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FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DES TRADUCTEURS<br />
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF TRANSLATORS<br />
� <strong>FIT</strong> Secretariat, Aeschenvorstadt 71, CH-4051 Basel, Suisse/Switzerland<br />
� +(41) 61 225 42 10 | � +(41) 61 225 44 10 | secretariat@fit-ift.org | www.fit-ift.org<br />
Siège/Registered Office: Certex, 22, rue de la Pépinière, 75008 Paris, France<br />
<strong>FIT</strong> COUNCIL MEETING DRAFT MINUTES - San Francisco - 2 August 2011<br />
The meeting opened at 10:40.<br />
Present: Marion Boers (MB) (President), Izabel Arocha (IA) (Secretary General), Andrew Evans (AE) (Treasurer), Jiri Stejskal (JST), Silvana Marchetti (SM) and<br />
Henry Liu (HL) (Vice-Presidents), Denis Bousquet (DB), Sabine Colombe (SC), Reina de Bettendorf (RdB), Reiner Heard (RH), Changqi Huang (CH), Laimantas<br />
Jonušys (LJ), Béatriz Rodriguez (BR), Mao Sihui (MS), Jaroslav Soltys (JSO) and Perpetua Uiterwaal (PU) (Council members), Jeannette Ørsted (JOE) (Executive<br />
Director) Absent: Kevin Quirk<br />
Topic Discussion Action needed Timeline<br />
1 Attendance See above - -<br />
2 Approval of Agenda Approved (unanimous) - -<br />
3 Communication A suggestion was made to send a token of thanks to Frans De Laet, who had MB will organize a card<br />
ASAP<br />
resigned from Council. Frans’ positive email to Council was read by JST. All<br />
agreed that his dedicated service as secretary general over the past three<br />
years should be recognized.<br />
PU will send it from Europe<br />
3.1 Confidentiality and The issues of confidentiality and solidarity were discussed and it was -<br />
-<br />
solidarity<br />
stressed that once a decision has been made by Council all members need to<br />
support it as an official position.<br />
3.2 Council e-group MB outlined the use of the Council e-group and the website for the benefit SC will set up access to the e- ASAP<br />
participation & web<br />
access<br />
of the new Council members.<br />
group and website for all.<br />
3.3 Skype contact Skype contacts requested from all members All members with Skype accounts<br />
to send details to JOE<br />
1 Sept. 2011<br />
3.4 Monthly EC e- MB explained that the EC had held monthly e-meetings and proposed this JOE will send out monthly e- Monthly<br />
meetings<br />
practice should continue. The software used is GoToMeetings. JOE warned<br />
all to keep the meeting information and passwords, and remember time<br />
differences.<br />
meeting invitations to EC only;<br />
4 Administration<br />
4.1 Induction manual An induction manual will be made available, but is first being updated. The JOE will circulate the updated Manual:<br />
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latest version will be kept on the website. version and maintain the web<br />
version.SC and MB to update<br />
statutes.<br />
4.2 Calendar options As not all members use the same software, members must keep track of<br />
meetings individually.<br />
4.3 Schedule of future Recommendation for all to rely on documents on website in preparation for SC will make address list available<br />
meetings<br />
meetings. EC and Council use SurveyMonkey for e-voting – members should on website.<br />
not block their e-mail address for surveys.<br />
Meeting dates will be finalized on<br />
A good schedule for the annual Council meeting would be March to May<br />
each year, but this has to be balanced with events and invitations.<br />
Possible locations for next meetings:<br />
- CIUTI Forum at end of January 2012<br />
- Panamanian association offered to host<br />
- BDU Conference in September 2012<br />
EC could meet at CIUTI Forum in Geneva<br />
e-group.<br />
4.4 Business cards MB offered a fit-ift.org e-mail address to anyone on Council. Individual JOE will prepare a template for<br />
business cards for EC members, generic <strong>FIT</strong> card for other members. EC can business cards.<br />
produce these locally at <strong>FIT</strong>’s expense. Others may produce individual cards<br />
at their own expense.<br />
JOE will organize generic cards.<br />
5. Duties/Tasks -<br />
5.1 Council tasks -<br />
5.1.1 Committee liaison MB proposed a Council member be responsible for following up on<br />
committee reports and progress. Previously done by ED, but her time could<br />
be better used.<br />
CH and LJ<br />
5.1.2 Regional centres As above RH & SM<br />
5.1.3 Public relations and<br />
representation and<br />
prizes<br />
5.1.4 UNESCO liaison<br />
Public relation activities and prizes HL<br />
Involves keeping tabs on info received from UNESCO and our responsibilities,<br />
such as attendance at their conference every two years.<br />
5.1.5 Relations with<br />
partners<br />
MB<br />
5.1.6 Investment Advisory Thanks were expressed to previous committee members. Committee will AE, SC, JST, PU and RdB<br />
Task Force<br />
investigate and propose investments to Council.<br />
5.2 Translatio<br />
5.2.1 Editor A Publications Task Force was suggested rather than a single editor for Task Force: SC, DB, MS, PU, LJ, JS, ?<br />
mid-<br />
September<br />
Statutes:<br />
end August<br />
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JST<br />
ASAP<br />
End<br />
September<br />
September
5.2.2 Extra copies for<br />
visibility<br />
Translatio. The TF would be responsible for the website and Translatio.<br />
Council agreed a TF would spread the load. Marc Orando had agreed to<br />
continue to assist with French proofreading.<br />
Members were requested to distribute extra print copies at events.<br />
Events at which members will be present and promote <strong>FIT</strong> are listed in<br />
Annex A.<br />
BR<br />
Sheryl Hinkkanen will assist the TF<br />
with the next issue.<br />
5.3 Regional liaison<br />
Asia Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Mao Sihui & Changqi Huang<br />
Australia, New<br />
Zealand and Africa<br />
Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Henry Liu<br />
Latin America Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Silvana Marchetti<br />
Western Europe Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Perpetua Uioterwaal<br />
Eastern Europe Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Jaroslav Soltys<br />
Northern Europe Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Kevin Quirk & Laimantas Jonušys<br />
Will ask Kevin<br />
Southern Europe Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Andrew Evans<br />
Central Europe Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Reiner Heard<br />
North America Regional liaison(s) established for this region. Denis Bousquet<br />
5.4 Membership This is an important committee, assisting ED in preparing applications for IA, SC, PU, with René Haeseryn as<br />
Committee<br />
Council. Sec gen is overall responsible for membership. Committee checks<br />
applications, requests missing information, etc.<br />
consultant<br />
5.5 Website<br />
maintenance<br />
Now taken up by publications task force. - -<br />
6. Follow-up from<br />
previous meetings<br />
and congress<br />
A list of follow-up tasks will be compiled and sent to Council. MB ASAP<br />
6.1 Sabine requested that the practice of compiling a list of decisions during JOE will send past minutes to ASAP<br />
meetings and distributing them immediately after the meeting be continued.<br />
All agreed this is a good practice and should be continued.<br />
Council for review purposes.<br />
The meeting concluded at 12:50.<br />
Respectfully submitted by Izabel Arocha, Secretary General, <strong>FIT</strong><br />
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<strong>FIT</strong> representation at events (September 2011 to January 2012) as posted in <strong>FIT</strong> Flash<br />
8-10 September 2011: First Conference of Translation and Interpretation in Uruguay – Montevideo, Uruguay – (<strong>FIT</strong> representatives: Silvana Marchetti, Beatriz<br />
Rodriguez)<br />
17 September 2011: Sign Language interpreting meeting – Osaka, Japan (<strong>FIT</strong> representative: Izabel Arocha)<br />
18 September 2011: Conference on Human Security – Kyoto, Japan (<strong>FIT</strong> representative: Izabel Arocha)<br />
23 September 2011: 2nd Forum on Translation from Chinese into Foreign Languages & Award Ceremony for Lifetime Achievement in Translation – Beijing, China<br />
(<strong>FIT</strong> representative: Changqi Huang)<br />
30 September-2 October 2011: Conference of the International Medical Interpreters Association –Boston, USA – http://www.imiaweb.org (<strong>FIT</strong> representatives:<br />
Izabel Arocha, Marion Boers)<br />
25 October 2011: Meeting of Translation and Interpreting Summit Advisory Council – Boston, USA (<strong>FIT</strong>representative: Jiri Stejskal)<br />
26-29 October 2011: ATA 52nd Annual Conference – Boston, USA – www.atanet.org/conf/2011 (<strong>FIT</strong>representative: Jiri Stejskal)<br />
27 November 2011: IMIA symposium – Palermo, Italy (<strong>FIT</strong> representative: Izabel Arocha)<br />
29 November 2011 : Meeting of the CCI Sectoral Committee of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO – Canada (<strong>FIT</strong> representative: Denis Bousquet)<br />
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