GM Crop Farm Scale Evaluations:
Scientific Steering Committee Minutes
29th January 2003 - Minutes
Members attending:
Nicholas Aebischer
Alistair Burn
Mick Crawley
David Gibbons
Chris Pollock (chair)
Nick Sotherton
Research consortium:
Les Firbank
Joe Perry
Geoff Squire
Gill Champion
Matt Heard
Alison Haughton
David Brooks
David Bohan
David Roy
Secretariat:
Nick Brickle (secretary)
1. Apologies for absence
Apologies for absence were received from Jim Orson.
2. Minutes of last meeting
Already approved and publicly available of the FSE website.
3. FSE draft papers
In closed session the SSC reviewed progress with each draft paper that will make up the portion of the final FSE report dealing with spring-sown crops. The content of each paper, and the overall structure of the papers as a series, was approved, subject in some cases to limited further changes.
4. Future action to approve FSE papers
The SSC agreed that the sub-groups would be given one more opportunity to view each of the final draft papers. When the committee is content, the papers will then be signed-off as ready for submission to the journal. This phase will be conducted by correspondence.
5. Update on progress by research consortium
The consortium informed the SSC that all work on winter oilseed rape was continuing to plan.
6. Update on progress by secretariat
The SSC was informed that plans for the non-specialist summary were in place and awaiting final drafts of the papers, after which writing would begin.
8. AOB
The SSC discussed a proposed study on gene flow utilising the winter oil seed rape fields. Members were content that the proposal as described would not interfere with the ecological studies and requested to be kept informed of the outcomes.
9. Next meeting
A provisional meeting was scheduled for 4th June 2003 and a subsequent meeting was confirmed for 26th November 2003.
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2003;
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