/igsdc. Here you will find the charter and membership list. Angie Moore has established an IGS email list for the working group; you have probably already received a welcome message with subscription/unsubscription information. Just send emails for the group to igs-dcwg@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov with the usual Author: line as the first line of the message. An archive of messages will be maintained at the IGS Central Bureau web site (http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov). Now that the group has been approved, the hard part begins. It is time to tackle some of those problems outlined in the charter. I would like to get the opinion of the group on how to proceed. Some suggestions would be to set up a user survey to determine how we doing and where we may need improvement. Also, the backup/redundant data flow paths need to be a high priority; perhaps a mapping of the network/data flow topology could be an initial effort here. Please let me know your thoughts and ideas; I think this working group will be an effective way to ensure the data (and product) availability needs of the user community are satisfied. Regards, Carey. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ Ms. Carey Noll Manager, Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) Secretary, ILRS Central Bureau Code 920.1 E-mail: noll@cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA GSFC Voice: (301) 614-6542 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Fax: (301) 614-5970 USA WWW: http://cddisa.gsfc.nasa.gov/cddis_welcome.html +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+