8th PAC meeting, Bruxelles, 6-7 June, 2012

Agenda with link to the preparatory documents

1. Opening and welcome
2. Adoption of the agenda
3. Final approval of the minutes of the seventh PAC meeting in Budapest 3_minutes_PAC.pdf
4. PAC matters (arising from previous meetings if
   any) 4_minutes_GA.pdf
5. ALADIN planning and reporting
   1. Progress report: highlights, critical issues,
      and actions demanded by the GA
      (SURFEX, convergence and
      dynamics/scalability) 5-1_progress_report.pdf
   2. Preparation of the 2012 work plan:
      preliminary prioritizing
   3. PAC input for the 4-y work plan
   4. Preparation of the strategy meeting in
      September, revisiting the strategic plan 5-4_WP_dynamics.pdf
6. ALADIN program definition and activities
   1. Update on recent events
      (ALADIN workshop, SURFEX
      working week) 6-1_COSP_report.pdf
   2. CSSI/LTM/ST, Task force
      matters, ACNA 6-2_CSSI-LTM-ST.pdf
   3. Creation of a SURFEX steering
      committee 6-3_SURFEX_SC.pdf
   4. Link with HIRLAM 6-4_HMG-CSSI.pdf
   5. Maintenance issues: local
      technical knowledge transfer, OOPS.
   6. EUMETNET matters: the
      Forecasting Capability Area road map
7. Cooperation agreements and membership
8. Resource matters:
   1. Manpower status: revision of the
      guidelines for reporting practices and
      update on the manpower registration and
      accounting 8-1_guidelines.pdf
   2. budget matters: 8.2.1_FR_planning.pdf
      1. accounting of the ongoing 2011 budget,
      2. PAC’s first guidance for the 2012
         budget.
      3. Status of the previously unclaimed
         royalties and follow up of lake database
         maintenance financing mechanism
9. A.O.B
10. Date and place of the next meeting
11. Closing

See also the PM presentation.