Minutes
ISCRAT Executive Committee meeting

Present members: Amelia Álvarez, King Beach, Harry Daniels, Mariane Hedegaard (chairman), Bernd Fichtner, Mario Golder, Berthel Sutter (secretary), Peeter Tulviste, Bert van Oers, Serena Vegetti

Unable to attend: Kiyoshi Amano, Yrjö Engeström, Evgenia Feigenberg, Vladislav Lektorsky, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, Ana Smolka

Added to the meeting: Seth Chaiklin (treasurer), Pablo del Río

1. Orientation

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2. Coordination/integration of ISCRAT-SSCS organization and congresses

   We suggest that Ana Smolka lead the meeting between the two organizations and setup an agenda.

3. Joint committee - Supplementing members from SSCS

   A transition committee will be formed.

4. Payment of fee by ISCRAT committee members

   See articles of the International Society for Cultural Research on Activity Theory, article 20. The Committee members that have not yet paid the fee were asked to do so.

5. Recruitment of new members in the region of each committee members by her or him

   This is a point that already has been decided. The members were requested to do that.

6. Orientation about the plans for the ISCRAT Congress in Amsterdam

   Bert informed about the planning. Serena Veggetti pointed out that Italian representations are missing and that this should be taken into consideration.

7. Ph.D. courses before the Amsterdam congress

   It was decided that October 15^th 2000 is the deadline for suggesting Ph.D. courses.

8. Registration of ISCRAT

9. Standing orders, plans for an outline

   The point is to be taken up at the next Committee meeting.

10. Proposal for site of the next Congress

    The joint ISCRAT-SSCS committee should decide on place and time.

11. Next Committee meeting

    The next meeting together with the sociocultural group was proposed for Wednesday 19/7, 18.45, Room CC02.

12. Other matters

    - It was decided that the place and time for the next two congresses is up to the new organization to decide.
    - The exact name of the new organization is a matter for the new committee to decide.