Delivered-To: ggos@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov Message-Id: Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 10:08:32 -0800 To: ggos@igscb.jpl.nasa.gov From: Markus Rothacher (by way of Ruth E. Neilan) Subject: [GGOS-4] Invitation GGOS Steering Committee Meeting, Dec 8, 2005 @ AGU Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-ggos Precedence: bulk ****************************************************************************** GGOS Mail 20 Jan 10:08:37 PST 2006 Message Number 4 ****************************************************************************** Author: Markus Rothacher (via Ruth Neilan) Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:51:56 +0100 Dear Colleagues, please find attached the draft agenda for the GGOS "Steering Committee" Meeting in San Francisco, Thursday, December 8, 2005, 14:00-18:00 in the Marriott Hotel. "Steering Committee" is in quotes, because the new GGOS steering committee has not yet been established according to the IAG By-Laws). You are invited to participate in this meeting. A beamer and coffee for the break will be available. If you have comments concerning the agenda or if you would like to add an item, please let us know. Since we would like to concentrate on defining and setting up the structure of GGOS, we ask the Chairs of the GGOS Working Groups and the Representatives in the GEO Working Groups to submit a short report (~1 page) on the activities, critical issues and future work of the working groups (see list below). Please send the report to rothacher@gfz-potsdam.de and CC: to ruth.neilan@jpl.nasa.gov and hpplag@unr.edu till December 1, 2005, so that we can prepare a summary of the reports. A dinner will be arranged for Thursday evening, 19:30, after the meeting. Please let us know as soon as possible whether you will be able to attend the __ GGOS Steering Committee Meeting __ Dinner on Thursday evening (with guest(s)?) We are looking forward to see you in S.F. and to work with you on setting up a working GGOS. With best regards, Markus Rothacher (Chair) Ruth Neilan (Vice-Chair) Hans-Peter Plag (Vice-Chair) GGOS webpage: http://www.ggos.org/ ============================================================================= GGOS Steering Committee Meeting (Draft Agenda: 24-Nov-05) Thursday, December 8, 2005, 14:00 - 18:00 San Francisco Marriott Room: Pacific B phone (415) 896-1600 55 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco Agenda: 1. Welcome -> Rothacher ( 5 min) 2. Present Status of the GGOS Project -> Rothacher (10 min) 3. IGOS-P Activities -> Plag (10 min) 4. GEO Activities Overview -> Bye (10 min) 5. Summary of Working Group Activities (based on -> Rothacher (45 min) written reports of ~ 1 page) - External WG Representations (GEO) - Internal GGOS WGs - Discussion on progress and effectiveness - New chairs (Strategy/Funding, Data Information Systems, Publishing/Legal Matters, Conventions and Outreach) 6. Structure of GGOS -> Rothacher (45 min) - Steering Committee - Scientific Council - Working Groups - Components (linkage to IAG Commissions and Services, etc.) - Intermediate Central Bureau - Strategic next steps towards GGOS (ToR, etc.) Coffee Break (30 min) 7. GGOS Contributions to GEOSS -> Neilan/Plag (15 min) 8. GGOS Implementation Plan -> Rothacher (20 min) 9. Procedure for Support of Proposals -> Rothacher (15 min) 10. GGOS Workshop in 2006, Meetings -> Rothacher (10 min) 11. Varia -> Rothacher (10 min) 12. Summary and Action Items -> Rothacher/Neilan (15 min) -- Prof. Dr. phil. nat. Markus Rothacher GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ) Department 1: Geodesy & Remote Sensing Telegrafenberg A 17, D-14473 Potsdam, Germany phone: +49 (0)331 288-1100 fax: +49 (0)331 288-1111 e-mail: rothacher@gfz-potsdam.de www: http://www.gfz-potsdam.de