Statutory Meetings

The statutory meetings as a starter of the annual conference are somewhat of a fixture and this year was no exception.

While the staff was putting the finishing touches on the upcoming conference, the members of the different committees gathered first in ad-hoc groups (finance, programme and research, publication) before the big bone of the day: the Executive Committee, chaired by Albert Hoffmeister, Switzerland, in the absence of President Strehl. And was there some meat to chew on! A budget and a new accounting to approve, review the activities of IIAS’s sister associations, IASIA and GEAP, etc…

The word in the halls of TODAIE after the EC was “Intense and spirited discussions but in a relaxed athmosphere”. It seems that the changes undertook for the past few years are strarting showing results.