Action Item GGOS-SC-4-1: All Steering Committee Members to contact their national GEO representatives in order to promote GGOS in GEO. Responsible: All, Deadline: 2006-12-31.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-2: Hans-Peter Plag to make available the list of national GEO representatives on the GGOS GEO web page. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2006-02-28.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-2: Open.
Report: Hans-Peter Plag has sent a request for a list of the principals to the GEO Secretariat. Reported on 2006-03-11 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-3: Markus Rothacher together with the EC to draft a vision statement that could be approved by the SC in April 2006. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-03-15.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-4: Markus Rothacher together with the EC to identify the remaining members (delegates and substitutes) for the Steering Committee in order to complete the SC. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-03-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-4: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher has sent a additional request to Felicitas Arias and in a response, the representation of the BGI was clarified. He also contacted Jacques Hinderer. The only remaining unclear position is the substitute for Hermann Drewes. This is covered by another AI. Reported on 2006-03-17 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-5: Markus Rothacher to inform the Science Panel members of the result of the discussion and the fact that they were accepted as Science Panel members. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-02-28.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-5: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher informed the candidates of the results of the discussion at the GGOS Retreat by e-mail. Reported on 2006-03-02 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-6: Markus Rothacher together with the EC to identify up to three more members for the Science Panel for the fields atmosphere, hydrology (global water cycle), and oceanography. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-03-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-6: Open.
Report: This AI has been complemented by AIs GGOS-ECT10-4, GGOS-ECT11-2, GGOS-ECT11-3, as well as GGOS-SC-5-5 and GGOS-SC-5-6. Hans-Peter Plag has been in contact with Hubert Savenije and he agreed to be on the Science Panel. He still has to submit a CV for review by the SC. Reported on 2006-04-08 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-7: Markus Rothacher to get feedback from Reiner Rummel concerning his willingness to serve on the SP. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-02-28.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-7: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher has contacted Reiner Rummel and Reiner Rummel is willing to be on the SP. Reported on 2006-03-17 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-8: Markus Rothacher together with the EC to write a statement on what the Science Panel is expected to do in the next 2 years (science rational and theme). Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-03-31.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-9: Markus Rothacher together with others to draft a document describing what GGOS is and aims for. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-03-31.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-10: Hermann Drewes to respond to Markus Rothacher on the question of whether he can chair the GGOS WG on Conventions, modeling and analysis. Responsible: Hermann Drewes, Deadline: 2006-02-25.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-10: Done.
Report: Hermann Drewes confirmed that he will be the chair of the WG. Reported on 2006-02-27 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-11: Hans-Peter Plag to ensure that the GGOS WG on Publishing and Legal Matters is discussed during the WG Leader meeting on February 17, 2006, and that a new chair is determined. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2006-02-17.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-11: Done.
Report: There was no time to take the fate of the WG on PLM up at the Friday February 17 meeting. However, the AI is obsolete after the ECT10, where it was agreed to suggest to the SC at the next meeting to modify the GGOS WG structure and to abondon the WG on Publishing and Legal Matters in favour of an expert advisor, who would then interact with the GGOS WGs as appropriate. Reported on 2006-03-02 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-12: Markus Rothacher together with the EC to review the current ToR and to draft intermediate ToR on the basis of these existing ones for the approval by the IAG EC in April as the intermediate ToR for the time up to IUGG 2007. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-03-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-12: Done.
Report: The review of the ToR is in progress. Reported on 2006-03-30 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-13: Markus Rothacher together with the EC to prepare new ToR for the Perugia meeting defining the GGOS for the period from 2007 onward. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-04-30.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-14: Bernd Richter and Hans-Peter Plag together with others to write a brief document which defines the terms related to users, requirements and system performance. Responsible: Bernd Richter, Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2006-04-30.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-15: Hans-Peter Plag together with Bernd Richter and other to develop the proposal for the user requirement and system performance database further based on the draft position paper. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Bernd Richter, Deadline: 2006-05-31.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-16: Hans-Peter Plag to contact the Science Panel and to ask them to contribute to the development of a paper describing the rationale for a Earth System Dynamics Theme. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2006-03-10.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-16: Open.
Report: This is delayed. Reported on 2006-03-30 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-17: Hans-Peter Plag to establish contact to the Theme leaders and inform them about the contact person for the themes. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2006-05-31.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-18: Hans-Peter Plag to investigate through which channels the ITRF can be established as a transverse activity in GEO. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2006-05-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-18: Done.
Report: Hans-Peter Plag contacted Jose Achache during the meeting of the Tsunami WG in Paris. Currently, GEO has no clear roles of how to identify issues for transverse activities. Jose Achache suggested that IAG would write a letter explaing the issue to the GEO Secretariat. This resulted in AI GGOS-ECT10-5. Reported on 2006-03-11 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-19: Bernd Richter and Bente Lilja Bye together with the Data and Infrastructure WG and the Outreach WG to develop a proposal for the data portal to be discussed at the next SC meeting. Responsible: Bernd Richter, Bente Lilja Bye, Deadline: 2006-03-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-19: Done.
Report: Bernd Richter circulated a draft document to the SC. Reported on 2006-03-30 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-20: Michael Pearlman together with the WG on Networks and Communication to establish a list of all the products of the services. Responsible: Michael Pearlman, Deadline: 2006-03-31.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-21: Markus Rothacher to ensure rooms for the GGOS workshop. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-03-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-21: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher has been in contact with Reiner Rummel and clarified that the Workshop can take place at the Technical University. There will be no problem with the allocation of rooms. Reported on 2006-03-17 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-22: The EC to set together the local organizing committee. Responsible: Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-03-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-22: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher reported that the LOC will be taken care of by the TU Munich. Reported on 2006-03-17 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-4-23: The EC to draft and send out the first circular for the Workshop Responsible: Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-03-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-4-23: Open.
Report: Markus Rothacher has circulated a first draft to the EC for comments. Reported on 2006-03-17 by Hans-Peter Plag.