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apologies for any cross-posting The DPC Annual Report covering the period from 23 July 2002 to 31 July 2003 is now available online as a pdf file from http://www.dpconline.org/graphics/reports/index.html#annual This is the first annual company report produced by the DPC and covers the period from incorporation on 23 July 2002 to 31 July 2003. It was been a very significant year for the DPC building on the achievements since the initiation of the Coalition in August 2002. In June 2002 the DPC board set the following objectives for the period covered by the report: (i) Development of the DPC business plan for 2003-6. (ii) Recruitment of a DPC Co-ordinator. (iii) Complete a survey of industry vendors and encourage industry participation in our agenda. (iv) Maintenance and development of the DPC public website, publicity materials, and dissemination with PADI. (v) Development of private members website and email list and value-added benefits of membership. Areas to be developed on the private website for DPC documents, member documents, and technology watch. (vi) DPC member forums in October, March and June. (vii) DPC contributions to conferences and joint seminars. (viii) Develop member training events based around the Preservation Management of Digital Materials: a Handbook. (ix) Advocacy and PR campaign - keeping digital preservation in the public consciousness and on the agenda over the next 12 months via PR consultancy. (x) Additional international activity - monitoring and develop links with US NDIIPP and Europe, particularly any digital preservation opportunities that might emerge under the European Union FP6 programme. (xi) Develop technology watch for members. (xii) Develop a proposal for a UK digital preservation survey/report. (xiii) Establish a DPC web-archiving special interest group. This report sets out the achievements made against these objectives over the year for the DPC membership and in advancing the cause of digital preservation for which the DPC was established.