Hi all,

as I'm sure you've noticed already, the 2009 TDWG Conference is coming up and only about 2 months away. Nico and I hope to see as many of you there as possible!

As the one remaining TODO needed to complete the formal establishment of our TDWG Interest Group, we need to get the group's charter written, finalized, and approved.

Nico and I have now written a draft charter here:

http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhdjhbvd_65ff7bp3dn

Since in order to be approved by the executive committee in time for the 2009 conference it needs to be submitted rather soon. So, we'd be much obliged if you can review the draft and give us feedback, comments, and suggestions by Friday, Sep 11, so we can incorporate it in time for submitting the final version on Monday, Sep 14.

FYI, there'll likely be significant activities of our group at the event, the announcements and Calls for Participation for which will be posted here over the coming week. Pending final approval for funding and logistics, one of these will be a VoCamp; check out http://evoinfo.nescent.org/VoCamp1_Proposal if you're curious.

Cheers,

Hilmar & Nico