1. Report of the Secretary General C.C.Tscherning, Department of Geophysics University of Copenhagen, Denmark XXIII IAG General Assembly IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

2. Meetings: Bureau (8), Executive Committee (7) Council (2), General Assemblies (1) Publications : (Assistant SG: Ole B.Andersen) Journal of Geodesy (Newsletter), Travaux (free CD here), Geodesists Handbook Administrative activities XXIIIth IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

3. Reviewed and Published by Springer Verlag 121: Schwarz, (Ed.) Geodesy Beyond 2000: The Challenges of the First Decade 122: Benciolini, (Ed.) IV Hotine-Marussi Symposium on Mathematical Geodesy 123: Sideris, (Ed.) Gravity, Geoid and Geodynamics 2000 124: Drewes, Dodson, Fortes, Sanchez, Sandoval, (Eds.) Vertical Reference Systems 125: Adam, Schwarz, (Eds.) Vistas for Geodesy in the New Millennium 126: Sansò et al.: XXIII GA Proceedings, payment included in registration fee. IAG Proceedings IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

4. IAG Home-page: http://www.gfy.ku.dk/~iag/ COB Home-page: http://www.iag-aig.org (not yet active !) Severe problem with correct adresses of YOU. Information System IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

5. 2000: 7 2001:12 2002: 10 2003: already 3, including this GA. Scientific Meetings IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

6. Determination and use of the geoid (3 schools) Engineering Surveying Terrestrial gravity data acquisition techniques Satellite Altimetry for Geodesy, Geophysics and Oceanography Vertical crustal motion and sea-level change School Topics: IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

7. IUGG: 104 IAG Fund: 4 Grants: 19 EGG97 CD + IGeS Lecture Notes: 10 Springer Verlag a.o.: 22 Other 30 Total 189 Future: Membership fees ?! Finance: receipts (K USD) IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

8. Travel Grants: 111 Administration: 71 Loss on exchange and Bank charges:13 Prizes: 4 Other54 Total 253 Deficit64 Expenditures (K USD) IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

9. Expenses: USD 8400 Travel Grants Best Paper Award, Bomford Prize Receipt: USD 3800 Typical contribution USD 50, and a few very big. IAG Fund IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

10. Communication and Outreach Branch will be organised Prof. J. Adam, Budapest, Nominated as President Will improve communication and contact with the (new) individual members Will promote IAG Outlook IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.

11. IAG needs more money Thanks to the Department of Geophysics for support Thanks to Dr. Ole B. Andersen Thanks to Mrs. Christina S. Petersen Thanks to all who do voluntary work for IAG Conclusion IUGG/IAG General Assembly, Sapporo, July, 2003.