Cost Action A36, Tributary Empires Compared

MC meeting no: 6

Date and time: 4 November 2007, 15.00

Meeting place and address: Institute for Mediterranean Studies/FO.R.T.H., Rethymno

Chair: Peter Fibiger Bang

Agenda

1. Welcome to participants; taking of minutes
2. Adoption of agenda
3. Minutes of last meeting and purpose of this meeting
4. Report from the Science Officer
• News from the COST Office
• Status of Action
• Number of Signatories
• Budget Status (develop a brief for transition to grant holder)
5. Requests for membership
6. Request for non-COST participation
7. Website news
8. STSM status, applications
9. Year Budget planning
10. Action evaluations (Crete meeting)
11. Progress report of working groups
 - Vienna-meeting
 - Utrecht-meeting
12. Long-term planning
-  Implementation of the plan for the general continuous development of the network: the Rome meetin.
A. Summary of general evaluation meeting in June in Vienna (Kiss Balasz’ comments)
B. training school/summer school
C. Roman Host institutions, the Academies in Via Omero, the French School, British School?
D. Suggestions for joint comparative papers written by a pair of management committee or working group members.  
13.  Publications.
14. Time and place of next meeting
15. AOB