6 May 2001
Additional Agenda II, General Assembly 2001
24th FIG General Assembly
11 May 2001
Seoul, Korea
FIG 24th GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ADDITIONAL AGENDA II
for the meeting to be held at the Sheraton Walker Hill Hotel
and Conference Centre, Seoul, Korea
on 11 May 2001
Friday 11 May, 10.00 - 13.00, Grand Ballroom I
General Assembly, Second Session
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6. B MEMBERSHIP
6.1 Acceptance of new members
6.1.6 Mongolian Association of Surveying and Mapping (MASM)
The Mongolian Association of Surveying and Mapping (MASM) from Mongolia has
submitted a formal application to become a new member association of FIG. The
Bureau has considered the application and believes that the association meets
the criteria for membership of FIG as a member association.
Appendix to item 6.1.6:
Application form from the Mongolian Association of Surveying and Mapping.
Motion: That the General Assembly admits the Mongolian Association of
Surveying and Mapping as a member association of FIG.
Decision:
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6.4 Other membership matters
The Bureau wants to inform the General Assembly on the following changes in
the membership of FIG:
Corporate members
The Bureau has admitted the following company to become a corporate member of
FIG:
- GTZ (German Agency for Technical Cooperation), Germany ,Corporate
Membership category: E
Academic members
The Bureau wants to inform the General Assembly that the University of Wuhan
has been admitted to become an Academic Member of FIG.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the actions that the Bureau
has taken with other membership matters.
Decision:
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24. AMENDMENTS TO FIG STATUTES AND INTERNAL RULES
The proposal for new Statutes and Internal Rules has been introduced at the
first session of the General Assembly.
No proposals for changes to the statutes and internal rules have been
received from the Member associations by Tuesday 8 May 2001. The FIG Foundation
has proposed a change to paragraph 7.1 in the Statutes.
Original version: 7.1 The Federation shall indemnify employees,
members of the Federation and members of the Council against any liability in
respect of actions properly taken on behalf of the Federation.
Proposed version: 7.1 The Federation shall indemnify employees,
members of the Federation and all FIG officers and Directors against any
liability in respect of actions properly taken on behalf of the Federation.
The Bureau has considered this proposal and propose to the General Assembly
that it adopts this amendment to the Statutes.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the new FIG Statutes and
Internal Rules as proposed and with the further amendment to paragraph 7.1
proposed by the FIG Foundation and decides that they will come into force
immediately.
Decision:
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26. REPORTS FROM THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS
The moderators from the three breakout sessions will report back to the
General Assembly on the findings of the sessions.
Appendices to item 26:
26.1: Review of
Commission Structure - Report from the breakout session
26.2: Future Strategy of FIG
- Report from the breakout session
26.3: Cultures and Languages
in FIG - Report from the breakout session.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes the reports.
Decision:
27. REPORT FROM ACCO
The Advisory Committee of Commission Officers (ACCO) has met on 6 and 10 May.
2001.
Appendix to item 27: Report from
the ACCO Meetings.
Motion: That the General Assembly confirms John Parker's
nomination as the ACCO representative to the Council for calendar year 2002 and
further that the General Assembly adopts the report and its recommendations and
records its thanks to ACCO for its past year's work.
Decision:
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30. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIG FOUNDATION
The FIG Foundation had its General Meeting in Seoul 7 May 2001. The meeting
adopted the new Statutes and decided finally to close the FIG Education
Foundation. It further made a proposal to the Bureau that the number of
Directors should be five and that these Directors should be Holger Magel
as the President, and Stig Enemark, Iain Greenway, John Hohol
and
Ian Williamson as Directors. It was further noted that the amount of
voluntary donations to the Foundation in Seoul was US$ 1,125..
The Bureau adopted the report and Statutes of the Foundation and nominated
the following members to the Board of Directors for the period of May 2001to
December 2002 if the General Assembly confirms the Statutes: President: Holger
Magel; Vice Presidents: Stig Enemark, Iain Greenway, John Hohol and Ian
Williamson.
President of the FIG Foundation, Prof. Holger Magel, will make a subsequent
oral report at the meeting.
Appendices to item 29:
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29.2 Statutes of
the FIG Foundation, amended version, adopted by the FIG Foundation, 7 May
2001.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report and its
recommendations and adopts the rules for the FIG Foundation.
Decision:
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FIG Office
10 May 2001
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