Selam All, These and the following two messages are the much belated minutes from the first steering committee meeting and for two from the charter subcommittee meetings. These minutes have NOT been reviewed or edited by other committee members, but please feel free to make additions and changes. Some errors may be resident due to forgetfulness considering the time that has passed (which passed in part from illness which I am now recovered from). The minutes are in each case rather tersely worded. The archive of minutes, an email list, and (a now outdated) draft charter can be reached by web at an unmarked URL: http://etonline.netnation.com/ecosa/ Following now are the minutes from the July 21th meeting of the charter steering committee. Were Present: Mulugeta Libse Berhanu Beyene Nega Alemayehu Asteraye Tsige Daniel Admassie Daniel Yacob Dawit Bekele Fikre Yibrehu Agenda: -Determine objectives of the steering committee -Determine objectives of the association -Compose a work plan -General brain storming session Objectives for the steering committee were discussed and identified as: 1) Design ECoSA structure. 2) Create bylaws and legislative process. 3) Write a charter for the association. 4) Design a strategy for establishing the association. Objectives for the association were discussed and identified as: 1) To research, compose and submit standards proposals to the EAS. 2) Coordinate like efforts from external groups 3) Publicize association standards. In the discussion of a work plan two subcommittees were formed. The first subcommittee is formed to compose an association charter and design legislative structures. The members of the first subcommittee are: Mulugeta Libse, Daniel Admassie, Daniel Yacob and Dawit Bekele. The second subcommittee is formed to find funding sources for the association and to find a way to invite the largest number of concerned bodies to a workshop to open the association. The members of the second subcommittee are: Berhanu Beyene, Nega Alemayehu, Asteraye Tsigie, Dawit Bekele and Fikre Yibrehu. The meetings adjourned at 5:30PM (?) and the next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday August 5th at 3:00PM at the AAU Mathematics Department. -Daniel