IVOA Executive Committee Meeting (FM25)

Thurs 27 Sept 2007 @ 16.45-18.30 GMT

Logistics

Location: Hoyle Committee Room, IoA, Cambridge, UK - see InterOpSep2007

Agenda (draft 20070917)

1. Roll Call and Agenda
2. Minutes of TM24
3. Review of Actions
4. Approval of new IVOA Recommendation(s) [Standing Item]
5. Working Groups and Interest Groups
   • Clarification/Modification of the Standardization process (BH)
   • Revival of Standards and Process WG (FG, BH)
   • Conversion of VOT WG to Maintenance Mode
6. Status of the Assessment Working Group (DD)
7. Discussion of Google Sky, the VO, and the IVOA (BH)
8. IVOA and the next IAU GA (BH, RW)
9. Discussion of the Report on Implementation of IVOA Standards at Data Centers
10. Support of VO Training Programs (BH)
11. Status of preparation for spring 2008 Interop (FP)
12. Status and venue for the fall 2008 Interop (BH)
13. Date and venue of the next Exec meeting
14. AOB
15. Summary of Actions

Reports from the Projects

ArVO

AstroGrid

Australia-VO

China-VO

CVO

VObs.it (aka DRACO) Italy

Euro-VO

France VO

GAVO

HVO

Japan-VO

Korean VO

NVO

RVO

SVO

VO-India

Reports from WGs & IGs(follows order as at http://www.ivoa.net/forum/)

Applications WG

Data Access Layer WG

Data Models WG

Grid and Web Services Working Group

Registry WG

Semantics/UCD WG

VOEvent

VOQL WG

VOTable WG

Astro-RG IG

Data Curation and Preservation IG

Theory IG