Minutes of the General Meeting of ISCRAT at the Fourth Congress, Aarhus, June 10, 1998.

1. The proposed agenda for the meeting was accepted, but the question of the integration with the Society for Sociocultural Research (item #12) is moved to the beginning of the agenda (item #4).
2. Charles Tolman is elected chair of the meeting.
3. Wim Wardekker is elected secretary of the meeting.
4. There is a proposal to join the forces of ISCRAT and the Society for Socio-cultural Research. For the moment, it is not clear whether this should concern only the congresses or also the membership. Ana Smolka, acting president of the Society, declares that the Society does not have an official stance but does not have a problem exploring the possibilities. A motion to the effect that the Standing Committee of ISCRAT is asked to contact the Society in order to explore the possibilities for cooperation and possible merger is accepted.
5. Election of new members of the Committee. According to the articles, there should be a maximum of 10 members, and only one for each country. However, these articles are not legally binding at the moment. It is decided that the new Committee will have the task of proposing a more structured organization, including rules for representation. For the next period, however, members are nominated in the absence of such rules. Members nominated who are not present at the meeting have the right to withdraw or propose a substitute at a later time.

   Nominated are:

   Amelia Álvarez (Spain)
   Kiyoshi Amano (Japan)
   King Beach (USA)
   Harry Daniels (UK)
   Yrjö Engeström (Finland)
   Evgenia Feigenberg (Israel)
   Bernd Fichtner (Germany)
   Mario Golder (Argentina)
   Mariane Hedegaard (Denmark)
   Catalina Laserna (USA)
   Vladislav A. Lektorsky (Russia)
   Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont (Switzerland)
   Ana Luiza Bustamente Smolka (Brazil)
   Berthel Sutter (Sweden)
   Peeter Tulviste (Estonia)
   Bert van Oers (Netherlands)
   Serena Veggetti (Italy)
   

   This list of nominations was accepted by the meeting.

6. It is decided that the president of the standing committee and the president of the next congress should not be the same person, as each will have enough tasks.
7. Mariane Hedegaard is elected president of the Committee. Bert van Oers is elected president of the next Congress.
8. Bert van Oers accepts to organize a congress in Amsterdam in 2002. (If a merger with the Society is realized, the four-year cycle of congresses may have to be adapted after the Amsterdam congress.) A proposal to make the president of the next Congress automatically the president-elect for the Committee will be discussed in the Committee.
9. Membership: A motion is accepted that as of now, it is possible to be a member of ISCRAT. There is a membership fee of USD 30 per annum, which will count as a payment toward the subscription fee for the next Congress. The proposal for a lower student rate was rejected because the annual amount is relatively small.
10. It was accepted that the ISCRAT executive committee should elect their secretary.
11. It was accepted that the ISCRAT executive committee should elect their treasurer.
12. The proposal to institute an official organ of journal of ISCRAT meets with a lot of discussion. Several possibilities are explored, e.g. making MCA the official journal; publishing ISCRAT news in MCA; exploring the possibilities of publishing a second international journal; nominating not an 'official' but an 'affiliate' journal. Ultimately, all proposals and motions are denied.
13. The next meeting of the Standing Committee will be held in Amsterdam within a year. However, the Committee may take decisions in the meantime by voting via e-mail or mail.
14. There was no further business.