FIG XXII GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
31 May and 4 June 1999
Sun City, South Africa
MINUTES
of the 22nd General Assembly held at the
Convention Centre, Sun City, South Africa,
on 31 May and 4 June 1999
Note: Minutes have been sent as hard copy
to each Member association, Affiliate member, Correspondent and Sponsor
member, Honorary President, Honorary Member and to Chairs of Commissions,
Permanent Institutions and Task Forces.
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First session, Monday 31 May, 9.00–11.00; 11.30–13.00
1. OPENING PROCEEDINGS
On behalf of the hosting Member Association Mr Ken
Lester, President of the South African Council for Professional and
Technical Surveyors welcomed FIG delegates to South Africa.
In formally opening the meeting President Peter Dale
welcomed all participants.
2. ROLL CALL
Secretary-General Roy Swanston took the
roll call. A list of those present at the sessions is attached at Appendix
to items 2 and 26.
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34 member associations out of 72 were
present which is more than one third of the membership needed for the
General Assembly to be constitutionally valid.
Motion: That the delegates and observers
attending the General Assembly be entered in the records and that at the
second General Assembly roll call will be made only for member
associations while other members and participants will be recorded only.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
3. APPOINTMENT OF TELLERS
Motion: That the General Assembly
appoints two persons as tellers.
Decision: The General Assembly adopted
the principle that at each General Assembly the tellers will represent the
member associations hosting the preceding and the current General
Assembly. The General Assembly resolved to appoint Mr Jim Smith (nominated
by the member association hosting the preceding General Assembly) and Mr
Ken Lester (nominated by the member association hosting the present
General Assembly) as tellers for the duration of the meeting.
4. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the previously circulated agenda with following amendments:
- additional membership application from the Licensed
Surveyors Association in Palestine as new item 6.1.5.
- withdrawal of the proposals of expungements of member
associations (item 6.2)
- proposals for appointment of Honorary Members (item
6.3)
- additional bid, from the Technical Chamber of Greece,
to host the working week, 2004 (item 20)
- list of additional papers that have been tabled at
the meeting.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
5. ADOPTION OF THE MINUTES OF THE 21ST
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The minutes of the 21st
General Assembly and 65th Permanent Committee held in Brighton
in 1994 have been circulated previously.
Motion: That the minutes been adopted.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6. MEMBERSHIP
6.1 Acceptance of new members
6.1.1 The Institution of Civil
Engineering Surveyors
The Institution of Civil Engineering
Surveyors has submitted a formal application to become a second member
association from the United Kingdom. The Bureau has considered the
application and believes that the Institution meets criteria for
membership of FIG as a member association. The application is supported by
the existing UK member association, the RICS.
Completed application form has been
circulated with the agenda.
Motion: That the General Assembly admits
the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors as a member association of
FIG.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6.1.2 Ordre des Géomètres-Experts
The members of the Comité Français de
Représentation à la FIG, OGE and AFT, have decided that they would
prefer to be represented separately as member associations within FIG. The
Bureau supports this request and has agreed that formal membership
applications are not needed provided that an official letter giving
up-dated membership information in respect of each association is received
by the General Assembly.
Formal application letter with up-dated
membership information has been delivered to the Bureau before the General
Assembly.
Motion: That the General Assembly admits
the Ordre des Géomètres-Experts as a member association of FIG.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6.1.3 Association Francaise de
Topographie
The members of the Comité Français de
Représentation à la FIG, OGE and AFT, have decided that they would
prefer to be represented separately as member associations within FIG. The
Bureau supports this request and has agreed that formal membership
applications are not needed provided that an official letter giving
up-dated membership information in respect of each association is received
by the General Assembly.
Letter giving up-dated membership
information has been circulated with the agenda..
Motion: That the General Assembly admits
the Association Française de Topographie as a member association of FIG.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6.1.4 The Nigerian Institute of Quantity
Surveyors
The Nigerian Institute of Quantity
Surveyors has submitted a formal application to become a second FIG member
association from Nigeria. The Bureau has considered the application and
believes that the Institute meets criteria for membership of FIG as a
member association.
The existing Nigerian member, the
Nigerian Institution of Surveyors, has not submitted any objection so it
is assumed to support the application.
Complete application form has been
circulated with the agenda.
Motion: That the General Assembly admits
The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors as a member association of
FIG.
Discussion: The leader of the French
member association Michel Mayoud expressed his opinion that quantity
surveying is not an activity of the FIG surveyor and he was therefore
against the membership of The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors.
The President pointed out that quantity surveying is specifically within
the definition of a surveyor as adopted by FIG in the Statutes.
Decision: The motion was adopted with no
votes against.
6.1.5 Licensed Surveyors Association in
Palestine
The Licensed Surveyors Association in
Palestine has submitted a formal application to become a member
association of FIG. Although the application has arrived in May after the
agenda was circulated the Bureau has considered the application and
believes that the association meets the criteria for membership of FIG as
a member association.
The membership application is attached
to the minutes as Appendix
to item 6.1.5.
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Motion: That the General Assembly admits
the Licensed Surveyors Association in Palestine as a member association of
FIG.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
The representatives of the member
associations in Nigeria, AFT and OGE from France and The Institution of
Civil Engineering Surveyors, UK were presented with their associations’
certificates of membership.
6.2 Expungements
The subscriptions of the following
member associations are more than three years in arrears
- Union of Romanian Geodesy;
- Ukrainian Society of Surveyors;
- Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote
Sensing (Vietnam).
The General Assembly has powers to expel
from the Federation any member association whose fees are in arrears and
shall under normal circumstances expel any member association whose fees
are three years in arrears. (Article 4.3 of the Statutes).
After the agenda was circulated a part
payment of its arrears has been received from the Vietnamese member
association and the Bureau is satisfied with arrangements put in place for
securing at least part payment of Romania's and Ukraine's arrears.
In accordance with Article 4.3 of the
Statutes, which requires the Bureau to take action to expel any other
member whose fees are three years in arrears, the Bureau has expelled the
Brunei Survey Department (affiliate member), whose fees were more than
three years in arrears at the start of 1999.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes
the position regarding payments of arrears of subscriptions by the
- Union of Romanian Geodesy;
- Ukrainian Society of Surveyors;
- Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote
Sensing (Vietnam)
and notes the expulsion of the Brunei
Survey Department.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
6.3 Appointment of Honorary Members
The Bureau has received three nomination
before its meeting on 30 May 1999. These are:
- Prof. Stig Enemark, nominated by Den danske
Landinspektørforening DdL, Denmark
- Prof. Georgi Milev, nominated by the Union of
Surveyors and Land Managers, Bulgaria
- Miss Jane Woolley, nominated by the Royal Institute
of Chartered Surveyors, UK.
According to the statutes item 3.2 the
appointment of an Honorary President and Honorary Member shall be decided
on a vote of the GA. According to statute 3.1.7 to honorary member can
appointed an individual who has materially assisted the development and
promotion of the surveying profession at the international level.
Nominations are attached to the minutes
as Appendix to item 6.3, letters send only as a hard copy.
Mr. Jens Bruun Andersen, President of
DdL formally proposed candidature of Prof. Stig Enemark, seconded by SLF,
Sweden; Vice-President Grahame Lindsay proposed Prof. Georgi Milev's
candidatute, seconded by France and Commission 6 and Mr. Paul Munro-Faure,
leader of the UK delegation proposed candidature of Miss Jane Woolley, the
Director of the FIG Bureau 1996-1999, that proposal was first seconded by
Australia.
Motion: That the General Assembly
appoint Prof. Stig Enemark, Prof. Georgi Milev and Miss Jane Woolley as
Honorary Members of FIG.
Decision: The General Assembly appointed
Prof. Stig Enemark, Prof. Georgi Milev and Miss Jane Woolley as new
Honorary Members of FIG. Prof. Enemark and Miss Jane Woolley were
presented with their badges with silver oak leaves and certificates of
Honorary Membership.
7. PRESIDENT'S REPORT
The
President's report and an annex
report on FIG and the United Nations have been circulated as
appendices to the agenda.
The President made his report to General
Assembly including information that FIG is seeking official status within
FAO.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the President’s report.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
8. SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT
The
Secretary-General's report together with the
annex report on the FIG office have been circulated with the agenda.
The Secretary-General made his report
including introduction of the appointment of Rear Admiral Chris Andreasen
as Secretary-General within the US Bureau. Mr. Andreasen's whole CV will
be published in the June issue of the FIG Bulletin. The Secretary-General
also informed that FIG will very shortly have its own web site (http://www.fig.net/)
and e-mail address (FIG@FIG.net).
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the Secretary-General's report and confirms Chris Andreasen's appointment
as Secretary-General within the US Bureau 2000-2003..
Decision: The motion was adopted.
9. XXI CONGRESS DIRECTOR’S REPORT
The President noted that an up-dated
version of the XXI Congress Director's report was tabled and is attached
to the minutes as Appendix
to item 9.
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Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the XXI Congress Director’s report.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
10. REPORTS FROM CHAIRS OF COMMISSIONS,
AD HOC COMMISSION AND DIRECTORS OF PERMANENT INSTITUTIONS
Reports from following commissions and
institutions have been circulated with the agenda:
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the reports and records its thanks to the chairs and directors for their
past year’s work.
Decision: The motion was adopted. The
General Assembly furthermore recorded its special thanks to Prof. Hermann
Seeger the Director of the FIG Multi-Lingual Dictionary, who has retired
on 1st October 1998.
11. REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR, FIG/UN
LIAISON
The
report of the Director, FIG/UN Liaison has been circulated with the
agenda.
The Director reported on FIG Vice
President Robert Foster's, Director, FIG/UN Liaison Ian Williamson's and
Director of the FIG Office Markku Villikka's visit to the UN headquarters
in Nairobi and on the UN/FIG Conference in Melbourne October 1999.
Director Markku Villikka reported on his
participation in the 1999 UN Session on Human Settlements in Nairobi May
1999 including information on the Habitat Professionals Forum.
A supplementary report from the FIG
high-level visit to UNCHS and UNEP in May and the extension of the
FIG-Habitat Partnership Agreement for 1999 were tabled at the meeting and
are attached in the minutes as Appendix to item 11, send as hard copy
only.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the Director's report and records its thanks to the Director, FIG/UN
Liaison for his past year’s work.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
12. LIAISON WITH OTHER INTERNATIONAL
ORGANISATIONS
The following reports have been
circulated with the agenda:
- Liaison
with other international organisations
- Memorandum
of Understanding between CIB (the International Council for Research
and Innovation in Building and Construction) and FIG
- Memorandum
of Understanding between ICEC (International Cost Engineering Council)
and FIG
The President's subsequent report
referred to co-operation with FIABCI his successful visit to the FIABCI
World Congress in Seville and the proposed Global Housing Foundation. In
co-operation with CIB the General Assembly was informed on the new Joint
Project on Performance Indicators for Sustainable Development.
Motion: That the General Assembly
approves the FIG/CIB and FIG/ICEC memoranda of understanding, adopts the
reports and their recommendations and records its thanks to all who have
contributed to the development of FIG liaison activities during the past
year.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
13. IUSM
The
report on IUSM has been circulated with the agenda.
The President and Chris Andreasen
informed the General Assembly on the bilateral agreements with other
current IUSM members and ISPRS and the meeting of IUSM member associations
in Ottawa at the time of the ICA Congress in August.
Motion: That the General Assembly
endorses the Bureau’s recommendations that FIG should terminate its
membership of IUSM and instead seek to enter into a bilateral agreements
with each of its other members and with ISPRS bearing in mind that IUSM is
changing.
Discussion: Commissions 5 and 6 pointed
out the need for bilateral contacts especially to IGA and also in the
future with the International Society of Mine Surveying (ISM).
Decision: The motion was adopted.
14. FINANCE
The following reports have been
circulated with the agenda:
1. Finance
2. Annex
unaudited FIG income and expenditure account, 1998
3. Annex
up-dated FIG budget, 1999
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the unaudited accounts for 1998 and notes the up-dated budget for 1999.
Discussion: Iain Greenway, UK asked the
Bureau about the biggest changes in the up-dated budget compared to the
original budget approved by the General Assembly. The Treasurer stated
that the biggest change in the budget is the special contribution of £20,000
from RICS for establishing the permanent office, membership expansion and
UN activities. Seppo Mäkinen from Finland expressed the need to attract
new sponsors, academic members and membership expansion.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
15. BUDGET, 2000
The
FIG Budget 2000 has been circulated with the agenda.
Charles Challstrom, Treasurer of US
Bureau 2000-2003 introduced the budget for 2000. In his presentation he
pointed out that the surplus in the draft budget will be used partly to
support a full time director of the FIG office in 2000, partly for travel
costs and to build up a reserve for FIG future activities.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the budget for 2000.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
16. SUBSCRIPTION RATES, 2001
The General Assembly is required to set
levels of fees for member associations two years in advance of the year in
which they become payable. Fees are payable in respect of each individual
member up to a maximum of 4,000 members; member associations with more
than 4,000 members pay fees in accordance with a sliding scale (minute 23
of FIG(GA)M(98)1). Fees for 1999 and 2000 are
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Per capita fee
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Minimum fee
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Maximum fee
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1999
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Sw.frs. 4.75 per member up to a
maximum of 4,000 members
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Sw.frs. 100.00
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fee payable by an association
with 4,000 members
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2000
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Sw.frs. 4.75 per member up to a
maximum of 4,000 members
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Sw.frs. 100.00
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105 per cent of the fee payable
by an association with 4,000 members
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The incoming Bureau recommends that fees
payable in 200l should be Sw.frs 4.95 per capita up to a maximum of 4,000
members, the minimum fee should be Sw.frs 100.00 and the maximum fee for
the big associations should be 108 per cent of the fee payable by an
association with 4,000 members. This recommendation is supported by the
Bureau.
Motion: That the General Assembly
endorses the recommendation of the Bureau and incoming Bureau that fees
payable by member associations in 2001 should be
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Per capita fee
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Minimum fee
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Maximum fee
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Sw.frs. 4.95 per member up to a
maximum of 4,000 members
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Sw.frs. 100.00
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108 per cent of the fee payable
by an association with 4,000 members
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Decision: The motion was adopted.
17. REPORT FROM THE 2002 CONGRESS
DIRECTOR
Vice-President Robert Foster made a
short presentation on the arrangements of the XXII Congress in Washington
mentioning that the congress venue and activities will be presented at the
exhibition in Sun City.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes
the up-date report of the Congress 2002.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
18. INCOMING BUREAU DRAFT WORK
PLAN 2000 - 2003
The draft work plan for 2000-2003 was
circulated on the FIG web site prior to the General Assembly. The draft
work plan is attached to the minutes as Appendix
to item 18.
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Vice-President Robert Foster, incoming
President of the US Bureau, introduced briefly the draft work plan for
discussions with any member of the incoming US Bureau during the working
week.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes
the draft work plan, for preliminary discussion at the plenary session on
4 June 1999.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
19. AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL RULES
Amendments
to Internal Rules have been circulated with the agenda.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
following changes to the Internal Rules according to Internal Rule 11.1.
and Internal Rule 15.1:
1. The terms of reference for commission
9 shall in future read as follows:
Commission 9 - Valuation and the
Management of Real Estate
- Valuation – the estimating of value of real estate by
valuers and appraisers for various purposes including market value,
property taxation, eminent domain, claims of damage or impact on value
by some cause or event, and acquisitions for public use or public policy
- Investment market value and investment planning
- Development finance, land use feasibility planning
- Management of property, as a single asset or by
management companies
- Management of property systems to ensure efficient use
of public and private resources
- Management of public sector property.
2. The name of the FIG Permanent
Institution on the History of Surveying should in future be the
International Institution on the History of Surveying and Measurement - a
Permanent Institution of FIG.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
20. BIDS TO HOST WORKING WEEK 2004
By 30 March bids have been received by
the Bureau from:
- The Dutch Society for Geodesy (Nederlandse vereniging
voor geodesie) NVG to host the Working Week in Rotterdam, The
Netherlands in May or June.
- Sveriges Lantmätareförening SLF (The Swedish
Association of Chartered Surveyors) and Samfundet för
Fastighetsekonomi SFF (The Swedish Association of Real Estate
Economics) to host the Working Week in Stockholm, Sweden, during the
first week of June.
The application letters from the Dutch
Society for Geodesy NVG and from Sveriges Lantmätareförening SLF and
Samfundet för Fastighetsekonomi SFF have been circulated with the agenda.
A further bid from the Technical Chamber
of Greece was received in May to host the Working Week 2004 in August
prior to the Olympic Games in Athens. This application letter is attached
as Appendix to item 20, send as hard copy only.
Motion: That the General Assembly
receives brief presentations from candidates willing to host the FIG
Working Week 2004 and notes that the selection of the venue will take
place at the plenary session on 4 June.
Decision: The motion was adopted and
each of the three candidates were given 8 minutes to make their
presentation.
21. ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIP
Prof. Stig Enemark introduced the
concept of new academic membership including the renewal of the Surveying
Education Database to benefit the academic members. The
leaflet and application
form on academic membership was distributed at the meeting and
is attached to the minutes as Appendix
to item 21. Already before the General Assembly about 20 academic
institutions have shown their interest to become academic member of FIG.
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Motion: That the General Assembly notes
activities taken to promote academic membership and records its thanks to
those involved with this work and encourages the member associations to
promote academic membership in their respective countries.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
Monday 31 May, 12.45–13.00 (plenary
session)
22. TASK FORCE ON THE FUTURE GOVERNANCE
OF FIG
A draft discussion document of "The
Future Governance and Management of FIG" has been circulated with the
agenda.
Motion: That the General Assembly
invites the chair of the task force to introduce his report; to suggest
which aspects of the report might be addressed in the subsequent breakout
sessions; and to invite leaders of the sessions to report back to an
immediately following plenary session
Decision: The motion was adopted. The
Chair of the Task Force on the Future Governance of FIG, Dr Tom Kennie,
presented the draft document for the General Assembly and the General
Assembly decided to divide into four breakout groups to discuss the
different aspects of the future governance of FIG.
Monday 31 May, 14.00–15.00 (breakout
sessions)
22. TASK FORCE ON THE FUTURE GOVERNANCE OF FIG - TO BE
CONTINUED
Breakout sessions on FIG future
governance based on the draft discussion document introduced at the
plenary session.
Monday 31 May, 15.00–15.30 (plenary
session)
23. PRESENTATION OF RESULTS OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS ON
ASPECTS OF GOVERNANCE
Leaders of the breakout sessions, Prof.
Holger Magel, Chris Andreasen, Prof. Stig Enemark and Stephen Yip reported
back to the General Assembly from their breakout sessions. Chair of the
task force, Dr. Tom Kennie, promised to report the General Assembly on the
conclusions under item task force reports.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes
the results from the breakout sessions on FIG future governance.
Decision: The motion was adopted. The
General Assembly further decided that chair of the task force
Vice-President Tom Kennie will make a summary report at the General
Assembly on 4 June.
Friday 4 June, 9.00–10.00 (President's
meeting)
24. PRESIDENT'S MEETING
40 Presidents and leaders of the
delegations attended the President's Meeting where different aspects of
current problems of the member associations and their relations were
discussed. These issues included e.g. associations' relations to national
governments, how they promote the profession internally and externally.
Friday 4 June, 10.00–11.00 (open meetings for task forces)
25. OPEN MEETINGS FOR TASK FORCES
Open meetings for the following task
forces were arranged:
- Under-represented groups in surveying; Chair:
Gabriele Dasse
- Standards; Chair: Iain Greenway
- Mutual recognition of qualifications/reciprocity;
Chair: Stig Enemark
- Sustainable development; Chair: Helmut Brackmann
The results from the breakout sessions
were reported back to the General Assembly under item task force reports.
Friday 4 June 11.30–13.00 (plenary
session)
26. ROLL CALL AND APPOINTMENT OF TELLERS
One of the tellers, Jim Smith,
representing UK, has informed the Bureau that he is not able to act as a
teller for the whole session. Therefore the UK delegation has nominated
Mr. Iain Greenway as a new teller for the session.
Secretary-General Roy Swanston took the
roll call according to the decision made at the first General Assembly so
that the roll call was made only for member associations.
37 member associations out of 76 were
present which is more than one third of the membership needed for the
General Assembly to be constitutionally valid.
A list of those present at the session
is attached at Appendix
to items 2 and 26.
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Motion: That the General Assembly
nominates a new teller for this session and that the delegates and
observers attending the General Assembly be entered in the records.
Decision: The General Assembly resolved
to appoint Mr Iain Greenway (nominated by the member association hosting
the preceding General Assembly) as teller for the duration of the meeting.
The motion on roll call was adopted.
27. REPORT FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
EDUCATION FOUNDATION
President of the Education Foundation,
Robert Foster, made his report on the activities of the foundation, its
finances and results of the Directors’ meeting held on 1 June 1999 in
Sun City. The supplementary report is attached to the minutes as Appendix
to item 27.
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Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the report and its recommendations including that for future Congresses
and Working Weeks registrants will be invited to contribute to the
Foundation by voluntary mark-off on their registration forms the
equivalent of either $25 or $50.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
28. INCOMING BUREAU DRAFT WORK PLAN 2000
- 2003
Vice-President Robert Foster reported
back from his discussions with the delegations during the working week.
The comments received included e.g. the need to include items on standards
in the next version of the work plan. Robert Foster asked the member
associations to make their comments on the drfat work plan by 30 August
1999. The work plan will be finally adopted by the General Assembly in
2000.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes
the draft work plan, for subsequent publication when the US Bureau takes
office and formal approval by the General Assembly in 2000.
Decision: The motion was adopted and the
member associations are encouraged to submit their comments on the draft
work plan by the 30th August to the FIG office.
29. REPORTS ON WORKING WEEKS 2000, 2001
AND 2003
The General Assembly received brief oral
reports from chairs of the organising committees of the following Working
Weeks:
- Prague, Czech Republic 22-26 May 2000
- Seoul, Korea May 2001 6-11 May 2001
- Eilat, Israel, 19-23 May 2003
Preliminary programme and invitation for
the FIG working week 2000 in Prague is already circulated. Further
information can be found at http://www.fig2000.cz/
First drafts of the programmes for 2001
and 2003 were also circulated in Sun City.
Motion: That the General Assembly notes
progress with the arrangements for each venue.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
30. AD HOC COMMISSION ON CONSTRUCTION
ECONOMICS/MANAGEMENT
A report on the
Future of the Ad Hoc Commission on Construction Economics/Management
has been circulated with the agenda.
Motion: That the General Assembly
- notes the review of the activities of
the ad hoc commission on construction economics and management;
- agrees that the task force on the
future governance and management of FIG should bring forward
recommendation as to what should be the future status of construction
economics within FIG; and
- agrees that the ad hoc commission on
construction economics should remain in being until the task force has
delivered its final report and recommendations.
Discussion: Michel Mayoud, Leader of the
delegation of AFT (France), pointed out that construction economics is not
included in the definition of surveyors in most countries, but was willing
to wait with further discussion until the task force on FIG future
governance has delivered its final report and recommendations.
President Peter Dale reminded that in
the definition of surveyor, adopted at the special General Assembly in
Beijing in 1991, construction economics is clearly included in the
definition of surveyor.
Secretary-General Roy Swanston mentioned
that the work of the ad hoc commissions has improved remarkably during the
past year. At the Brighton congress the work plan was totally revised
resulting in new activities in Sun City. Up to 37 delegates attended the
ad-hoc commission's technical sessions and during the working week the
inaugural meeting of the African Association of Quantity Surveyors (AAQS)
took place. Discussions were held between the chairs of commissions to
gain guidelines on standards and practice in construction economics. In
addition, discussions on guidelines relating to the development of
low-cost housing and its related infrastructures took place in Sun City.
This is a new area of work for the ad-hoc commission but one in which
there is great interest.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
31. REPORTS FROM TASK FORCES
Reports from task forces on Under-represented
groups in surveying and Standards
have been circulated with the agenda. Reports from task forces on Mutual
recognition of qualifications/reciprocity and on Sustainable
development as well as an up-dated report from the task force on Under-represented
groups in surveying are attached as Appendices to item 31.
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All task forces arranged several
internal and open sessions during the Working Week from which their chairs
made brief amplifying oral reports.
Dr. Tom Kennie made a short summary
report on the results of the breakout sessions on FIG future governance.
Further comments on the draft discussion document and on the results of
the breakout sessions are expected from member associations by 30 August
1999. The summary report is attached to the minutes as Appendix to item
31, send as hard copy only.
Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the reports and recommendations of the task forces on
- Under-represented groups in surveying
- Standards
- Mutual recognition of qualifications/reciprocity
- Sustainable development
- FIG future governance
and records its thanks to all task
forces and their chairs for their past year’s work.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
Further comments on the discussion paper on FIG future governance are
expected from member associations by 30 August 1999.
32. REPORT FROM ACCO
Vice-President Robert Foster, Chair of
ACCO, made a report on the Advisory Committee of Commission Officers (ACCO)
meetings. This report is attached as Appendix
to item 32.
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Motion: That the General Assembly adopts
the report and its recommendations and records its thanks to ACCO for its
past year’s work.
Decision: The motion was adopted.
33. SELECTION OF VENUE FOR WORKING WEEK,
2004
Motion: That the General Assembly makes
its selection for the venue of the FIG Working Week 2004.
Decision: On a secret ballot Athens,
Greece got the absolute majority on the first vote and was selected for
the host of the FIG working week , 2004.
34. PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATIONS OF
APPRECIATION
The President expressed thanks to the
organising committee and people responsible for the arrangements.
Certificates of appreciation have been delivered to Ken Lester, President
of the South African Council for Professional and Technical Surveyors,
Lance Nel, Chair of the organising committee, Trevor Harpham, Marius Van
Rooyen, Mark Dansie, Paul Marshall and Nevett Thorniley and finally to
Melanie Campbell and her team in the Eventdynamics.
35. CLOSING PROCEEDINGS
On behalf of FIG the President thanked
all those who had contributed to the successful organisation of the
meeting. As this was the last General Assembly for which the UK Bureau has
had responsibility, he also thanked his colleagues in the UK Bureau and
especially John Leonard and his team in managing the successful FIG
Congress in Brighton and the Bureau Director Jane Woolley for her immense
contribution for the benefit of FIG.
President Hans Josef Platen, DVW
(Germany) expressed thanks from all member associations to President Peter
Dale and his Bureau on the excellent results received during the UK Bureau
term of office.
The President invited Mr. Milan Klimes
and Mr. Josef Weigl, representatives of the Czech delegation and the
organising committee of the FIG working week to receive the FIG banner
from Ken Lester, leader of the South African delegation.
The President then formally closed the
22nd General Assembly.
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Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that this
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