NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 629 
POLICY DECISIONS BY THE NODC ADVISORY BOARD 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1962 
The following items, quoted or paraphrased from the NODC Advisory Board Minutes, represent the 
policy decisions made by the Board during FY-62. These are arranged by subject, not in chrono- 
logical order. 
BUDGET MATTERS 
The board established at the 18 January 1962 Meeting the following policy in regard to sub- 
mission of NODC budgets: ‘‘(1) Budgets will be submitted two years in advance; (2) the NODC will 
submit the preliminary budget to the Board on 1 September [of each calendar year]; (3) The Board 
and the NODC staff [will] devote the period from September to January to budget review; (4) at the 
first meeting in January of each year the Board will act on the budget for the Fiscal Year beginning 
18 and 6 months in advance, respectively.” 
EXCHANGES 
At the Meeting of 18 January 1962 the board set the following policy, *‘. . . International 
exchanges other than those to which we are already authorized by the Board [are to] be handled 
under the IGY WDC-A &- B agreements.” 
REQUESTS FOR SERVICES 
At the Advisory Board meeting of 17 April 1962 two decisions were made on requests for 
services. 
1. In order to expedite initiation of work requested by government contracting oceano- 
graphic institutions, a special allotment would be set up by the Office of Naval Research on which 
these institutions could draw. Authorization to begin work would be on verbal approval from ONR. 
2. The NODC will volunteer the services of its personnel to assist in oceanographic surveys 
both at the national and international levels. 
WORLD DATA CENTER-A (OCEANOGRAPHY ) 
On 5 July 1961, the Board decided that ‘‘WDC-A [should] not be terminated but instead 
moved physically to NODC; a component should be set up within NODC to permit its continuation, 
but functions of WDC-A would be carried by NODC.” 
At the meeting of 14 August 1961 it was decided that a letter to the NODC be prepared 
by the National Academy of Sciences ‘‘authorizing NODC to assume responsibility of the WDC-A 
and to insure that it carries out all aspects of its job... The NODC accepted responsibility for the 
WDC-A on 8 March 1962. 
PUBLICATIONS 
At the meeting of 30 October 1961 the Board made two decisions on policies governing 
publications of the NODC. 
1. “Review of publications by the Board prior to publication is not required but members 
of the Board in the Washington area would . . . do so if requested by the Director.”’ 
2. Although NODC ‘‘publications have prices listed on them, [they] should be sent free of 
charge to contributing activities.”’ 
