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It is with some regret that | have to report that Members
have not always been as responsive as | would have
expected. On many occasions my letters to the Member-
ship have gone unanswered and on urgent matters | have
had to remind Members of the correspondence or resend
the letters. Such repeated correspondence is time-consum-
ing and expensive, and | hope that in future Members will be
more responsive to the requests of the Secretary General.
Technical Commissions
The Technical Commissions have been very active over
the last four years, and the Technical Commission Presi-
dents deserve a vote of thanks for their contributions to
the science and technological activities in ISPRS over the
period 1996-2000. The achievements of the Commis-
sions will be covered at the Technical Sessions of this
Congress, while full summary reports will appear in the
International Archives for Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing Volume XXXIII Part A, as well as in ISPRS High-
lights. This report has only included some administrative
issues related to Commissions. Table 1 gives the atten-
dance and number of technical presentations at the
seven mid-term Symposia. In addition to these Sym-
posia, Working Groups of the Commission held 32
ISPRS-sponsored Workshops during the four years.
These Workshops were officially approved by the Secre-
tary General for ISPRS sponsorship and were included in
the ISPRS events calendar under the ISPRS logo. They
varied from small closed meetings to larger conferences
with about 100 attendees.
Member Status
A listing of ISPRS Membership has been sent to Members
annually in the ISPRS Member Lists (Blue Book) by the
Secretary General. Developments in membership are sum-
marised below.
Ordinary Members
In 1996 at the Vienna Congress, the number of Ordinary
Members totalled 97. Since then, six new Ordinary Mem-
bers have been admitted by postal ballot of Ordinary Mem-
bers as follows: Eritrea and Botswana (June 1997), El Sal-
vador (October 1998), Bangladesh, Benin and Cameroon
(June 1999). This brings the total Ordinary Membership to
103 and a total of 263 votes at the General Assembly.
However, a number of Ordinary Members have not paid their
annual subscriptions for many years, nor responded to com-
munications from the Council. The issue as to whether these
non-paying ISPRS Members should be maintained has been
presented to this General Assembly by the Council.
Table 1
Commission |
Date 25-27 February 1998
Location Bangalore, India
No of Technical Papers 46
No of Attendees 173
Commission Il
Date 13 —17 July 1998
Location Cambridge, UK
No of Technical Papers 62
No of Attendees 200
Commission
Date
Location
No of Technical Papers
No of Attendees
Commission
Date
Location
No of Technical Papers
No of Attendees
Commission
Date
Location
No of Technical Papers
No of Attendees
Commission
Date
Location
No of Technical Papers
No of Attendees
Commission
Date
Location
No of Technical Papers
No of Attendees
Total
No of Technical Papers
No of Attendees
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6-10 July 1998
Columbus, OH, USA
81
160
IV
7-10 September 1998
Stuttgart, Germany
108
250
V
2-5 June 1998
Hakodate, Japan
163
431
VI
15-17 April 1999
Bandung, Indonesia
32
92
VII
1-4 September 1998
Budapest, Hungary
157
196
649
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The following Members have changed their names
- Belarus to State Committee for Land Resources, Geo-
desy and Cartography of the Republic of Belarus
- Mexico to National Institute of Statistics, Geography
and Informatics (INEGI)
- New Zealand to National Institute of Water and Atmos-
phere Research Ltd. (NIWA)
- Slovenia to Section of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing of The Association of Slovenia Surveyors
- Democratic Republic of Congo - The country Zaire
has changed its name to Democratic Republic of
Congo
One member, China-Taipei, increased its Category from 3
to 4, since the Vienna Congress in 1996. ISPRS appreci-
ates this action by our colleagues from China-Taipei.
Associate Membership
At the 1996 Vienna Congress, the category of Associate
Membership was introduced, with five Associate Mem-
bers being admitted. Since then, four new Associate
Members were admitted by postal ballot of Ordinary
Members as follows: Pakistan Space and Upper Atmos-
phere Research Committee (SUPARCO) (May 1997),
Agustin Codazzi Geographic Institute in Colombia (Janu-
ary 1998), Indian National Cartographic Association
(INCA) (June 1999) and Department of Natural Resources
(Queensland) in Australia (June 1999). The number of
Associate Members is now 9.
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