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ICAR Board Meeting (19 December 2023, h. 20.00 Paris time).
 

The following are the documents made available for the meeting:

• A. Call to Order & Approval of this Agenda
• B. Approval of the minutes of the Board Meeting 28 November 2023 and other points:
  • 1. Minutes of the ICAR Board meeting – 28th November 2023
    • a) MRSD-SC: ICAR Board Approval: Nomination Janette Mathie CV and supporting letter
    • b) Guidelines – Wiki expansion: Endorsement of Guidelines (Section 2)
      - Overview
          - Overview tracked version
      - Procedure 1: Computing 24 Hour Yield
          - Procedure 1 tracked version
      - Procedure 2: Computing Lactation Yield (Unmodified).
      - Appendix 1: Adjustment factors to calculate 24-hour yields using Liu method (Unmodified)
      - Appendix 2: Renewed estimation method for 24-hour fat percentage
• C. CE Report
  • 1. Finance updates
    • a) financial results YTD November 2023
  • 2. Projection year end 2023 and forecast
  • 3. Amended Business plan 2024 and Budget 2024: final approval
• D. Global Methane Hub
  • Introduction of people on the call (name, role – all, up to 5 minutes total)
  • Introduction: Global Methane Hub(Rob & Hayden, 5 minutes)
  • Introduction: ICAR (Board Chair, Marie, 5 minutes)
  • Global Methane Hub – Accelerator Genetics Program (Roel/Birgit – 15 minutes)
    • Aims
    • Role of WUR
    • Keeping WUR Coordination, and ICAR Feed & Gas, distinct
    • Phase II including communication.
  • Role of ICAR and its Working Group (Roel/Birgit – 10 minutes)
    • How GMH and WUR see opportunities
    • Questions to ICAR (e.g. including re databases)
  • Discussion: questions, how we can strengthen each other (All, 20 minutes)
    • Things to be careful about – lessons from the past.
    • Opportunities and how to progress them.
• E. End of the session