SCOAP³ Governing Council meeting December 4^th 2013

The SCOAP³ Governing Council held its inaugural meeting at CERN on December 4th 2013, chaired by the CERN Director-General Rolf-Dieter Heuer. At the date of the meeting, 25 seats had beed attributed to representatives of the countries that contribute to SCOAP³ and 22 delegates participated in the meeting. Among others, the following decisions were taken, all by unanimous accord:

• Dissolve the interim committees which helped bring SCOAP3 to its official start;
• Appoint the SCOAP³ Executive Committee, including the ex-officio participation of the Governing Council Chair;
• Appoint Ralf Schimmer (Germany) as Governing Council Chair for an initial period of one year, effective from the date of the next Council meeting;
• Form two Working Groups to support the initial operation of SCOAP³: an Outreach and Communication Working Group and a Repository Steering and Support Working Group. Those will convene in early 2014, with contributors drawn from the wider membership of institutions participating to SCOAP³ in each country;
• Form a Procedures Committee with the initial remit of drafting rules of procedure for the Governing Council;
• Adjourn for a next session in Spring 2014.