ISCRAT-SSCS Transition Committee Meeting Minutes, June 16th, 2001

Aarhus, Denmark

Present members: Amelia Álvarez, King Beach, Antonia Candela, Seth Chaiklin, Mariane Hedegaard (chairman), Bernd Fichtner, Vladislav Lektorsky, Pablo del Rio, Roxane Rodriques Rojo, Ana Luiza Bustamante Smolka, Berthel Sutter (secretary), Serena Veggetti. (Harry Daniels was present during the second point.)

1. Next congress sites, 2005 and 2008

   It was decided that we postpone the decision until the Amsterdam meeting. The Transition Committee preliminarily selects Birmingham and Salamanca, but in which order and in which years has to be finally decided in Amsterdam.

2. Name of the new organisation that unites ISCRAT and SSCS

   It was unanimously decided that the name should be International Society for Cultural and Activity Research (ISCAR).

3. Revision of "Articles"

   The "Articles" of the organisation were revised by the ISCRAT-SSCS Transition Committee.

4. Formation of a workgroup to make suggestions for the "Standing Orders" of the organisation

   A group was formed comprising the following persons and areas of responsibility for preparing a draft for Standing Orders: Berthel Sutter will do Articles 1-12; Antonia Candela will do Articles 13-18; Roxane Helena Rodriques Rojo and Ana Luiza Bustamante Smolka will do Articles 19-35; and King Beach will do Articles 36-48. (The numbering of the Articles refers to the revised draft, September 3rd 1999.) It was decided that an outline for Standing Order from the group above should be made before 1st of October.

5. Registration of the organisation/society

   It was decided that Mariane Hedegaard continues to find out what is requested and appropriate.

6. Other matters
   • It was decided that retired colleagues would get a reduced fee.
   • It was decided that Seth Chaiklin should register an internet domain (i.e., www address) for the new association.
   • It was decided that the next Transition Committee meeting would be held 1-2 days before the Amsterdam Congress.
   • It was decided that a founding meeting of ISCAR would be held in Amsterdam in connection with the Fifth ISCRAT Congress.
   • It was decided that suggestions for doctoral courses (one-day courses to be held a day before the Congress) should be provided before 1st of July 2001.