Action Item GGOS-SC-5-1: All WG chairs and GEO representatives who have not yet done so to sent reports to the EC. Responsible: All WG Chairs and GEO representatives who have not sent reports, Deadline: 2006-04-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-1: Done.
Report: This was replaced by AI GGOS-ECT12-1. Reported on 2006-04-26 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-2: Markus Rothacher to make available the GGOS Poster presented at the EWC-III on the GGOS web page. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-2: Done.
Report: The poster was made available at the ggos.org web page. It is also available at the GGOS UNR web page, and there, and a respective message is included on the News-Page. Reported on 2006-04-26 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-3: Markus Rothacher to inform the new SC Members at Large of the outcome of the vote. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-3: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher sent out e-mails to all members at large elected during the Fifth SC meeting. Reported on 2006-04-18 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-4: Markus Rothacher to contact Salah Mahmoud and Luiz Fortes whether they are ready to be Members at Large of the SC or, if that is not possible, to be Corresponding members. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-4: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher has asked the two candidates, and after some exchange of e-mails, they have responded positively. Reported on 2006-05-09 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-5: In order to complement the Science Panel with one expert in oceanography, Markus Rothacher to ask in this sequence Victor Zlotnicki, Detlef Stammer, and Pascal LeGrand for their readiness to serve on the Science Panel. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-20.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-5: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher has asked Victor Zlotnicki to be a candidate for the Science Panel. After a reminder from Ruth Neilan, Victor Zlotnicki finally confirmed that he is ready to serve on the GGOS Science Panel. For Hubert Savenije, a hydrologist, a brief CV was made available. Reported on 2006-05-04 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-6: In order to complement the Science Panel with one expert in atmospheric science, Markus Rothacher to ask in this sequence Rick Anthes, Paul Poli, and David Salstein for their readiness to serve on the Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-20.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-6: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher has asked Paul Poli to be a candidate for the Science Panel, and he has responded positively. He will sent a bio and statement of interest. Reported on 2006-04-18 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-7: Markus Rothacher to ask the Chair of the ICCT to provide a nomination of a person from the ICCT for the Science Panel. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-20.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-7: Done.
Report: Markus Rothacher has asked the ICCT chair for a nomination and has received a nomination, which finally was confirmed. Reported on 2006-06-01 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-8: The EC to prepare a new draft ToR with minor changes and Markus Rothacher to distribute these to the Steering Committee for approval. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-20.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-8: Done.
Report: The draft final ToR were prepared by Ruth Neilan after considerable discussion and iteration in several telecons (see GGOS-ECT15-5). These ToR were distributed to the SC and subsequently accepted by the SC. Reported on 2006-08-28 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-9: Markus Rothacher to send the ToR after acceptance by the SC to the IAG Secretary for acceptance by the IAG EC. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-05-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-9: Done.
Report: After acceptance by the SC, the ToR were sent to the IAG Executive committee. They have a deadline of September 26, 2006, to vote on these intermitent ToR. Reported on 2006-08-28 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-10: The EC together with the Science Panel to draft a GGOS strategy implementation document. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-09-30.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-10: Done.
Report: This AI was closed through the initiation of the GGOS2020 process. It is hoped that the GGOS2020 process will result into the strategy implementation document requested by the GGOS SC. Reported on 2006-08-28 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-11: Hermann Drewes to submit updated mission statements for the WG on Conventions. Responsible: Hermann Drewes, Deadline: 2006-04-30.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-12: The EC to prepare the GGOS Workshop in a Telecon with respect to session chairs and position paper topics. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-30.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-12: Done.
Report: The EC discussed the position papers, session chairs and lead authors in several telecons. Currently, only the confirmation of a few lead authors is pending. Reported on 2006-06-01 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-13: Markus Rothacher to sent a letter of endorsement of activities to include laser retroreflectors on GNSS satellites to Michael Pearlman and the three GNSS. Responsible: Markus Rothacher, Deadline: 2006-04-15.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-14: Gerhard Beutler to write a letter to the Journal of the Geodesy concerning the special issues of the individual services. Responsible: Gerhard Beutler, Deadline: 2006-04-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-14: Done.
Report: Gerhard Beutler sent a letter to the JoG Editor Will Featherstone. In his responses, he wrote "We consider all proposals for special issues on 'hot topics'. Of course, it needs dedicated guest editor(s) for each special issue. In the case of an editor's own papers, then i deal with the review process. So, all I need is for the editor to contact me, and we can go from there. I have a set of 'guidelines' but it's really only a case of the editor calling for papers, which come through the editorial office in the normal way, then the editor takes care of the review and revision process as normally done." Reported on 2006-04-28 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-15: Bente Lilja Bye together with the outreach committee to scan the relevant journals to identify those that would be appropriate for publications on GGOS. Responsible: Bente Lilja Bye, Deadline: 2006-04-30.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-16: The Executive Committee to consider a GGOS contribution to the IYPE for discussion by the Steering Committee. Responsible: Executive Committee, Deadline: 2006-05-31.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-16: Open.
Report: Susanna Zerbini has the responsibility to prepare a brief proposal as a basis for the discussion in the EC (see AI GGOS-ECT12-9). Moreover, Hans-Peter Plag is supposed to contact Robert Missotten to discuss the potential contribution with him. The process of preparing the proposal is somewhat delayed due to other activities (including GGOS2020) but should be taken up again soon, so that a proposal is available for the SC7. Reported on 2006-08-28 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-17: To make available a draft GGOS portal description for discussion in the SC. Responsible: Bernd Richter, Deadline: 2006-04-30.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-17: Open.
Report: Bernd Richter on April 10 distributed an upgrade version for a GGOS portal description where the results of the discussion in Vienna This document is currently under review. Moreover, a meeting of Markus Rothacher and Bernd Richter took place in August, but it is not clear what the current status is. Reported on 2006-08-28 by Hans-Peter Plag.

Action Item GGOS-SC-5-18: Ask all Steering Committee members to sent links to home pages or brief CVs to Hans-Peter Plag for inclusion on the Steering Committee Membership page. Responsible: Hans-Peter Plag, Deadline: 2006-04-15.

Status of Action Item GGOS-SC-5-18: Done.
Report: The request was included in a mail sent out by Hans-Peter Plag on April 18, 2006. However, response is quite slow. In particular, some of the key figures still have not responded. Reported on 2006-04-21 by Hans-Peter Plag.