The Minutes of the meeting of 8 June were agreed. Matters arising The Advisory Board had suggested an amendment to the format for reporting. Reports would be returned quarterly rather than after each meeting.
Action points to be drawn up after working group meetings.
It was reported that PK had written to Conrad Guettler, Journals Director at CUP, and Alison Worthington, Publishing Director of Chadwyck-Healey, inviting them to join the Content Issues Working Group. KR had approached Mark Bide, an independent consultant with the Publishers Association. He is willing to join but as a consultant needs arrange sponsorship to attend meetings. PK had written to Conrad Guettler, CUP Journals Director, and Alison Worthington, Publishing Director of Chadwyck-Healey, inviting them to join the Content Issues WG but had not yet received a reply. The suggestion that the letter to publishers requesting material for the project should incorporate an invitation to join the group was rejected since it was important to maintain a balance.