NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 663 
POLICY DECISIONS BY THE NODC ADVISORY BOARD 
FOR FISCAL YEAR 1963 
The following items, quoted or paraphrased from the NODC Advisory Board Minutes, 
represent the policy decisions made by the Board during FY-63. 
At the meeting of 15 January, the Advisory Board 
decided that it was not mandatory that the Chairmanship and 
Vice-Chairmanship be rotated each year. Both Chairman and 
Vice-Chairman may serve consecutive terms. 
It was the Advisory Board's decision at the meet- 
ing of 20 July that the reciprocity in data exchange be left to 
the discretion of the Director of the World Data Center-A 
(WDC-A), Oceanography; the Board felt that the distinction 
between NODC and WDC-A _ and the respective areas of 
obligation and responsibility should be clearly set forth by the 
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC). 
