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Minutes of the General Assembly for the International Association for Research on Textbooks and Educational Media, IARTEM
held September 27th. 2003 in Bratislava, Slovakia
Present: 24 members
Agenda:
1. Opening of the Assembly
2. Announcement of the General Assembly
3. Confirmation of the agenda
4. Election of the Chairman, keeper of the minutes of the General Assembly and counter of votes
5. The biennial report of the board including the financial report
6. Membership fee for the next two years
7. Election of the President, the Vice president, the Executive Secretary, The Treasurer and the remaining members of the Board for the next two years
8. Election the Election Committee
9. The activities for the next two years, such as
· an international journal on textbooks and educational media
· IARTEM web site and newsletters
· courses for textbook writers
· location of the next conference
· new research projects
· need for changing the statutes of IARTEM ?
10. Other matters
11. Closing of the General Assembly
1. Opening of the Assembly
The president, Staffan Selander, opened the meeting. The announcement of the General Assembly and the Agenda were confirmed. Staffan Selander was elected chairman of the General Assembly. Dagrun Skjelbred was elected secretary of the General Assembly. Arno Reint and Jaan Mikk were elected counters of votes.
5. The biennial report of the board including the financial report
The biennial report and the financial report worked out by the board were handed out. The president gave some comments to some of the items in the report of the board and the treasurer to the financial report. The auditor of the financial report, Arno Reints, had no comments to the financial report.
The General Assembly accepted the report of the board and the financial report to be included in the minutes.
6. Membership fee
The membership fee for 2002 -2003 has been 50 euros. The assembly did not want to raise the fee for the next two years.
7. Elections
The board has consisted of these members:
Staffan Selander (president)
Jaan Mikk (vice president)
Dagrun Skjelbred (executive secretary and treasurer)
Alain Choppin
Mike Horsely
Jana Huttova
Susanne Knudsen
Arno Reints
Tom Wikman
Alain Choppin and Dagrun Skjelbred have expressed a wish to leave the board.
On behalf of the nominating committee, Finn Stenstad put forward these proposals:
The IARTEM board 2003 – 2005:
1. Staffan Selander (Sweden) re-elected president
2. Jaan Mikk (Estonia) re-elected vice president
3. Bente Aamotsbakken (Norway) elected executive secretary and treasurer (new)
4. Board members:
Eric Bruillard (France) new
Jana Huttova (Slovakia) re-elected
Mike Horsley (Australia) re-elected
Susanne Knudsen (Denmark) re-elected
Arno Reints (Netherlands) re-elected
Tom Wikman (Finland) re-elected
The IARTEM nominating committee 2003 -2005:
Finn Stenstad (Norway), Zuzana Sikorova (The Czech republic) re- elected
The General Assembly supported these proposals.
The secretariat of IARTEM was in 2001 moved from France to Norway. The General Assembly support the location at Vestfold University College for another two years.
9. The activities for the next two years
In the next two years IARTEM will work on the following issues:
· an international journal on textbooks and educational media
Jana Huttova and Mike Horsley had worked out a draft for an international electronic journal based on discussions on the board. The General Assembly supported the proposals in the draft, which is included in the minutes. The board will continue the work with the electronic journal based on the draft and discussions at the conference.
· IARTEM web site and newsletters
These activities executed by Vestfold University college (web site) and Tom Wikman (newsletters) will continue. Members are kindly asked to send information of interest for other members to the Web site editor [email protected] and to [email protected].
- Database on textbook research
The database is now available in English at this address: //http//hive-lu/. Members are kindly asked to send proposals for new registrations to make the base more complete.
· Courses for textbook writers
The idea of such courses was introduced in the IARTEM hour in the conference by Finn Stenstad, Vestfold University College. The General Assembly wanted the board to work further with that idea.
· Location of the next conference
On behalf of The University of Sydney, Australia, Mike Horsley offered to arrange the next IARTEM conference. Since most of the members are from Europe, a possibility could be to establish an Asian/Australian branch of IARTEM, and arrange conferences every second year in that region. The board will continue the work with that idea.
Other suggestions for location of the next conference were The University of Caen, France, The University of Belgium, Belgium, and Stockholm Institute of Education, Sweden. The board will make a final decision on the location at their first board meeting.
· New research projects
During the IARTEM hour in the conference Mike Horsley raised a proposal for a International research project built on the PISA and TIMMS investigation. That discussing will be summed up by Arno Reints, and the members are invited to continue the discussion on the IARTEM web site.
· Need for changing the statutes of IARTEM ?
The statues are very formal compared to the network character of IARTEM. The board will work out proposals for simplifications to be raised on the next General Assembly in 2005.
10. Other matters
Rutt Firer drew the attention to the necessity of getting in touch with organizations that might be interested in supporting of IARTEM research projects. Such organizations could be UNESCO, Georg Eckhert Institute, Open Society Institute etc.
Tonsberg, December 2003
Staffan Selander Dagrun Skjelbred
- President - - Secretary -