On March 1st, IGU-CoG held the executive members' meeting and discussed the work plan and upcoming conferences.
IGU Commission on Geoparks Meeting
-Time: 9:00am-13:00pm, March 1st,2008
-Place: Boardroom in J.C Penny Building in University of Missouri-St.Louis
-Topics: work report of IGU Commission on Geoparks
-Participants:Duane Fast, Wei，Dongying， James Wilson， Lloyd Richardson, Carole Murphy, Wang Min

1.Work report of IGU Commission of Geoparks
The following issues about the work report were discussed: Vision of IGU-CoG, specific objectives of IGU-CoG, work plan and action plan about the commission. Please see the work report in the attached file.
2. About the The 3rd International UNESCO-Conference on Geoparks
The 3rd International UNESCO-Conference on Geoparks will be held in Osnabrueck,Germany from 22nd to 24th June,2008. All the executive members of IGU-CoG are encouraged to attend it.
3. About the 31st International Geographical Congress
All the executive members and advisors of IGU-CoG are encouraged to attend the 31st International Geographical Congress that will be held in Tunis from 12th to 15th August, 2008. The third formal meeting of CoG will be held then and the formal report will be presented.
4. Bylaws of IGU-CoG
IGU-CoG will abide by the INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHICAL UNION
GUIDELINES FOR COMMISSIONS AND STUDY GROUPS and will work out some detailed bylaws for all the members about the future programs and activities. Duane Fast will be responsible for it and will turn it in to the executive members to discuss in the near future.