The annual Council meeting will be held in Rarotonga, Cook Islands, October 16, 2011 and a CPC sponsored special symposium on “Deep-Sea Minerals” will be held during the Science, Technology And Resources (STAR) network sessions of the SPC, Secretariat of the Pacific Community Applied Geoscience and Technology Division (SOPAC) annual Heads of Geosciences Agencies meeting. Visit www.sopac.org/index.php/star-network for more information.