ICSEI 2015 Annual General Meeting
Venue: The Netherlands Hilton
Monday 5th January 2014
16:30 - 17:30pm
Welcome – Alma Harris
Attendance:
Kirk Anderson
Mary Bridget Burns
Jerome De Lisle
Simone Doolaard
Paige Fisher
Steve Fleischman
Andrew Hargreaves
Michelle Jones
Ariel Lindorff-Vijayendran
Daniel Muijs
Danette Parsley
Karen Seashore
Kim Schildkamp
Tony Townsend
Pierre Tulowitzki
Boudewijn A.M. van Velzen
Chris Chapman
Lorna Earl
Anton Florek
Margie Johnson
Anthony Mackay
Mariano Rosenzraig
Vicki Smith
Willem Van De Grift
Prof Rochmat Wahab
Janet Chrispeels
Jacob Easley II
Judy Halbert
Linda Kaser
Suwarsih Madya
Persille Schwartz
Sam Stringfield
Marjolein Deunk
Susan Elliott-Johns
Alma Harris
Jenny Lewis
Naomi Mertens
Michael Schratz
Louise Stoll
Apologies: Hechuan Sun
1.
Minutes – Alma Harris
a. Minutes from 2014 AGM: Approved
b. Matters Arising: It was agreed that all information covered
2.
Election Report Lorna Earl
Lorna spoke to the election process and its technical aspects and announced the new board
 President - Michael Schratz (Austria)
 Past President - Alma Harris (Malaysia)
 President Elect - Andy Hargreaves (USA)
 Treasurer - Chris Chapman (Scotland)
 Board Member - Susan E. Elliott-Johns (Canada)
 Board Member - Paige Fisher (Canada)
 Board Member - Suwarsih Madya (Indonesia)
 Board Member - Sam Stringfield (USA)
 Board Member - Hechuan Sun (China)
Alma thanked Lorna for leading this process. Alma also thanked retiring Board Members Lorna Earl, Tony
Mackay, Daniel Muijs, and Abigail Felber-Smith
3.
President’s Report – Alma Harris
Alma spoke to:
 the development of the new membership service the Monograph series and highlighted the four published to
date and two in the pipeline.
 The initiation of an external review of the activities of ICSEI to be led by Chris Chapman and Michael Schratz.
This review will also look at organisational and financial management and opportunities to broaden ICSEI.
4.
Treasurer’s Report – Daniel Muijs
 Daniel explained how accounts are managed and provided P&L and Balance Sheet
 Daniel provided explanations in regards to the sub headings:
a. Professional and consulting fees – Executive Director salary
b. Travel and Accommodation - these are the payments for Executive Directors flights and
accommodation at board meetings
c. Printing and publications - SESI payments
d.
e.
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Credit card merchant fees - the fees to process SESI, membership and Jogjakarta conference fees
PL income and expenditure for the regional event in Auckland
Jenny explained the BAS and Tax reports and accountabilities required by the Australian Tax Office
Jenny responded to a question about multi-currency management and explained current processes. Jenny
also acknowledged that some US citizens had experienced difficulties paying into the US account. This was
due to local bank limitations.
Jenny
Daniel moved the report and Tony Mackay and Anton Florek seconded. Passed unanimously.
5.
Secretariat Report – Jenny Lewis
Membership Type
Number of Members
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
Low Income Countries
56
47
40
39
37
32
Low/Middle Income Countries
8
9
7
6
5
Standard
222
216
215
193
201
309
Institutional
18
18
19
16
21
100
Student
35
28
19
14
11
11
TOTAL
339
327
300
267
276
457
This year we have introduced access restrictions for unfinancial members. Now only financial members can access
monographs and current and past conference papers and videos
Website
We have:
• completed an upgrade of the website reorganising information and introducing members’ access to
resources
• redesigned the conference front page and this is now available on the Glasgow website
• We will be developing a number of tools for networks and social media feeds in 2015
Conference
Our time (180 hours) and commitments to conference has continued to increase as conference organisers have had to
manage a number of new issues including increasing demands from developing country registrations and various
personal requests from registrants.
Kathleen Stringfield in particular has been amazing in her management of the conference and we have got into a
regular pattern of daily communications to act on a number of conference management queries.
6.
Network Reports – Network Leaders
 Each network reported their current activities and plans for 2015
7.
ICSEI 2016 Report – Margery McMahon
 Margery spoke to current plans, draft program, State of the Art session, school visits, social media and the
practitioner day.
 Margery encouraged members to register early as Glasgow will be a popular conference
8.
Future ICSEI Conferences – Tony Mackay
 Tony spoke to the highlights of running an ICSEI conference and the support that is provided to run the
conference. He encouraged members to apply to host 2017 and 2018 and to present a bid at AERA 2015
9.
Any Other Business – Alma Harris
Alma:
 thanked Sam and his team for an outstanding conference
 wished Michael all the best in his presidency
10. Meeting Close: 5.20pm