01. Opening and welcome; adoption of the agenda

• Teresa Montaruli

Zoom link: https://nwo-nl.zoom.us/j/81993366027?pwd=WmhYMUwyNVZ3bnpmeFpOekIzMklMZz09

02. Approval of minutes of the 17th GA, June 5, 2020

03. Next steps Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay developments

• Teresa Montaruli

* Written status report after consultations interested APPEC members and contacts with DOE (Tim Hallman), including plan for next steps (Teresa, see doc 03.1) * Discussion * Conclusions

04. Towards a more sustainable APPEC

• Job Johannes De Kleuver (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

* Proposal towards a more sustainable APPEC Job de Kleuver (see doc 04.1 and table 04.2) * Discussion * Conclusions and follow-up actions (see also resolution in doc 04.1)

05. Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC)

• Sijbrand De Jong

Report SAC meeting 4 November (Sijbrand de Jong): * Status Dark Matter Direct Detection sub-committee a. present status b. next step: community feedback c. further planning * Status preparations midterm evaluation roadmap recommendations

06. Planning and preparations APPEC Town Meeting

• Job Johannes De Kleuver (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

* Proposal: Town Meeting in Spring 2022 in Berlin to be sure many people are able to travel again * For consideration: a remote appetizer meeting in Fall 2021 * Discussion and conclusions

07. Election new Chair and General Secretary (GS)

• Election committee

* Proposal voting procedure, list of candidates and statements/CV (Election committee) * Short presentations GS and Chair candidates Closed sessoin GA Members only: * Discussion candidates for Chair and General Secretary * Voting and conclusions

8. Report General Secretary (and functional centers)

• Job Johannes De Kleuver (Nikhef National institute for subatomic physics (NL))

* Report since last GA meeting (presentation Job with input from JS members) * APPEC Technology Forum postponed until 2021 (Ivan) * Communications and Outreach (Katrin) * Accession discussions (Job and Katharina) * Common fund payments (Job and Katharina) * Budget and meetings plan 2020 and 2021 (Job)

09. Joint ECFA-NuPECC-APPEC activities * Status Expressions of Interest activities * Next JENAS meeting * Short reports from NuPECC and ECFA observers

10. AOB Planning next GA meetings: * regular: May/June 2021 and November/December 2021 * proposal: also a short GA meeting end of March 2021

11. Closing of the meeting