Minutes of the Tenth Council Meeting
Asian Crystallographic Association
(AsCA)
Held at 19th IUCr
Congress and General Assembly, Geneva, Switzerland
Date: 10 August 2002 Time12.30 pm
Venue: Palexpo Conference Center, Hall H
Attended by
|
Prof. Y. Ohashi |
(President) |
yohashi@cms.titech.ac.jp |
|
Prof. J. Simpson |
(VicePresident) (absent) |
jsimpson@alkali.otago.ac.nz |
|
Prof. Brian Skelton |
(Secretary/Treasurer) |
bws@crystal.uwa.edu.au |
|
Australia (III) |
Dr M. Guss |
m.guss@mmb.usyd.edu.au |
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|
Dr C.J. Howard |
cih@ansto. gov.au |
|
Bangladesh (I) |
(absent) |
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China (II) |
(absent) |
|
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Hong Kong, (I) |
Professor
T.C.W Mak |
tcwmak@cuhk.edu.hk |
|
India (III) |
Professor J. Dattagupta |
jiban@cmb2.sala.ernet.in |
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|
Professor M. Vijayan |
|
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Indonesia (I) |
(absent) |
|
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Japan (III) |
Professor Kumio Miki |
miki@kuchem.kyoto.u.ac.jp |
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|
Professor Y. Matsui |
matsui.yoshio@nims.go.jp |
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Korea (II) |
Professor Y.J. Park |
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New Zealand (II) |
(absent) |
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Malaysia (I) |
(absent) |
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Mongolia (I) |
Professor D. Sangaa |
sanph@mongol.net |
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Pakistan (I) |
(absent) |
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Philippines (I) |
(absent) |
|
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Singapore (I) |
Dr. J. J. Vittal |
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Sri Lanka (I) |
(absent) |
|
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Taiwan (II) |
Professor Y. Wang |
yuwang@xtal.ch.ntu.edu.tw |
|
Thailand (I) |
Dr. Kenneth J. Haller |
haller@ccs.sat.ac.th |
|
Vietnam (I) |
Professor N. Van Tri |
nvtri@mail.hut.edu.vn |
and invited Ex Officio representatives
|
Prof. S.R. Hall |
(AsCA Trustee) |
|
|
Dr LD Williams |
(AsCA'04 Proposer) |
ianduncanw@yahoo.com.hk |
The number in parenthesis indicates the membership category of the country
|
Category |
I |
II |
III |
|
Number of Councillors |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Total number of votes |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1. Apology was
received from Professor J.Simpson (New
Zealand).
2. Minutes of the ninth Council
Meeting heldon 19* November 2001 in Bangalore, India
were confirmed.
3. New
AsCA Meetings: Professor Ohashi reported that new interim
AsCA meetings would be held in conjunction with the
Meeting of the Society of Crystallographers in Australia and New Zealand
(SCANZ) and the Crystallographic Society of Japan (CrSJ).
The first such meeting ofCrystal-23/AsCA03 will take place at Broome in Western
Australia in 2003. The second CrSJ06/AsCA06 will be held
in Japan in 2006. Both of the presidents, SCANZ and CrSJ,
approved to have the joint meeting. Details of these meetings can be found on the conference website: http://www.crystal.uwa.edu.au/CrystalsDownUnder/.
The
unsolved problems raised by Professor Ohashi were(a)
Financial support from AsCA, (b) Membership of the program committee, and(c)
Next meetings after 2006 (India suggested the joint meeting)
Solutions:
(a) SCANZ and AsCA will equally share the expenses, approximately A$5000 for AsCA. (b) Five program committee members from
AsCA and the other five from SCANZ, together with the chairman
from SCANZ. (c) The AsCA'09 will be a joint meeting with the Indian
Crystallographic Society.
Remarks:
Professor Hall mentioned that there were limited hotel rooms, about 340, at
Broome. It was suggested to make hotel reservation as
well as registration as early as possible. The deadline for registration is
March 15th, 2003.
4. Timing
of AsCA Election: Following the minutes of the ninth Council Meeting, it was agreed by
the council members upon that the timing of the election of officers and
selection of venue for forthcoming AsCA meetings will
be done not at the triennial lUCr Congress but at the
normal AsCA Meetings. Accordingly, item 4 of the constitution originally read
as
[4.
Council and Executive (d) The Council and Executive shall meet at least once in
every three years, preferably at the triennial lUCr
Congress.] was changed to [4. Council and
Executive (d) The Council and Executive shall meet at least once in every three
years, preferably at the normal AsCA Meeting.]
5. Location
of AsCA'04:
The next normal AsCA meeting, AsCA'04, will be held in
Hong Kong, China.
6. Financial
Report:
Professor Chang reported on the situation of Membership payments from Category
II and III member countries as at July 2002. A summary is
appended to the minutes. He also briefed the accounts of the Association
held in Japan and Australia. The current account balances are as follows, with
November 2001 figures shown in parenthesis:
Japanese
Account Balance ´Jap
633,913 (´Jap
633,862)
Australian Account Balance $A
48,358.61 ($A
46,381.01)
The Council accepted the Financial Report.
7. Election
of AsCA Executive: The newly elected officers are:
Professor Y. Wang (President)
Professor M. Vijayan
(Vice President)
Professor B. Skelton
(Secretary/Treasurer)
Professor I.D. Williams (Chair,IOC/AsCAĠ04)
Professor M.
Sakata (Chair,IPC/AsCAĠ04)
Other Business: the President reported that
the ILJCr invited the AsCA members to
formally join the Union as members of the lUCr.
Meeting closed at 13:30.