I am very sorry I will not be able to celebrate the submission of the extension for ratification. I am currently on a train back to Germany with a poor internet connection so I will not join the meeting today.

Some notes from my end that would be nice if you can discuss today: 

- the executive board meeting will be next Tuesday so we will probably have news on the ratification by then. Let's aim for a big meeting on Wed next week to celebrate!

- Wesley has shared a subset of eBird data mapped with the Humboldt extension. Zach and Ani are still working on 2 more datasets. Once those are finished we can start the process of ending the Task Group.

- Many of you have received an email from Lien Reyserhove about a new task group (or activating an old one) on IAS management and vocabulary (which I think could be expanded to include disturbances and other habitat modifications). She is organizing a meeting so let me know if you did not receive her email and you are interested in participating. 

- Work on the documentation and HE user guide is led by Kate (and GBIF more generally). Please Kate, let us know if you need anything from us.

- Rob S. and I started drafting the HE paper. It is not too advanced and we are still working on the overview or key messages but if you want to take a look and/or collaborate, this is the document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/171Blq1BDza_psrIQtBH-USIBzRuJAz-KQ4vS-xYnG3M/edit#heading=h.5b11ws303ok5

Have a great meeting,

See you next week,