Minutes of Cross-Division Meeting, 22nd November, 2000

  1. Attendance List

  2. Apologies for absence

    • George Ross
    • Jeremy Olsen
    • Paul Anderson
    • Craig Strachan

  3. Matters Arising

    1. Unification of Division-wide UIDs

      Tim Colles reported that the majority of these changes had now been completed (although some more were coming to light), and a few changes still need to be made at each site. However, all this appears to be under control and this item will be removed from future minutes.

      The use of the infpasswd utility was strongly recommended as a way of keeping future UIDs in sync and to avoid username conflicts. Ken Dawson reported that there is a User ID field in the Divisional DB that will help in UID allocation and duplication avoidance.

    2. TeX

      There are some small problems still outstanding - but these are being investigated, and a status report will be given at the next meeting

      [Action: CMS]

    3. Assignment of Division-wide usernames

      It was previously suggested (at the last meeting) that the Divisional DB might need to be run on newer/faster hardware. Tim Colles reported that the whole question of hardware & software support for the DB was being investigated.

      Investigations are ongoing, and Tim will report back on findings & progress.

      [Action: TC]

  4. Any relevant Responsible Person reports

    Alastair Scobie and Ken Dawson reported that applications for the new CO posts would close on the 24th November, and that interviews would be held shortly after that. It was noted that applications notified to date had not been numerous, one post having had no applications at all.

  5. Presentation by Tim Colles: Division DB

    Tim gave the first part of a talk on the Divisional Database, concentrating on its history and development from a suite of earlier AI applications, and current composition and usage statistics.

  6. Tabling of CEG Minutes

    Nothing tabled under this item.

  7. AOB

    It was suggested that meetings be held once every two months. This proposal will be considered at the next meeting.

  8. Date of Next Meeting

    The next meeting will be held at Buccleuch Place, on Wednesday, 17th January, 2001 at 11:00am.

Those present at this meeting were:


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