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Council minutes 10 October 2017
The 2017-2018 council held its first call on 10 October 2017. This call served as an introduction to the ExCom, Secretariat, Council Project Groups, Council Reports and the new member Orientation webinars. Candidates for leadership positions (Co-Chairs and National Committee Coordinators) were given an opportunity to introduce themselves ahead of voting. Read the full meeting minutes here. -
Council minutes 4 December 2017
34 members were present a the second 2017-2018 council meeting. The new Council Co-Chairs (Jenn Cooper and Clare Eayrs), NC coordinators (José Seco, Alevtina Evgrafova and Neelu Singh) and new members introduced themselves. Project leaders provided updates on the 18 Council Projects There was a call for all members to start planning activities for Polar Week (March 2018) and a reminder on the deadline to register for the 2018 APECS World Summit (16 February 2018 for APECS Leadership and APECS National Committee leadership reps who want to attend both days of the summit (or only Day 1); 31 March 2018 for APECS members and other interested early career researchers wanting to attend just Day 2 of the summit). Clare and Jenn provided further information on the 1st Council Report, due 31 January, 2018. Read the full meeting minutes here. -
Council minutes 13 February 2018
This meeting had a very full agenda! After new council member introductions, we were informed about the APECS Code of Conduct for NCs and the Council currently being developed by ExCom. This Code of Conduct will circulated to the Council for feedback. Gerlis Fugmann updated Council members on the 4 new, exciting partnerships with EU Horizon-2020 projects (INTERACT, APPLICATE, Nunataryuk, and ARICE). There will be plenty of opportunities for ECRs to get involved with these new projects. We have switched to Zoom for meetings and webinars and the new booking system and calendar is on the website. Jenn and Clare provided feedback from the January Council reports (a summary is available here). A major discussion point at this meeting was how to better plan Council Meetings so that a greater number of members can attend (the biggest difficulty is the wide range of time zones). A new structure will be trialled at the next Council Meeting. Read the full meeting minutes, including project group and NC updates here. -
Council minutes 23 April 2018
In order to try to accommodate as many members as possible, we ran 2 council meetings with identical agendas, one during GMT morning and the other during GMT afternoon. It was impossible to find times that worked for all council members, but as this structure provides a better opportunity for members in minority time zones we will run the next Council Meeting in a similar fashion. 16 members attended the first meeting and 22 attended the second. The Code of Conduct draft is being finalised and will be circulated to members before POLAR 2018. Council projects groups and NCs have been incredibly busy and a large portion of the meeting was dedicated to updates on their activities. ExCom thanked all members who have worked so hard to make these projects possible. The full minutes (here) are combined from both meetings. -
Council Activities Summary (September 2017 - January 2018)
The 2017-2018 got off to a great start and APECS Council members have been involved in a diverse range of activities over the first few months of the new term. Some projects are still looking for leads and Council members are encouraged to sign up for the opportunity to lead a project on the project database in the Council folder. You can find a summary of the APECS Council activities from September 2017 - January 2018 here. -
Council Activities Summary (February - May 2018)
Council members have been involved in a wide range of projects and other activities over the last 4 months. Well done everybody! Please find a summary of Council activities from February - May 2018 here. -
Council minutes 23rd July 2018
Once again we ran 2 council meetings with identical agendas and this format seems to be working quite well. This is a quiet period for the Council, with many members away on fieldwork. Project group and NC updates were circulated round the council before the meeting (see the updates here) and discussion was focused around the Code of Conduct, which due to be finalised by the end of September, and on how to identify how project groups can help each other out a bit more by combining activities or sharing experience. Read the full meeting minutes here.