Committee for Heads of Irish Geoscience Institutes

Minutes of: 13.00, Friday 10^th June, 2011

Attendance: Dr. Andy Wheeler (chair), Prof Alan Jones, Mary Carter, Prof Frank McDermott, Dr. Mike Young

Apologies: Dr. John Graham, Prof. John McCloskey

	Item	Description	Action
1	Confirmation of Membership	Dr. Andy Wheeler – UCC (chair) Dr. Martin Feeley – NUIG Dr. John Graham – TCD Prof Alan Jones – DIAS Prof. John McCloskey/Prof. Keith Day - UU Prof. Frank McDermot – UCD Pat O’Connor – GSI Dr. Mike Young – GSNI	To confirm AW
2	Equipment inventory	Construct an inventory of national geoscience equipment as a first step in developing a national equipment pool	Construct spreadsheet and circulate for completion by CHIGI - AW
3	CHIGI website	To update	AJ to remove password AW & AJ to update (all comments welcome)
4	Irish geoscience research strengths	Inventory of Irish geoscience expertise and research strengths	1 page hyperlinked document outlining institutional and personnel expertise and research strengths - AW
5	IGGP report	IGGP pilot year a success with 100 students registering for 10 courses, 45 for one module
	AOB