Meeting Time:

A: Saturday, July 8th, 2006: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm

B: Monday, July 10th, 2006:  2:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Meeting Venue:

Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart

Room Harbour View 2

Meeting Agenda:

Full Agenda as pdf

Overview of agenda:

• Opening and approval of agenda
• Adoption of business rules for this EGGI meeting
• Summary of EGGI Project Reports 2004-06
• Discussion and approval of EGGI Work Programme 2006-08
  Draft EGGI Work Programme 2006-08 produced by EGGI Project Coordinators
  Draft EGGI Work Programme 2006-08 as modified at the first day of the EGGI Business Meeting (pending confirmation at the Monday Meeting)
  
• Discussion on EGGI and IPY
• Discussion and approval of financial bids to SCAR
• Discussion of future structure, business rules and status of EGGI
  Position Paper on EGGI governance produced by EGGI Project Coordinators
  Position Paper on EGGI Meetings and Reporting produced by EGGI Project Coordinators
• Discussion and approval of EGGI recomendations to SSG Geoscience and SCAR
  Position Paper on Open Access to Geospatial Data produced by EGGI Project Coordinators
• Election of office bearers 2006-08

It is planned to have the discussions on the items above in the Saturday meeting.  Draft reports on the outcomes of the discussions should then be produced for the Monday meeting. In the Monday meeting it is envisaged to approve the reports and recommendations and to elect office bearers for 2006-08. The results can then be fed into the SSG Geoscience plenary on Tuesday.

Considering the tight schedule set by all the meetings and parallel sessions we hope that this timetable allows for effecient work and maximum participation of relevant persons.

Note that SSG Geoscience Plenary Meetings are planned for

Sunday, July 9th, 2006, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006, 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

SSG Geoscience Plenary Agenda as of July, 1st, 2006.

(preliminary information as of July, 1st, 2006 subject to change!)