The IEEE Standard Board has approved the P4005 WG on establishing a standard and protocol for soil spectral measurements. This is an important step that should have been taken years ago and now came true. As in EGU the soil spectral/ soil digital and soil remote sensing communities will attend - we would like to perform the kick-of-meeting during the EGU event and start an important discussion toward the establishment of an ISO certified document for the benefit of many users global wide.