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Council, Pohang Feb/Mar 2005
CEPIS
A beneficial meeting was held in Frankfurt on November 8 th 2004 between the IFIP
President, Secretary and Head of Secretariat with the CEPIS President, Chief
Executive and their representative to IFIP GA. The discussion covered a wide range
of subjects of mutual interest concerning how the cooperation between the two
organisations could be strengthened. IFIP stressed the importance it attached to
having a good working relationship with regional bodies and accepted the need to
improve communication with the IFIP Member Societies. It was agreed to hold
another meeting in autumn 2005.
GA Minutes
The GA 2004 Minutes were successfully produced by the Secretariat and distributed
shortly after the event. The last paragraph of Minute 4.8.1 concerning “Future pattern
of major events” should read: “Mr Laprie proposed that the problem should be
discussed in an open forum prior to the Council meeting and brought for decision to
Council 2005”.
4.3.4 EB Meeting Report
The Secretary reported that EB had discussed several matters already reported in
these Minutes in the President’s and Secretary’s report. These included Regional
Affiliates and recent and forthcoming events.
The President has reported to EB that his contacts with the Russian Academy of
Sciences had not produced any results and he would now say that unless they
respond Russia’s membership would be terminated at the end of 2005.
EB was pleased to receive an application from APDSI which will take over the
membership of the defunct API in Portugal. An application had been received from
Zambia. These were now with the Applications Committee.
Affiliate member ICCC was dissolved at the end of 2004.
EB agreed that the Secretariat, in combination with the Secretary, should produce an
electronic version of the Newsletter.
4.3.5 Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer introduced his report.
2004 Financial Result
The 2004 accounts were reviewed in January 2005 in co-operation with the Auditor
(Consultatio) in Vienna. The 2004 Result, after amortisation and depreciation
according to approved policies, and after Special Funds Provisions, reflected a
surplus of €195,938. The result is much better than the budgeted surplus of €98K.
Compared with 2003, the 2004 Result showed a significant decrease in both income
and expenses. The Final Result, after Special Funds Provision of -€55K, showed an
increase in IFIP’s General Fund by €195K.