1. AMMA-UK Management Doug Parker CEH Wallingford 20 Jan 2006 Project Administrator Emma Mason: emma@env.leeds.ac.uk

2. Structure

3. 2.1 Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) Membership: Parker (Chair), Harding, Reeves, Thorpe. 2.2 Data Group Membership: Reeves (chair), Lloyd, Morse. 2.2 Data Group Membership: Reeves (chair), Lloyd, Morse. 2.3 EOP Group Membership: Lloyd (chair), Morse, Parker 2.4 SOP Group Membership: Reeves (chair), Parker, Taylor, Pyle. 2.5 Modelling Group Membership: Leeds PDRA (chair), Matthews, Morse, Parker, Pyle, Taylor.

4. Workpackages  Each has a management group  Use this as an email list!  Note division of responsibilities in WP4

5. Reporting  Funded Postgrads / postdocs to report to their WP M 05O 05M 06O 06M 07O 07M 08O 08M 09Final WP1 WP2 WP3 WP4 WP5 Data Model EOP SOP

6. Meetings January 2005 (CEH) Startup meeting:  overview of objectives and new scientific opportunities (80%)  review of management, advertising and publicity, recruitment (20%) October 2005 (UEA) Pre-SOP meeting  Review of EOP progress  Detailed strategy for SOP implementation Nov/Dec 2006 (Leeds) Post-SOP meeting  Presentation and discussion of preliminary results Nov/Dec 2007Scientific meeting: presentation and discussion of results Late 2008Final scientific meeting

7. Communications and recruitment  Louisa Watts (NCAS) can deal with ‘standard’ publicity activities (NCAS web site etc)  Any ideas for wider communication? New Scientist? Guardian? TV?  Recruitment ideas?

8. Changes to programme of work  Via WP/OWP in first instance  Then to SSC

9. ‘MAMEX’ form Are you ready to welcome or train African partners? Yes  If yes, up to how many people could you welcome? Depends on UK organisation. Typically it could be 2. Please contact Doug Parker in the first instance.  Do you require particular profiles? Yes  Will you participate to the Daily Subsistence Allowances (Per Diem)? No, but we will assist and support applications for funding from third party funding agencies.

10. Questions from AMMA-Africa How AMMA-UK can contribute to:  Consolidate the AMMA-Africa coordination ?  Integrate the African in AMMA-UK activities ?  Promote the PIAF and find a part of funding ?