The president of the association, Seth Chaiklin, opened the meeting and suggested an agenda. The meeting and its agenda had been announced in the association’s Newsletter (no. 5 vol. 3) in August 2005, and on ISCAR’s website. The meeting approved the agenda.
ISCAR’s Articles and Standing Orders had never been formally approved at the Members’ Meeting, as required by Articles 35 and 41 respectively. The President explained the most important articles and standing orders (which had been available in their entirety for the members on the association’s web page). A secret written ballot was carried out about the articles and the standing orders. 86 valid votes were given, 8 of them empty, 75 of them for approving both articles and standing orders, 1 for approving the articles but not the standing orders and 2 against approving both articles and standing orders. The articles and standing orders were approved because, as required by Articles 35 and 41 respectively, they had received more than 2/3 of the given valid votes.
The president presented the Executive Committee’s report of the main activities of the association for 2002 through 2005. 2002 was characterized as a period of establishing the material infrastructure of the organization, such as ISCAR’s bank account and website. 2003 was characterized as a period of establishing the conceptual structure of the organization, as the newsletter was started, and the articles and standing orders formed. 2004 and 2005 was characterized as a period of diversity in which ISCAR has started to reflect the variety of interests within the organization, with webpages and the start of sections.
| Month | Event |
|---|---|
| 2002 | |
| June | ISCAR is founded |
| July | www.iscar.org is started |
| Nov. | ISCAR opens a bank account in Denmark |
| First membership contribution received | |
| Discount on Mind, Culture, and Activity, Outlines, Nordisk Udkast, and books from Aarhus University Press | |
| Dec | Japanese webpages |
| 2003 | |
| March | Executive Committee Meeting in Sevilla discussion of Articles and Standing Orders |
| April | Membership contribution with credit card |
| May | First number of ISCAR News |
| Oct. | Attempt to start a support committee for Congress participation abandoned in June 2004 |
| 2004 | |
| May | Finnish webpages |
| Russian webpages | |
| Dec. | Completion of a ‘Presentation of ISCAR’ |
| 2005 | |
| May | ISCAR Logo |
| July | First ISCAR Sections |
| Sept. | First Congress |
| New Executive Committee | |
In addition to the activities initiated by ISCAR, there were also a number of regional and national activities that were directly inspired by ISCAR through members of the Executive Committee.
| 2003 | |
| National Meeting in Germany | |
| National Meeting in Finland | |
| 2004 | |
| Regional Meeting in Australia | |
| 3rd Nordic Conference | |
| 2005 | |
| National Meeting in Germany | |
| National Meeting in Finland | |
The President presented the financial report. The primary source of revenue was membership contribution. There is a basic expense each year for being able to receive credit card payments. Additional expenses were for the Executive Committee meeting in 2003, and for the logo designer in 2005.
| (in Danish crowns DKK) | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005* *through 30 June |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opening balance | 0 | 4561 | 44051 | 101501 |
| Revenue | 4561 | 47004 | 61487 | 30277 |
| Expenses | 0 | 7514 | 4037 | 32795 |
| Net Assets | 4561 | 44051 | 101501 | 98983 |
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| approx. in USD | 748 | 7221 | 16639 | 16227 |
The independent auditor, appointed by the executive committee, Dr. Berthel Sutter gave his report stating that the finances had been cared for properly and gave the advice to the accountants to continue the same way.
The regional groups had convened to select a person to be the coordinator of their region and their candidate for the Executive Committee. The following members were elected to the Executive Committee:
| Region | Executive Committee Member |
|---|---|
| Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Uruguay, Venezuela | Antonia Candela (Mexico) |
| Denmark, Germany, Greenland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway | Seth Chaiklin (Denmark) |
| Ghana, India, Ireland, South Africa, Netherlands, United Kingdom | Harry Daniels (United Kingdom) |
| Finland, Sweden | Inger Eriksson (Sweden) |
| Canada, USA | Fran Hagstrom (USA) |
| France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Switzerland, Turkey | Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont (Switzerland) |
| Portugal, Spain | Alberto Rosa (Spain) |
| Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, Ukraine | Vitaly V. Rubtsov (Russia) |
| Brazil | Ana Smolka (Brasil) |
| Japan, Korea | Naoki Ueno (Japan) |
| Australia, China, Indonesia, New Zealand, Singapore, Vietnam | Irina Verenikina (Australia) |
The results of the meeting about the newsletter was reported. There is a need to find some persons who can take responsibility for producing the newsletter. An idea was raised at the newsletter meeting to have correspondents for each region.
The meeting discussed the Sevilla congress. The organizers were thanked for the good organization of the congress. It was suggested that a way to make it possible for Spanish speaking persons to present papers and have discussion also in Spanish should be explored. The executive committee was urged to consider the possibility that the price of the congress would vary according to the region of the participants. It was also suggested that key-note speakers to the congress should be invited from different regions and the reason of the disapproval of a suggested paper should be given to the author. It was stressed that the society should keep on encouraging interdisciplinary work and exchange between members of different regions in the conferences. The possibilities of publishing the material of the congress was discussed. For many universities the publication of paper is the requirement for financing participation in a congress. The congress organizers explained their plan for producing publications.
The president brought up the problems of participation many members have due to economic limitations and asked for members ideas and actions to find ways of alleviating these problems.
It was suggested that the executive committee would consider the possibility of supporting the development of web pages for regional groups. Ana Smolka told that the group in Brazil has planned to create a journal for Latin America.
Next Members’ Meeting will be held during the next ISCAR congress in 2008.
The President closed the meeting and thanked participants.
Submitted by the Secretary, Jaakko Virkkunen, 26 September 2005