Agenda

1. Re-Cap of proposal and commitments - Burreson

• number and kind of taxa listed
• genes listed
• morphology
• funds requested and their proposed allocation
• funds granted and their allocation

2. Progress to Date - and indication of sub-group goals

Oligochaetes - Trapido-Rosenthal and/or Coates
Branchiobdellidans - Gelder
Leeches - Siddall

• collections attempted, taxa found, taxa not found
• trips taken
• taxa DNA isolated from
  incorporate methods used

  taxa sequenced for CO-I

  incorporate methods used

  taxa sequenced for 18S

  incorporate methods used

  alignment issues if any

  incorporate methods used

  results of phylogenetic analyses if any

  incorporate methods used

  what are the short-term prospects for success?

  what are the long-term prospects for success?

  are there any contingency plans in place in case of failure to find taxa?

3. Reporting - Burreson

• NSF deadlines
• our internal deadlines
• scope
• format

4. Discussion of taxonomic scope and data expansion

• suitability of 18S rDNA, do we need to sequence the whole gene?
• suitability of CO-I and other mtDNA genes
• suitability of taxa chosen, do we need to expand?

4a. Who's doing what?

4b. Morphological characters