AGENDA

1. Election of the executive board.

2. Election of the standing committees.

3. Miscellaneous

Present: Harriet Berthold (S), Annelies van Bronswijk (NL), Roger Coleman (UK), Mauro Colombo (I), Sara Czaja (USA), Jim Fozard (USA), Michel Frossard (F), Neil Charness (USA), Jan Graafmans (NL), Richard Pieper (D), Kazuaki Iwata (J), Heidrun Mollenkopf (D), Lawrence Normie (IL), Zsuzsa Szeman (H), Anthea Tinker (GB), Maarja Vaarama (FIN), Natalie Vereker (IRL), Gerard Cornet (guest).

1. EXECUTIVE BOARD

It is proposed that the present executive board for the purpose of continuity is reelected for another period of three years. The council unanimously agrees with this proposal. For the period 1999-2002,Vappu Taipale will be president, Jan Graafmans secretary general/treasurer and Richard Pieper past vice-president. The executive board is completed with Neil Charness in the position of vice-president and chairman of the next conference (USA, 2002).

2. STANDING COMMITTEES

After a short discussion the following standing committees are esthablished:

• publication
• in- and external communication
• education
• research and development
•  industrial relations
• conference.

The present committees are to be seen as pre-cursors of the more extended standing committees in the near future. Each committee is expected to formulate its own working programme and recruit active members from within the Society. Council members were encouraged to find good representatives in the committees from their own country in case they themselves would not be able to invest appropriate time and attention to the work to be done.

Composition of the committees (first responsible underlined)

Publication

Annelies van Bronswijk
Mauro Colombo
Natalie Vereker
Lawrence Normie
Heidrun Mollenkopf

In- and external communication

Jan Graafmans
Sara Czaja
Kazuaki Iwata 
Roger Coleman
Gerard Cornet

Conference

Neil Charness
Richard Pieper
Sara Szaja
Kazuaki Iwata
Jan Graafmans

Research and development

Marja Vaarama
Anthea Tinker  
Kazuaki Iwata (adv.)
Herman Bouma (adv)
John Thomas (sugg.)
Richard Pieper

Industrial relations

Jan Graafmans

Education

Harriet Berthold
Kazuaki Iwata (adv)
Jim Fozard
Kazuaki Iwata (adv)

(adv) implies that the person mentioned will search for a good representative

Furthermore a task force is esthablished that will make a proposal for future ad hoc and project activities that could be initiated by the Society. These further activities could be in the following areas:

• gerontechnology in third world economies or countries in transition
• gender-issues
• repository of good practice
• ethics

The task force consists of Heidrun Mollenkopf, Richard Pieper, Jan Graafmans.

3. MISCELLANEOUS

*The most important activity of the Council will be the further development and promotion of gerontechnology. To achieve this it is felt necessary that the Society as a network is supported or endorsed by international organizations or administrations. The executive board is asked to explore the possibilities for external support for the work to be done by the Society.
*Individual council members are strongly encouraged to seek for additional members in their own country as well as to establish national activities and networks in gerontechnology.
*It is envisaged that the next council meeting will take place early summer 2000.


Done at Munich, October 13th, 1999.

Jan Graafmans
Secretary general

For approval

Richard Pieper
(Vice-President)