24^th FIG General Assembly, Seoul 2001
Additional Agenda II

6 May 2001 
Additional Agenda II, General Assembly 2001

24^th FIG General Assembly

11 May 2001
Seoul, Korea

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6. B MEMBERSHIP

6.1 Acceptance of new members

6.1.6 Mongolian Association of Surveying and Mapping (MASM)

The Mongolian Association of Surveying and Mapping (MASM) from Mongolia has submitted a formal application to become a new member association of FIG. The Bureau has considered the application and believes that the association meets the criteria for membership of FIG as a member association.

Appendix to item 6.1.6: Application form from the Mongolian Association of Surveying and Mapping.

Motion: That the General Assembly admits the Mongolian Association of Surveying and Mapping as a member association of FIG.

Decision:

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6.4 Other membership matters

The Bureau wants to inform the General Assembly on the following changes in the membership of FIG:

Corporate members

The Bureau has admitted the following company to become a corporate member of FIG:

• GTZ (German Agency for Technical Cooperation), Germany ,Corporate Membership category: E

Academic members

The Bureau wants to inform the General Assembly that the University of Wuhan has been admitted to become an Academic Member of FIG.

Motion: That the General Assembly notes the actions that the Bureau has taken with other membership matters.

Decision:

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24. AMENDMENTS TO FIG STATUTES AND INTERNAL RULES

The proposal for new Statutes and Internal Rules has been introduced at the first session of the General Assembly.

No proposals for changes to the statutes and internal rules have been received from the Member associations by Tuesday 8 May 2001. The FIG Foundation has proposed a change to paragraph 7.1 in the Statutes.

Original version: 7.1 The Federation shall indemnify employees, members of the Federation and members of the Council against any liability in respect of actions properly taken on behalf of the Federation.

Proposed version: 7.1 The Federation shall indemnify employees, members of the Federation and all FIG officers and Directors against any liability in respect of actions properly taken on behalf of the Federation.

The Bureau has considered this proposal and propose to the General Assembly that it adopts this amendment to the Statutes.

Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the new FIG Statutes and Internal Rules as proposed and with the further amendment to paragraph 7.1 proposed by the FIG Foundation and decides that they will come into force immediately.

Decision:

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26. REPORTS FROM THE BREAKOUT SESSIONS

The moderators from the three breakout sessions will report back to the General Assembly on the findings of the sessions.

Appendices to item 26:
26.1: Review of Commission Structure - Report from the breakout session
26.2: Future Strategy of FIG - Report from the breakout session
26.3: Cultures and Languages in FIG - Report from the breakout session.

Motion: That the General Assembly notes the reports.

Decision:

27. REPORT FROM ACCO

The Advisory Committee of Commission Officers (ACCO) has met on 6 and 10 May. 2001.

Appendix to item 27: Report from the ACCO Meetings.

Motion: That the General Assembly confirms John Parker's nomination as the ACCO representative to the Council for calendar year 2002 and further that the General Assembly adopts the report and its recommendations and records its thanks to ACCO for its past year's work.

Decision:

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30. REPORT OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE FIG FOUNDATION

The FIG Foundation had its General Meeting in Seoul 7 May 2001. The meeting adopted the new Statutes and decided finally to close the FIG Education Foundation. It further made a proposal to the Bureau that the number of Directors should be five and that these Directors should be Holger Magel as the President, and Stig Enemark, Iain Greenway, John Hohol and Ian Williamson as Directors. It was further noted that the amount of voluntary donations to the Foundation in Seoul was US$ 1,125..

The Bureau adopted the report and Statutes of the Foundation and nominated the following members to the Board of Directors for the period of May 2001to December 2002 if the General Assembly confirms the Statutes: President: Holger Magel; Vice Presidents: Stig Enemark, Iain Greenway, John Hohol and Ian Williamson.

President of the FIG Foundation, Prof. Holger Magel, will make a subsequent oral report at the meeting.

Appendices to item 29:
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29.2 Statutes of the FIG Foundation, amended version, adopted by the FIG Foundation, 7 May 2001.

Motion: That the General Assembly adopts the report and its recommendations and adopts the rules for the FIG Foundation.

Decision:

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FIG Office

10 May 2001

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