The 2002 meeting of TDWG was held in Indaiatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil from Friday 18^th October to Sunday 20^th October, hosted by CRIA.

The meeting was part of the “TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS IN BIODIVERSITY INFORMATICS” forum. Many of the presentations given during the forum are available as Powerpoint presentations from this web site.

Minutes of the meeting.

Very brief summary of the TDWG business meeting:

The Treasurer’s report was proposed, seconded and accepted.

The two proposed changes to the constitution were both accepted by the voting members. The amended constitution will appear on the web site shortly.

The standing officers were all prepared to remain in office and no alternatives were suggested so the current officers were all re-elected.

The 2003 meeting may be held in Portugal, but discussions were still being held with the possible hosting organisation and news will be posted on the web site as soon as possible. Volunteers for a  programme committee were requested – to help organise the meeting. This would involve compiling a scientific programmer, inviting speakers and making the announcements as soon as possible.

The tentative dates for 2003 are:

            Nov 5 – 7        subgroup meetings

            Nov 8 – 9        TDWG Meeting

            Nov 10 – 11    symposium

There was a proposal that the 2004 meeting should be held in the United States – invitations were sought!

Thanks were made to CRIA – to Vanderlei Canhos and his staff for the excellent organisation of the meeting.

Karen Wilson proposed a vote of thanks to Stan Blum for moving TDWG forward to a more formalised standards body and looked forward to the next year of his chairmanship. This was heartily applauded.