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Committee Minutes

Alliance Expert Committee

May 25, 2009 (PDF 128K) -- Tampere, Finland
May 31, 2008 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
May 19, 2007 -- Montreal, Quebec
October 16-17, 2006 -- Mannheim, Germany
May 27, 2006 -- Ann Arbor, MI
May 24, 2006 -- Ann Arbor, MI ("Birds of a Feather" Tools Meeting)
October 18-20, 2005 -- Ann Arbor, MI (Structural Reform Working Group)
May 22-23, 2005 -- Edinburgh, Scotland
October 24-26, 2004 -- Ann Arbor, MI (Structural Reform Working Group)
May 29, 2004 -- Madison, WI
October 12-13, 2003 -- Ann Arbor, MI

Alliance Steering Committee

May 26, 2009 (PDF 58K) -- Tampere, Finland
May 28, 2008 -- Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
May 16, 2007 (Committee Meeting -- Montreal, Quebec)
May 25, 2006 (Committee Meeting -- Ann Arbor, Michigan)
May 23, 2005 (Committee Meeting -- Edinburgh, Scotland)
May 28, 2003 (Open Meeting -- Ottawa, Ontario)
February 8, 2003 (Committee Meeting -- Washington, DC)

Original DDI Committee (Prior to the Formation of the DDI Alliance)

February 7, 2003 (Committee Meeting -- Washington, DC)
October 7, 2002 (Committee Meeting -- Washington, DC)
June 15, 2002 (Committee Meeting -- Storrs, CT)
January 14-15, 2002 (Committee Meeting -- Washington, DC)
June 29, 2001 (Committee Meeting -- Washington, DC)
February 24, 2001 (Committee Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI)
May 17, 2001 (Working Group Meeting)
April 4-6, 2001 (Working Group Meeting)

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