needs. lankes**what is the relationship between Ask a Volcanologist and Volcano World? Dronen**Ask-A-Volcanologiest is one section of the VolcanoWorld website. lankes**SO do you work on Volcano world, or Ask a Volcanologist or both (are they the samething)? Dronen**Well, really they are the same thing, funded from the same grant. VolcanoWorld existedfirst, and Ask A volc. was developem Dronen**developed to prvide users with a Better connection to the scientists Dronen**studying volcanoes. lankes**Who was the grant from? Dronen**(rather than the computer folks doing the development). Dronen**It is a NASA Space Grant. lankes**Does NASA have much say in how the service is run? Dronen**They used to have more than they do now. Basically, were wrote the proposal, were givinthe grant , then have to Dronen**report monthly to them. Their biggest conern is getting Earth System Science type dataout to the general public. lankes**How do you determine what they want/need? Dronen**Through a scientist at NASA, who we keep in touch with on a normal basis. lankes**Through e-mail...phone calls, meetings? Dronen**Mostly email...and sometimes conference calls. lankes**How about UND? Do they have much aof a role in decisions about the service, or inputinto it? Dronen**They do not play much of a role in decision making for the service, but I am sure ifthey demanded some thype of role they would get it. So far this has not happened. lankes**Are there other factors aside from the Internet and your own staff that play a role indetermining how the service is run...do you follow legislation for example? Dronen**That's a tough question. Personally, I do follow some legislation but only because I aminterested in this. It really doesn't have much affect on teh service. I am not sure though,others on the staff might disagree. lankes**Are there other sources of ideas/limits you look to...the scientific community? Othermedia (TV)? Dronen**Apart from NASA, magazines, a...
