Peter described the situation with the CVS branches. Several proposals: - the new version of AliRoot will not be backward compatible => version 4 should be used - improved copyright message everywhere - only the last CVS log should be kept, but also in macros - discussion on the creation of gAlice - it is needed only for simulation, probably it should not be created by default. We have to see at the end of the week, after the work on the new IO - the responsible should be informed about the changes in the CVS before committing the code - the access to the geometry is difficult. Working groups: 160-R-009 TOF Digitization: Jiri Fabrizio 160-R-009 ITS Digitization: Jiri Bjorn Roberto Ernesto Massimo 12-R-008 Virtual MC: Ivana Peter Endre Alberto Isidro 160-R-018 Fast simulation: Boris Andreas Jines Nicola 12-R-003 TPC: Marian Marek 12-R-003 Geometry: Andrei Piotr