Dear Task Group

A quick update and a few requests in preparation for our next skype discussion:

1. SURVEY: I have placed a first draft as a word document on the google drive called 'Survey structure and questions'. Please take a look at this and add comments and suggestions. It would be useful if we could finalise this during our upcoming skype discussion with a view to compiling it and sending it to our listed contacts shorty thereafter.

2. AGENDA items for skype discussion: I have suggested some below - please send any additional ones to me or Dmitry.

i. Invasive species and Darwin Core- TDWG [Quentin to provide background and update]

ii. Survey to GBIF users [MM to lead]

iii. Summary report to GIASIP as an input into our task [MM]

iv. Essential variables for invasion monitoring - background [MM]

v. Scheduling of activities going forward [Dmitry]

Many thanks and best wishes Melodie