**NSTEP FY2008 MEETING AGENDA**

**April 10 -- 13, 2007**

**National Weather Center, Norman Oklahoma**

**The expected Outcome of meeting is to determine a prioritization list
of training requirements by funding source. The group will then use this
prioritization list to map the priorities to the budget**

**Tuesday April 10^th^**

740AM Leave Postal Center Hotel for NWC

8 AM Opening Remarks

Percy Thomas

Ed Mahoney

Mark Fox

> Aimee Devaris: Facilitator, OCWWS Integrated Services Coordinator

840 -- 900 AM Sue Bracey, OCWWS Budget Team Lead

Budget development

900 -- 930 AM Priorities for the current and future National Weather
Service:

> VTC discussion with Dennis McCarthy and Ken Graham

930 -- 945AM Break

945 -- 1030 AM Develop prioritization guidelines

1030 -- 1130 AM New Learning Management System Update

Don Rinderknecht - WDTB

1130 -- 1230PM Lunch

1230 -- 245PM Group breakouts to evaluate one pager solutions. Move to
breakout rooms or areas. The groups are as follows. Person in *italics*
will be the designated note taker...to be finalized later.

**Group 1 Group 2 Group 3**

**NSSL Conf. Room WDTB Conf. Room NSSL Radar Conf. Lab**

*Bob Diaz Bernard Meisner Bill Ward*

All Wissman Rose Auld Doug Kluck

Pete Browning Lauren Morone Gary Hufford

Mike Dion

**Group 4 Group 5**

**Main Meeting Room Main Meeting Room**

*Ken Johnson Jeff Zimmerman*

Ken Waters Diane Cooper

Mark Mollner

Diane Cooper

One pager responsibilities

Group 1: OB01-03 Observing

> IT01-13 Information Technology
>
> EE01-21 Electronic and Engineering
>
> SA01-06 Safety and Environmental

Group 2: ME01-25 Meteorology

NP01-12 Numerical Weather Prediction

DI01-02 Diversity

Group 3: IS01-02 Integrated Sensor

IN01-02 Training Infrastructure

DS01-07 Digital Services

AV01-10 Aviation

CL01-07 Climate

Group 4: LE01-04 Leadership

SP01-02 Space Weather

CN01-11 ConOps

FW01-06 Fire Weather

SE01-13 Service Evolution

Group 5: HD01-23 Hydrology

One pagers that don't need additional prioritizing (since there is only
one):

TR01, WM01, MA01

These are Tropical Weather, WCM Outreach, and Marine

245 -- 330 PM Break -- Tour of NWC

330 -- 445PM Group breakouts to evaluate one pager solutions. Continue
in breakout rooms or areas

445 -- 500PM Assign Action Items and/or plan for Wednesday

500PM Leave NWC for Postal Center Hotel

**Wednesday April 11^th^**

740AM Leave Postal Center Hotel for NWC

800 -- 930PM Group presentations and discussions.

> Arrive at initial consensus on training solution priority by training
> area (i.e. meteorology / hydrology / digital services, etc.)

930 -- 945AM Break

945 -- 1130AM Group presentations and discussions.

> Arrive at initial consensus on training solution priority by training
> area (i.e. meteorology / hydrology / digital services, etc.)

1130 -- 1230PM Lunch

1230 -- 200PM Group presentations and discussions if necessary.

> Otherwise: begin full group prioritization by funding source.
>
> BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS - NEXRAD

200 -- 245PM Break -- Tour of NWC

245 -- 400PM Begin or continue full group prioritization by funding
source.

BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS -- NEXRAD

400 -- 415 PM Break

415 -- 455 PM Continue full group prioritization by funding source.

BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS -- NEXRAD

455PM Assign Action items and/or plan for Thursday

500PM Leave NWS for Postal Center Hotel

**Thursday April 12^th^**

740AM Leave Postal Center Hotel for NWC

800 -- 930AM Continue full group prioritization by funding source

BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS -- NEXRAD

930 -- 945AM Break

945 -- NOON Continue full group prioritization by funding source

BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS -- NEXRAD

NOON -- 100 PM Lunch

100 -- 230PM Continue full group prioritization by funding source

BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS -- NEXRAD

230 -- 315PM Tour of National Weather Center

315 -- 445PM Continue full group prioritization by funding source

BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS -- NEXRAD

445 PM Assign Actions Items and/or plan for Friday

500PM Leave NWS for Postal Center Hotel

**Friday April 13^th^**

740AM Leave Hotel for NWC

800 -- 930AM Continue full group prioritization by funding source

BASE -- AWIPS -- ASOS -- COMET -- NESDIS -- NEXRAD

> Otherwise: Begin to Map Priorities to Budget.

930 -- 945AM Break

945 -- 1030AM Continue full group discussions on prioritization or map
budget to priorities

1030 -- Noon Discuss and List Action Items Needed to complete NSTEP
IP08.

Produce Conference call schedule necessary to finalize prioritization of
courses, dollars, and/or FTE.

Noon Adjourn