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Latvians Abroad Museum and Re¬search
Centre, Riga, Latvia, represented
by Maja Hinkle.
The Chairman then moved that Professor
Adam Walaszek be elected Presiding
Officer of the General Assembly for
the presentation of reports by members
of the Board. The motion was agreed
and Professor Walaszek took the chair.
2. Minutes of the General Assembly of
AEMI Saturday 29 September 2012 at
the Institute of Diaspora and Ethnic Studies,
Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
The Minutes of the General Assembly
of AEMI Saturday 29 September
2012 at The Institute of Diaspora and
Ethnic Studies, Jagiellonian University,
Krakow, Poland were approved as accurate
records.
3. Chairman’s Report, 2012-2013
The chairman gave his report summarizing
key points and referring to the
full text at the AEMI website. Hans
Storhaug thanked Adam Walaszek, Agnieszka
Stasiewicz and Jan Lencznarowicz
for a great meeting in Krakow.
In addition to frequent internet communication,
the board held one face-to
face meeting in Paris, France 18 - 20 June
2013. Unfortunately, Adam Walaszek
and Eva Meyer were prevented from coming.
The board discussed the framework
of the upcoming Annual Conference and
who to invite as keynote speaker. In that
respect, the board agreed to make a request
to the Global Forum of Migration
and Development, the European Fund
for Integration, the High Commissioner
of National Minorities, and the Open
Society Foundation.
The Paris meeting coincided with the
General Assembly meeting of Generique,
and the Board joined them at the
dinner buffet closing their meeting.
The Board also discussed how to make
the new website more user friendly and
what it will take to bring the bookproject
Making Europe Bottom Up: European
Migratory History to fruition.
The chairman also thanked Mathias
Nilsson and his colleagues for making
their preparations to host us in Karlstad.
Finally, Hans Storhaug reminded the
assembly that the Board is now entering
the final year of its tree-year term, so potential
new board members should consider
running for the election next year.
The Presiding Officer thanked the
Chairman for his presentation and
moved the adoption of the report. The
assembly adopted the motion.
4. Secretary´s Report, 2012-2013
AEMI´s Secretary Sarah Clement noted
that she had communicated messages to
and from AEMI members, particularly
on the development of the AEMI website.
The new website offers functions
like Facebook and Twitter, but they are
not frequently used. In order to make
the website more informative for both
members and potential visitors, Secretary
Clemtent requested more detailed
information about each member institution.
The Secretary also noted that
she had actively tried to recruit new
members, and had invited Paul Lappalainen,
senior advisor with the Swedish
Equality Ombudsman and member of
the advisory board of the Open Society
Foundations to the Karlstad conference.