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3. Certification of Delegate Credentials
Secretary General Trinder called the roll. There were 49
Ordinary Members present, representing 182 votes.
15. Election of Host for 2004 Congress
The Secretary General explained the voting procedure and
called for the first vote.
China 64
Spain 45
Turkey 73
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Spain was eliminated and a second ballot called. The
result was: China 69
Turkey 113
The result of the first ballot was:
The Turkish National Society of Photogrammetry and
Remote Sensing Turkey was elected to Host the 2004
Congress. The President informed the losing delegations
of their rights to apply for other Council positions or for
hosting Commissions.
16. Reports of Council
16.1 President
President Fritz presented his report for his term of office
while the first ballot was being counted.
16.2 Treasurer
Treasurer Rüther presented the April 1996 through March
2000 Financial Report while the second ballot was being
counted.
17. Ratification of Congress Director
The appointment of Professor Orhan Altan as the Con-
gress Director was ratified by acclamation.
The Delegate from Turkey and the Congress Director des-
ignate Professor Orhan Altan both gave short speeches of
thanks.
18. Discussion of the Strategic Plan
There was no discussion from the floor and the Plan was
approved by acclamation.
19. Nominations for Council
The President explained that at least three current mem-
bers of the Council must be new appointments.
Nominations received were:
John Trinder (Australia)
lan Dowman (UK)
Gerard Begni (France)
Ammatzia Peled (Israel)
President:
Secretary General:
Second Vice President:
Treasurer:
Since there were no competing nominations, the new
Council members were declared elected by acclamation.
The President formally presented the new Council to the
General Assembly.
The Delegate from Egypt commented on the gender imbal-
ance on the new Council. The President noted that two
women had served on recent Councils and that there was
neither implied or intended gender bias by the Council nor
could Council make nominations. The Secretary General
stated that it was the responsibility of the Ordinary Mem-
bers to nominate candidates for positions on the Council
and the Members should consider this issue. He encour-
aged Members to nominate more women for positions on
the Council for the 2004-2008 term.
20. Decision on Amendments to Statutes and Bylaws
Second Vice President Barbosa presented a summary of
the written comments and suggestions received from
France, Japan and Mexico. As a result, he stated that:
- Bylaw VI.2.(b) wording has been changed to "less than
51" for Associate Membership category 1.
- Statute VI.1 Council agreed to withdraw the change of
name of "Ordinary Members" to "National Members".
There was no further discussion of this amendment
from the floor.
- Council offered no opinion on the proposal made by
Mexico regarding Statute |.
Sweden requested that their amendment to Statute | be
circulated for the next session of the General Assembly.
They were informed that their proposed amendment to
Statute | must be submitted in writing to the 2nd VP.
All amendments to Statutes and Bylaws were approved by
the General Assembly, except for Statute |, the approval of
which was deferred until the 3rd session of the General
Assembly.
21. Member Proposals to Host the Technical Commis-
sions for 2000-2004
China announced that they changed their proposal for
Commission IV to Commission Il while retaining their nom-
ination of Professor Chen Jun for Commission President.
The following Members proposed to host Technical Com-
missions and each gave a short presentation that included
their Commission plan, nominee and Symposium venue.
Technical Commission I:
Germany, Dr H. Ziemann as President (Dessau)
USA, Professor S. Morain as President (Albuquerque)
Technical Commission Il:
- Switzerland, Professor O. Kólbl as
- President (Lausanne)
- (China, Professor Jun Chen as
President (Beijing)
Technical Commission lll:
Austria, Professor F. Leberl as President (Graz)
Technical Commission IV:
- Canada, Dr. C. Armenakis as President (Ottawa)
- The Netherlands, Professor M. Molenaar as President
(Enschede)
Technical Commission V:
- Greece, Professor P. Patias as President (Thessaloniki)
Technical Commission VI:
- Brazil, Dr. T. M. Sausen as President (Sao José dos
Campos)
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