The 2016 CODATA General Assembly was held on Sunday, 11 September 2016, in the Silver Room, Tower Building, of the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado.
Location: Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, Address: 1550 Court Place, Denver, Colorado.
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Minutes of the 2016 General Assembly
Delegates and observers are invited to forward any comments or corrections to the Executive Director no later than 31 January 2017.
Presentations from the 2016 General Assembly
Key presentations and other documents are now available online:
- Treasurer’s Presentation, ‘Financial Report to the 2016 CODATA General Assembly’
- Executive Director’s Presentation, ‘CODATA Strategy and Achievement, 2015-16’
- President’s Presentation, ‘Vision, strategy and key activities for 2016-2018’
- CODATA Prospectus: Strategy and Achievement, 2015-2016: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.165830
Programme and FINAL Agenda
The FINAL Agenda for the General Assembly is presented below and here along with instructions on the voting procedures.
| Time | Activity | Lead By |
| 08.30- | Welcome | Geoffrey Boulton, CODATA President |
| 08.40- | Approval of Agenda | Sara Graves, CODATA Secretary General |
| 09.00- | CODATA Financial Report | John Broome, CODATA Treasurer |
| 09.30- | Executive Director Report | Simon Hodson, CODATA Executive Director |
| 10.30- | Discussion and Questions | Geoffrey Boulton, CODATA President |
| 11.00- | Break | |
| 11.30- | Vision, strategy and key activities for 2016-2018
11.30: Vision, strategy and key activities for 2016-2018 – Geoffrey Boulton 12.00: Up-date and perspectives from ICSU – Heide Hackmann, ICSU Executive Director 12.20: Achievements in the 50 Years of CODATA’s Existence and Priorities for the next |
Geoffrey Boulton, CODATA President |
| 12.30- | Lunch | |
| 13.30- | Task Group Presentations
Procedure: Maximum five minute presentations by candidate Task Groups, one slide only. (15 candidate Task Groups). |
Geoffrey Boulton, CODATA President |
| 15.00 | Task Group Selection
Voting on Task Groups and announcements. |
Geoffrey Boulton, CODATA President |
| 15.30- | Break | |
| 16.00 | Election of CODATA Executive Committee
Voting and announcements Procedure: there will be no presentation by candidates. Delegates should consult the candidates statements on the CODATA website and vote accordingly. |
Sara Graves, CODATA Secretary General |
| 17.00 | Closing remarks and resolutions
Any other business Resolution of thanks Closing remarks |
Geoffrey Boulton, CODATA President |
| 17.30- | Close of General Assembly – followed by Opening Ceremony of SciDataCon 2016 at 18.00 | |
Opening Ceremony of SciDataCon 2016
This year, the General Assembly preceded International Data week, which included our conference SciDataCon 2016.
The Opening Ceremony of SciDataCon 2016 followed the CODATA General Assembly and was scheduled from 18.00 to 19.30 and concluded with a reception.