Action Item GGOS-SC12-1: Srinivas Bettadpur will lead the writing of a white paper on satellite mission and a potential GGOS Bureau on satellite mission as a link between GGOS, the science community, and the space agencies and he will include Roger Haagmans, Susanna Zerbini, Markus Rothacher, and Hans-Peter Plag as co-authors. Responsible: Srinivas Bettadpur, Deadline: 2008-03-12.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC12-1: Open.
Report: Srinivas Bettadpur has distributed a first draft to the group including also Erricos Pavlis, Michael Pearlman, and Mike Watkins. Several of the team have commented on the draft. Reported on 2008-03-02 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-2: The EC will identify a few candidates to chair the WG on satellite missions and will subject these to a vote in the Steering Committee by e-mail. Responsible: Executive Committee, Deadline: 2008-01-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC12-2: Open.
Report: During ECT38 on February 14, the EC discussed the issue extensively. It was emphasized that this WG needs a senior chair with considerable experience in advocating satellite missions. Names that came up included Pieter Pfizzer, Delft; Veronique Dehant, Brussels (who may be too busy); Mike Watkins (who also may be too busy but may be able to recommend someone and then be the godfather of the WG); Frank Flechtner; Bruce Haynes, JPL; Reiner Rummel, Munich (who most likely is too busy); and Thomas Gruber. As a result, the AIs GGOS-ECT38-9 and -10 were agreed: Reported on 2008-02-29 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-3: Hans-Peter Plag will send out the draft charter for the GGOS GEO WG to the current members for comments. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2008-01-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC12-3: Done.
Report: Hans-Peter Plag sent out the mail on January 31, 2008 and asked for response by February 29, 2008. He also addressed a number of othe Reported on 2008-02-29 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-4: Hans-Peter Plag will edit the draft charter for the GGOS GEO WG according to the comments received and prepare it for acceptance at the Retreat. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2008-03-12.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-5: Markus Rothacher will send out a reminder to the lead authors of the white papers for the retreat and ask them to provide drafts by March 10, 2008 to Hans-Peter Plag for inclusion on the Retreat web page. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2008-01-21.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC12-5: Done.
Report: Hans-Peter Plag sent a reminder to Markus Rothacher and he obviously reminded both Michael Pearlman and Hermann Drewes. Reported on 2008-02-06 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-6: Hans-Peter Plag will finalize the editing of the GGOS Reference Document and send the individual chapters to the lead authors for acceptance. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2008-01-31.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-7: Hans-Peter Plag and Markus Rothacher will work together to produce three leaflets based on the text edited by Michael Pearlman and ensure that web and printed version are consistent. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2008-02-15.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-8: Richard Gross will ensure that the revised leaflets (both web and printed versions) are reviewed by the Science Panel. Responsible: Richard Gross, Deadline: 2008-03-11.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-9: Hans-Peter Plag and Markus Rothacher will finalize the three leaflets (both web and printed versions) and based on the comments received from the Science Panel. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2008-03-25.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-10: If the on-line registration for the Retreat is delayed, Hans-Peter Plag will send out a mail requesting pre-registration. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2008-01-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC12-10: Done.
Report: The on-line registration became available early in January and a mail was sent to the potential participants asking them to register as soon as possible. A reminder was sent on January 31, 2008. Reported on 2008-01-30 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-11: The GGOS EC will ensure that there is sufficient time included on the agenda of the Retreat for discussion and finalization of the GGOS vision and mission. Responsible: Executive Committee, Deadline: 2008-02-29.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC12-11: Done.
Report: Hans-Peter Plag set up a draft agenda for the Retreat and included more than 1.5 hours for the discussion of vision and mission. Reported on 2008-03-02 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-12: Markus Rothacher and Ruth Neilan will provide to the SC a number of examples of vision and mission statements of other observing systems. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Ruth Neilan, Deadline: 2008-02-29.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-13: Michael Pearlman and Ruth Neilan will develop the draft Call for Proposals for a GGOS Coordinating Office and send the draft to the SC for comments prior to the Retreat. Responsible: Michael Pearlman, Ruth Neilan, Deadline: 2008-02-29.

Action Item GGOS-SC12-14: Richard Gross will draft a rationale and scope for a 2008 GGOS Science Workshop including science questions to be addressed by this workshop and send this to the EC for discussion. Responsible: Richard Gross, Deadline: 2008-02-29.