20th July 2017 - WebEx


  1. Welcome and introductions
    1. MDA.
  2. Approval of agenda
    1. MDA.
  3. Declaration of delegates
    1. MDA.
  4. Approval of previous minutes
    1. MDA.
  5. Outstanding actions
    1. Full list of Board Meeting actions
    2. PR - Action-BM-2017-03 Draft Risk Register for Association
    3. JT - Action-BM-2017-04 Internal Rule change on funding projects
  6. OpenWIS Association Membership
    1. Approval of new Partners
      1. MDA - ECMWF.
      2. MDA - IMD.
      3. MDA - Any others.
  7. Election of Managing Directors
    1. MDA - The nominations received are as follows:
      1. Chairperson - 1 nomination - Matteo Dell’Aqua, Meteo-France.
      2. Vice-chairperson - 1 nomination - Jeremy Tandy, Met Office.
      3. Treasurer - 1 nomination - Stacey Squires, Met Office.
  8. Reports and recommendations from the SC
    1. JT - Proposal for WIS 2.0 pilot projects from RGr.
  9. Review of budget for 2017 (in consequence of agenda item 8 above)
    1. Review of budget
      1. Current (2017) budget is €10,000.
      2. MDA.
    2. Review of reserve fund
      1. Current (2017) reserve fund is €10,000.
      2. MDA.
  10. Financial Administration
    1. MDA - Status of OpenWIS Association bank account.
    2. MDA - Status of OpenWIS Association with respect to VAT.
  11. Any Other Business
    1. MDA.
  12. Date of next meeting
    1. MDA.
  13. Close
    1. MDA.