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TCODE Meeting Agenda

PICES XVIII, Jeju Korea

Wed. Oct. 28, 2009 14:00-18:00

Chairman: Bernard A. Megrey (USA)

Co-Chairman: Kyu-Kui Jung (Republic of Korea)

1. Welcome and introduction of members

2. Adoption of agenda (opportunity to add agenda items under "New business")

3. Review progress on the items from the 2008/2009 Work Plan
   TCODE 2008/2009 Work Plan
   1. Continue to support HAB-S work
      Responsibility - R. Brown
      1. Harmful Algal Blooms Section

   2. Cooperate with other data management groups outside PICES

      1. ICES WG on Data and Information Management ICES 2008 WGDIM Report, ICES 2009 WGDIM Report
         Responsibility - B. Megrey, G. Moiseenko
         1. 2010 ICES Session Proposal: Data for the Masses: Recent advances in the application of Marine Data and Information Management
            Convenors: Bernard Megrey (PICES TCODE, USA), Neil Holdsworth (ICES DC, Denmark), Edward Vanden Berghe (OBIS, USA)
            Responsibility – B. Megrey
            [List of 2010 Theme Session Proposals; Theme Session on Marine Integrated Data Proposed for the 2010 ICES ASC],

         2. Moiseenko to attend ICES Annual Science Conference, September 2009 and the next WGDIM meeting, May 2009

            1. Report on ICES and WGDIM meetings
               Responsibility – G. Moiseenko
      2. IODE-XX
         Responsibility - B. Megrey, T. Suzuki
         1. Suzuki to attend IODE-XX, May 2009
            IODE-XX, Beijing China 4-8 May 2009
            1. Report on PICES representation at the IODE-XX
               Responsibility – T. Suzuki
      3. IODE GE-BICH (Group of Experts on Biological and Chemical Data Management and Exchange Practices)
         Responsibility - B. Megrey, H. Garcia
         1. Identify representatives from PICES to participate in a network of experts on biological and chemical data
            IODE GE-BICH
            1. Report on cooperation with IODE GE-BICH
               Responsibility – H. Garcia
      4. Develop plan to harvest metadata from the NOWPAP server (I. Shevchenko to organize with national representatives)
   3. PICES Metadata Federation Project
      1. Renew Remote server contract and propose the Secretariat include the cost as line item in annual budget (B. Megrey to organize with national representatives)
      2. Continue to administer AdHost server (Megrey and Shevchenko)
      3. Run the AdHost server performance experiment on accessing metadata from different locations and multiple users (B. Megrey to organize with national representatives)
      4. Report on metadata recording in Canada (R. Brown/J. Holmes)
      5. Update and status of efforts to improve performance and functionality of the PICES GeoNetwork portal (I. Shevchenko)
         PICES TCODE GeoNetwork Portal
      6. Report on status of PICES Digital Library migration and Ecosystem Status Report web pages (Megrey)
      7. Japan, Korea and Canada move their metadata records to the AdHost server (T. Suzuki. K.K. Jung, J. Holmes, I. Shevchenko)
      8. Update AdHost server to monitor MDB use (O. Vasik)
      9. Promote the GeoNetwork Portal.
         1. Request GeoNetwork resource be advertised at PICES Summer in Seoul (June 09) and Winter school in Vladivostok (Feb 09). (B. Megrey and I. Shevchenko)
         2. Request GeoNetwork resource be reported at next years opening session as part of PICES activities (B. Megrey)
         3. Plan to have a short presentation on the GeoNetwork resource be given at committee MONITOR meetings other committee’s? (request at front of the agenda and delay start of TCODE) (B. Megrey, I. Shevchenko, R. Brown)
         4. Update PICES project pages on PICES home page (A. Macklin)
      10. Explore GeoNetwork Portal backup options (I. Shevchenko)
      11. Update the Technical report to reflect GeoNetwork (I. Shevchenko and B. Megrey)
4. Maintain TCODE web pages (I. Shevchenko)
5. Update of WG22 iron database and proposed collaboration with IODE/IOC
   Responsibility - R. Brown
6. Participate in FUTUE and FISP activities
   Responsibility – R. Brown and B. Megrey
7. Update TCODE Action Plan
   Responsibility - B. Megrey, K.K. Jung
8. Coordination with Carbon and Climate Section (T. Suzuki and R. Brown)
9. Coordination of Activities with MONITOR
   Responsibility – T. Royer
   1. Monitor TC Action Plan
10. Annual National Reports
11. Topic session proposals for PICES XIX
12. Relations with other international programs/organizations
    1. ICES, IODE, NOWPAP, OBIS
13. PICES Ocean Monitoring Service Award Nominations for 2010

14. Summary of items with financial implications:

    1. Proposed inter-sessional meetings for 2010 and beyond
    2. Proposed publications for 2010 and beyond

    3. Travel support requests

    4. Proposal to continue rented server for another year

    5. Other items

15. Discussion of the TCODE Work Plan for 2009/2010. Adoption via email.
    Responsibility - B. Megrey, K.K. Jung

16. New business (additional items added at the meeting)