The 16^th ALADIN General Assembly took place in Météo-France Toulouse, on November 15-16, 2011. This was the first General Assembly for Piet Termonia as the new ALADIN Programme Manager, after just one year under the MoU4 governance.

 - Draft Minutes of the 16^th assembly

 - Participants of the 16^th assembly

 Agenda with on-line presentations

1. Opening and welcome

2. Adoption of the draft agenda and approval of the minutes of the 15^th GA (GA Chair)

3. Program Manager’s intersession report (PM)

4. Report from the PAC meeting (GA Chair)

5. Reports:

• highlights and plans (PM)

• LACE report (LACE PM)

• HIRLAM report (HIRLAM PM)

6. Scientific and technical issues (CSSI Chair)

• operational report

• maintenance report

• c. SRNWP programmes (+ role of ALADIN in coordination)

7. Strategy (outcome of the strategy workshop)

Invited presentation by the host : Assimilation of radar data in AROME and in Europe : Review and prospects, presented by Florence Rabier

8. Work plan 2012 : manpower, priorities, task force for verification

9. Budget issues and manpower (+issues in the NMSs)

• Man power figures and reporting procedure (Patricia Pottier)

• Allocation of resources for achieving the strategic goals (PM)

• Report of the execution of the ongoing budget (PM and GA Chair)

• Adoption of the 2012 budget (PM and GA Chair)

• Royalty-linked issues (PM)

10. Governance issues

• cooperation with HIRLAM: presentation of HIRLAM-ALADIN governance (PM and HIRLAM PM)

• election of GA chair and vice-chair

• CSSI composition and ACNA position (PM)

• new membership

11. Date and place of the next assembly

12. Closure