From John.Dow at esa.int Thu Mar 17 10:10:26 2005 From: John.Dow at esa.int (John.Dow at esa.int) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:10:26 +0100 Subject: [IGSMAIL-5119]: Terms of Reference 2005 and New Name for IGS Message-ID: ****************************************************************************** IGS Electronic Mail 17 Mar 10:24:11 PST 2005 Message Number 5119 ****************************************************************************** Author: John M. Dow Dear Colleagues, The IGS Governing Board gave its unanimous approval this week to new Terms of Reference. This is the first update to the Terms since January 1999, and was made necessary by a number of developments which have taken place in the meantime. Notably the IGS published in 2001 its Strategic Plan for the years 2002-2007, defining its mission and objectives for the future: it was considered important to reflect the impact of these in the Terms of Reference. Other modifications include: - some adjustments to the structure of the Governing Board - the setting up of an Executive Committee, subject to the control and direction of the Governing Board, which can act for the Board between regular meetings. - major revisions of the Charter for Analysis Centres and the Policy on Establishment of Projects and Working Groups - a new Charter for Data Centres In view of the increasing developments in the field of Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS), it was decided (as in 1999) to take this opportunity to modify the name of our organisation. The acronym IGS remain, but now stands for "International GNSS Service". The new Terms of Reference and Charters are now posted on the IGS website http://igscb.jpl.nasa.gov/, under "What's New?" and "Organisation". I would like to thank all members of the Governing Board, and in particular Ruth Neilan, Angie Moore, Bob Serafin and Norman Beck, for their efforts in contributing to this update. Best regards, John M. Dow