IAVWOPSG-Memo/1

31/10/03

MEMORANDUM

Ref.:	AN 10/18.2
To:	Members, International Airways Volcano Watch Operations Group (IAVWOPSG)
From:	IAVWOPSG Secretary
Subject:	IAVWOPSG/1 Meeting
Action:	a) Note the information;

b) review the provisional agenda and provide comments by 12 December 2003;

c) submit working and information papers by 6 February 2004; and

d) indicate your participation and that of any advisors by 13 February 2004.

First of all, I would like to welcome you all to the recently established International Airways Volcano Watch Operations Group (IAVWOPSG). I am looking forward to your active participation in progressing the important tasks allocated to the group. The best source of information related to the work of the group is the open IAVWOPSG Web site at: www.icao.int/anb/iavwopsg, which includes the list of the tasks of the group, the member list, details of the forthcoming meeting and all of the available working documents.

The first milestone of the group will be the IAVWOPSG/1 Meeting to be convened at the ICAO Asia and Pacific Regional Office (APAC), Bangkok, Thailand, from 15 to 19 March 2004. The detailed arrangements of the meeting can be found in IAVWOPSG/1-IP/1 and the provisional agenda of the meeting, together with the explanatory notes, is included in the IAVWOPSG/1-WP/1. Both papers are available on the IAVWOPSG Web site. With regard to the provisional agenda, you are invited to review it and send your comments and suggestions to me at your earliest convenience and no later than 12 December 2003.

The Secretariat has the intention to prepare basic working papers on all of the agenda items and to place them on the Web site by 30 January 2004. You are also encouraged to prepare working documents (i.e. working or information papers) on any agenda item; you should submit your documents to me by 6 February 2004. Any documentation received after that date will automatically be considered as an information paper. Please, note that all the documents should be submitted in English.

Finally, you are invited to indicate whether you intend to attend the IAVWOPSG/1 Meeting and whether you are bringing any advisors with you. The information about your attendance and that of your advisor(s) should reach the ICAO ASIA PAC Office, preferably by e-mail to divanov@bangkok.icao.int and myself, rromero@icao.int at the latest by 13 February 2004.

Looking forward to a successful meeting.

Best regards,

Raul Romero