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Council, Pohang Feb/Mar 2005
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IFIP Council Feb 28 th /Mar 1 st , Pohang, Rep. of Korea
WCC 2002
More than 2 years after IFIP WCC-2002 a Canadian court closed the books in
February 2005 over the bankruptcy of the company which IFIP’s Canadian member
society (CIPS) established to manage WCC-2002. 9.9% of the requests of creditors
for reimbursement have been accepted by the court. IFIP will ex-gratia payments
equivalent to that part not covered by the Court’s decision, following a decision of
GA-2003.
WCC 2004
WCC 2004 was an excellent scientific and organisational success. The financial
result was less positive with a reported loss of €279K.
WITFOR 2005
Excellent progress of WITFOR 2005 which is being hosted by the government of
Botswana has been reported. Considering the very positive situation regarding
sponsoring it has been decided that there will be no registration fee.
WCC 2006
The budget with now significantly reduced expenses was reviewed. Excellent
progress has been reported from IPC despite the very compressed timeframe.
WCC 2008
Council agreed to hold a World Computer Congress in 2008. Invitations to bid for
2008 will be issued immediately. To comply with IFIP rules, the selection will be
made at GA 2005.
Publications Contract with SSBM
The publication contract between IFIP and Springer Science and Business Media
(SSBM) became legally valid on January 1 st , 2005. Some initial “problems” have
been reported which need to be solved quickly and avoided in the future.
Secretariat
Over the past six month the Secretariat has settled down to provide the usual reliable
service. A number of overdue enhancements have been carried out.
Finance
The Treasurer reported that 2004 ended with a surplus of €195,938. This was
achieved by a good return on assets and tight control of costs. Income from activities
and also from royalties was far below 2003.
Newsletter
It is important to reactivate the newsletter as it displays the vitality of IFIP to the
constituency and general public. An online newsletter should be issued at least
quarterly.
IFIP web site
The web site should be reviewed, updated, and modernized. Marketing Committee
will come up with a new design, implementation should be done in the Secretariat.