WFACP Board Minutes

27^th March 2002
Melbourne Convention Centre, Melbourne, Australia

Present:                

• George Boggs, American Association of Community Colleges

• Gerry Brown, Association of Canadian Community Colleges

• CHAN Lee Mun, Council of Polytechnic Principals, Singapore

• Jim Doyle, Association of Polytechnics in New Zealand

• Dr Nicholas Gara, Higher Colleges of Technology (representing Dr Tayeb Kamali)

• David Gibson, Association of Colleges, UK

• Perive Lene, Pacific Association of TVET Providers

• Barry Peddle, TAFE Directors Australia

• Frans Schneider, EFVET

• Molly Venter, AFETISA

 In attendance: 

• Jo Clough, Secretariat (Association of Colleges)

• Rita Dobson, Secretariat (Association of Colleges)

 Apologies:

• Dr Tayeb Kamali, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

• William Rwambulla, Commonwealth Association of Polytechnics in Africa

1.                  Election of Officers

            It was agreed that the following four officer posts to carry out key duties be elected from amongst the 11 Board members:

      ·        Chair
      ·        Deputy Chair
      ·        Treasurer
      ·        Secretary

            Both Molly Venter and Gerry Brown were nominated to the post of Chair and both accepted their nominations.  Hand-written votes were cast and the result of 5 votes each were announced by the Secretariat.  Gerry Brown withdrew his nomination and Molly Venter accepted the post of Chair.  Molly Venter thereby took the Chair for the meeting.

            Gerry Brown was nominated to the post of Deputy Chair.  No other nominations were made and Mr Brown accepted the post of Deputy Chair.

            Frans Schneider was nominated to the post of Treasurer.  No other nominations were made and Mr Schneider accepted the post of Treasurer.

            David Gibson was nominated to the post of Secretary.  No other nominations were made and Mr Gibson accepted the post of Secretary.

            It was agreed that each post needed a formal job description and the Secretariat agreed to produce a draft for consultation by the Board.

              Action:  Produce job description for the posts of Chair, 
                  Deputy  Chair, Treasurer and Secretary                   RD

2.                  Recommendations of Outgoing Steering Committee  

The Board received a paper outlining a number of recommendations for the Board to consider.  Only one recommendation was considered at this time; the function of Secretariat.  It was agreed that the Secretariat function of the World Federation remain within the Association of Colleges and that the matter of financing the Secretariat should be discussed in depth at the next meeting of the Board.  Jo Clough and Rita Dobson were acknowledged for managing the function of Secretariat of the Steering Committee.

3.                  3^rd World Congress of Colleges and Polytechnics  

This item was chaired by Gerry Brown, Deputy Chair of theBoard.  The Board debated the AFETISA bid to host the 3^rd World Congress.  Concerns raised at the previous meeting were repeated.  Ms Venter repeated her assurances that she was totally confident that AFETISA could deliver a 3^rd World Congress.  Members were reminded that this was the only proposal received by the Secretariat by the extended deadline date.  Some members felt it would be ethically wrong to reject the bid completely and have to actively seek a different host for the Congress.  Ms Venter offered to host the next meeting of the Board in July/August at the proposed Congress venue. 

After a lengthy debate, it was agreed that the Board support the AFETISA bid and acknowledge South Africa as the preferred country to host the 3^rd World Congress, subject to a final decision following the presentation of a detailed business plan by the end of July 2002, at the next meeting of the Board. 

            It was agreed that the 3^rd World Congress be held in March 2004. 

4.         Items deferred to the next meeting:
       ·        Evaluation of the 2^nd World Congress
       ·        A debate on the resolutions from the 2^nd World Congress 
       ·        Financial Report
       ·        A debate on future priorities and activity programme for the World Federation

5.                  Next meeting  
The Board agreed to hold their next meeting at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg in July/August of 2002.  The Secretariat agreed to canvass for a suitable date in this timeframe.

      Action – canvass for dates for a summer meeting in South Africa