Dear CETAF ESG members,

this forwarded email is for your information in order to give the latest update on relevant TDWG activities before the Biodiversity Next conference in about one week.

If you are not a formal member of the TDWG Paleobiology Interest Group and/or the ABCD-EFG Task Group, please consider to join the new group called the Paleobiology and Earth Sciences Interest Group that will merge and replace both existing groups.
Although the email was only addressed to the current members, feel free to comment on the charter that will be the basis for the new group.

Best regards,
Falko

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Falko Glöckler
Head of Department Science Data Management
Science Programme: Digital World and Information Science

Museum für Naturkunde Berlin
Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Science
Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin
https://www.naturkundemuseum.berlin

Tel.: +49 30 889140 8672
Email: falko.gloeckler@mfn-berlin.de
https://www.naturkundemuseum.berlin/einblicke/mitarbeiter/falko.gloeckler

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Von: "Reed, Denne N" <reedd@austin.utexas.edu>
Datum: 12.10.2019 11:46 nachm.
Betreff: Paleobiology and Earth Sciences Interest Group Charter for TDWG
Cc:

Dear member of the Biodiversity Information Standards (TDWG) Paleo Interest Group, 

The TDWG executive committee has requested that the Paleo Interest Group merge with the Extension For Geosciences (EFG) Task group in order to reduce the ever expanding number of interest groups and task groups. Attached is a revised charter that integrates the goals and activities of these two groups into a new group called the Paleobiology and Earth Sciences Interest Group.

We welcome your comments and suggestions on the draft charter. Please feel free to forward them to me by email.  Also, if you are interested in serving as a core member of the group, feel free to add your name to that section. Finally, if you know of anyone else who might be interested in the activities of the group please feel free to forward this charter to them as well.

The executive committee will be meeting on 20 October during the Biodiversity Next conference to ratify the new charter so please send any comments or suggestions before then.

Best regards, 
Denné

Associate Professor
Graduate Advisor
Dept. of Anthropology
University of Texas at Austin