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2. A Letter of Intent for Closer Collaboration with the
International Center for Remote Sensing of Envi-
ronment (ICORSE)
3. Letter of Intent for Closer Collaboration with the
Geographical Information Science (GISc) Study
Group of the International Geographical Union.
6. Approved New Contracts
1. Approved a contract with Elsevier Science, The
Netherlands, for publication of the ISPRS Journal
for period 2000-2004.
2. In principle approval of a contract with GITC bv,
The Netherlands, for publication of ISPRS High-
lights.
3. The appointment of a Financial Consultant to assist
Treasurer and Council with financial management
and planning.
7. Ratified reviewed and new ISPRS Guidelines
8. Elected the Ordinary Member from Turkey to Host the
2004 Congress in Istanbul, Turkey
9. Ratified the Congress Director Altan (Turkey)
10. Elected the new ISPRS Council
President: John Trinder (Australia)
Secretary General: lan Dowman (UK)
Second Vice President: G. Bégni (France)
Treasurer: A Peled (Israel)
11. Appointment the First Vice President
Lawrence W. Fritz (USA)
12. Approved new Amendments to Statues and Bylaws of
the Society
13. Elected the Technical Commissions Presidents 2000-
2004
Commission | - Stanley Morain (USA)
Commission Il - Chen Jun (China)
Commission Ill - Franz Leberl (Austria)
Commission IV - Costas Armenakis (Canada)
Commission V - Petros Patias (Greece)
Commission VI - Tania Maria Sausen (Brazil)
Commission VII - Rangnath R. Navalgund (India)
14. Appointed the Chair and Members of the Financial
Commission as follows:
Chair: Professor H. Ruther (South Africa)
Members: Iffat Huque (Bangladesh)
Dr M. Barbosa (Brazil)
15. Determined procedures for managing ISPRS Members
in default
16. Agreed to maintain the subscription fees for 2000-2004
at their current levels
17. Approved Congress Resolutions
18. Approved the new logo for the Society
Minutes of ISPRS General Assemblies
XIXth ISPRS Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16-23 July 2000
First General Assembly, Sunday, 13.00-17.00 16th July 2000
1. President’s Welcome
President Fritz welcomed all Delegates, advisors and
observers to the General Assembly of XIXth ISPRS Con-
gress. He introduced the members of the Couneil, the
Financial Commission, Honorary Member Professor Got-
tfried Konecny and the Secretariat Staff.
2. Introduction of Invited Persons
President Fritz welcomed as invited guests to the General
Assembly, the President, Professor Bengt Rystedt and
Secretary/Treasurer Professor Ferjan Ormeling of the Inter-
national Cartographic Association (ICA), The Director of
the International Hydrographic Society (IHO) RADM Neil
Guy and the Chairman Mr. Alex Tuyahov and Executive
Officer Professor Charles Hutchison of the International
Center for Remote Sensing of Environment (ICORSE).
3. Certification of Delegate Credentials
Secretary General Trinder called the roll of Ordinary, Asso-
ciate and Regional Members.
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4. Approval of Agenda
The Agenda was approved by the General Assembly.
5. Explanation of Voting Rights
Secretary General Trinder explained that Ordinary Mem-
bers must have paid their subscription fees for the years
up to and including 1999 to be eligible to vote in the Gen-
eral Assembly. At the time of the first General Assembly
there were 64 Ordinary Members entitled to vote, repre-
senting 197 votes.
6. Admission of New Members
President Fritz presented a Certificate of Ordinary Mem-
bership to the Delegate from Bangladesh, Environment
and GIS Support Project for Water Sector Planning
(EGIS-II).
The application for Regional Membership from South
Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) was
approved.
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