A virtual CODATA General Assembly is being convened on 15 December 2020
CODATA members; (ATG Task Groups);
A virtual CODATA General Assembly is being convened on 15 December 2020, 11:00-13:00 UTC. Please find the related letter from the CODATA President Barend Mons attached.
To join the Virtual General Assembly as an observer, please register for GoToWebinar using the following link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2613823224107663631
The first purpose of the virtual General Assembly will be to review the outcomes of the matters for voting. These include constitutional changes recommended by the Officers and Executive Committee (as outlined in the appendix to the letter from the CODATA President); and approval of proposed composition of the Nominating Committee. All these matters for voting will be handled via an online voting platform ahead of the virtual General Assembly. Delegates to the virtual General Assembly received detailed information on the matters for voting and have been invited to cast their votes.
The second purpose of the virtual General Assembly will be to provide an opportunity to update the delegates and membership on CODATA’s activities and achievements in 2020 and to highlight key activities and dates in 2021.
Draft Agenda for 15 December:
11:00 - 11:02 Housekeeping for Webinar and Virtual GA (Simon Hodson)
11:02 - 11:05 Opening the Virtual GA (Barend Mons)
11:05 - 11:15 Short Statement of the Matters for Voting and the Voting Results (Bonnie Carroll)
11:15 - 12:10 Highlights from 2020
Decadal Programme Progress (Simon Hodson)
UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (Simon Hodson)
Report from the FAIR Convergence Symposium
Task Group, Working Group and Project Highlights
Data Science Journal (Mark Parsons)
CODATA Connect Early Career Group (Shaily Gandhi and Felix Enyiam)
Data Policy Committee (Mark Leggott)
National Committees Activity (Ernie Boyko and Bonnie Carroll)
Finance and Membership Report (John Broome)
Questions and comments
12:10 - 12:20 Vision for CODATA (Barend Mons)
Data Together
Questions and comments
12:20 - 12:40 The Year Ahead (Simon Hodson)
Decadal Programme Next Steps
Global Open Science Cloud
Review of CAS Earth Data Policy
Call for TGs (for action)
Nominations for ExComm (for action)
IDW 2021 (Seoul, Nov 2021), call for sessions, call for papers (for action)
12:40 - 13:00 Q&A, Discussion (Barend Mons)
Message send by Irene Kimani as received from;
Asha Law on behalf of Hana Pergl, CODATA Secretariat