AMS Statements in Process
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AMS Statements that are being considered by the AMS Council for approval are posted on the AMS Web site at least at least thirty days before the Council vote. The Council may consider a statement either at one of the two regularly scheduled meetings each year, or at any time in between using e-mail discussion and electronic balloting. In addition, statement preparation does not follow a fixed schedule so statements may come up for consideration at any time of the year. AMS Members who are interested in providing input to statements are encouraged to check the AMS Web site regularly to see if any are under review at that time.
Draft Statement(s) Open for Member Comment
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Statement Drafting Committee
If you would like to be considered for service on the drafting committee, please send your name and contact information with a brief description of your background to the AMS Council at the following e-mail address: drafting_committee@ametsoc.org.
The AMS Council is currently soliciting volunteers to
serve on the drafting
committee for the following statements:
Précis for revising the AMS Statement on Free and Open Exchange of Environmental Data
Rapid advances in computing, communications, and observational technologies in the last decade have resulted in a dramatic proliferation of data from diverse sources, data that are consumed and by an ever broadening community of users and shared across the world for diverse applications. As a result of the changing information technology landscape, there has been a revolution in data services world, including changes in how data are accessed, analyzed, managed, shared, and archived. The 2002 AMS Statement on Free and Open Exchange of Environmental Data does not reflect those advances and clearly needs updating. For example, concepts such as data transparency, re-use, provenance, stewardship, preservation, citation, standards and conventions are not mentioned. For these and other reasons, the AMS Board on Data Stewardship agreed unanimously at its meeting at the AMS Annual Meeting in New Orleans that the aforementioned Statement needs a major revision and updating.
Free and Open Exchange of Environmental Data
(Adopted by AMS Council on 13 January 2002) Bull. Amer. Met.Soc., 83
Statements in Preparation
The following statements are currently being prepared with an anticipated completion on or before the date shown below:
Date to be determined
AMS Information Statement on Climate Change
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