ACE Steering Group meeting, no. 1

Wednesday, 25^th April, 2005

Le Meridien Hotel, Opernring 13-15 Vienna

(note: revised 21 April 2005)

AGENDA

Attending

Martin Siegert, Sandra Passchier, Rob Larter, Jane Francis, Alan Haywood, Carlota Escutia Dotti,
Ross Powell, Tony Payne, Fabio Florindo, Damian Gore, Colin Summerhayes

Apologies

Rob Deconto, Rob Dunbar, Tim Naish, Gary Wilson

14.00.    Welcome and introductions

14.10.    History of ACE: how we have come to be here.

              ACE proposal (detail plan of action here).

14.30.    ACE science implementation plan

              (request from SCAR for consideration by the Executive Committee, which meets in July in Sofia).

14.45.    John Turner’s proforma for gathering national input (attached, revised for ACE purpose).

              MJS to circulate an ACE version prior to EGU meeting.

              Discussion of responses to date.

15.00.    Carlota Escutia’s meeting on EAIS.

15.15.    IAS meeting in Aberystwyth, August 2005. (Siegert)

15.30.    ACE support for proposal writing for the ANDRILL Science Committee (Wilson/Francis)

Tea

15.45.    Workshop on Antarctic sedimentary basins, the processes that form them and their stratigraphic records   

              (Wilson).

16.00.    Setting up of sub-committees (Haywood email attached), and comments on other ACE umbrella activities

              (All)

16.15.    Radio Echo Sounding

16.30.    ACE publicity (website, spreading the word)

16.45.    Edited book on ACE (Florindo)

17.00.    ACE resources: $15,000 + $6000 + $8,000 (from last year) + $5000. How to spend this money?

17.15.    ACE and IPY.

17.30.    Writing of implementation plan (tasks).

17.45.    ACE performance review (as in document sent by CS)

18.00.    Date of next meeting(s).

18.30.    Dinner

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