Available documents for the ICAR Board Meeting on 30 November 2017 at h. 8.30 (Paris, IDELE)

• Call to Order & Approval of Agenda (h. 08.30)

• Approval of the minutes ICAR Board Meeting Minutes – October 24th, 2017

• Matters Arising

• Finance (h. 08.45)

  • Financial Sub-Committee ToR review (DL LJ)

  • Financial Sub Committee SOPs (MB)

    • Financial Year End Statement Approval

    • Annual Budget Submittal & Approval

      • Statutes update

    • Reserve Policy

    • Investment Policy

  • Proposed ICAR & S.I 2018 Budgets - including Projects as follows; (MB)

    • ICAR Budget 2018

    • Service ICAR Budget 2018

    • Capital Projects 2018 - Summary

Coffee Break 1030

• Board Committees (h. 11.00)

  • Human Resources Sub-Committee ToR Review (DL KI)

  • Human Resources Sub Committee Report (JM)

  • Nomination Sub-Committee Report (NHN)

• Groups Status Reports (MB & staff) (h. 11.30)

  • Group Summary (Traffic Light Report) (MB)

  • Group Members Matrix by Country (MB)

  • Animal Identification Sub-Committee (AD)

  • Recording and Sampling Devices Sub-Committee (AD)

  • MA SC- PT and Certification Services (SO)

  • CoQ Activity Report (CH)

  • Guidelines Project 2017 - Phase 1

• General Items for consideration for Board agenda (h. 12.30)

  • Membership - 2017 Fees Review (EC)

  • ICAR 2018 (BH/BW)

  • ICAR- Interbull Task Force and ICAR-SLU agreement (JM)

  • EFFAB PW (BL)

Lunch (h. 13.00)

SERVICE ICAR General Assembly (ICAR Board is the GA for S.I.) (h. 13.45)

• Agenda:

  • Election of New Officers of S.I.

  • AOB

  • Adjourn

• ICAR Board Workshop/Session (h. 14.00)

  • General Assembly - new approach? (MB)

    • General Assembly format proposal (MB)

    • Routine business – 2017 Financial, 2018 Budget Awards etc

    • Groups – Highlight What ICAR is doing for Members?

    • Forward direction?

  • New Technologies – impact on Traditional DHI & ICAR’s Role? (h. 14.30)

    • Board Questionnaire - Summary of Results

    • Split Into 3 Groups to do a SWOT Analysis?

Coffee Break 1530

• New Technologies – ICAR’s Plan to engage/address? (h. 16.00)

  • Sub Groups Present Results and recommendations

  • Board collectively agree how we engage - within existing Groups /TFs or new approach / structure?

• ICAR 2018 Board Meeting Schedule (h. 16.45)

• AOB (h. 17.00)

• Adjourn (17.00)

• Closed Board Session (Staff excused) (h. 17.00 - 18.00)

• Time allowed for Board and CE for ‘in camera’ discussions on CE Report and other matters.

Dinner (h. 20.00)