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WFNMC GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING notes 10 July 2004, Copenhagen

  1. President Peter Taylor opened the meeting at 4:30 PM, with 28 delegates in attendance. He presented and overview of the issues considered by the Executive in the previous two meetings.
  2. Latvian Math Society presented its medals to Emilia Velikova, Warren Atkins, and Petar Kenderov.
  3. Nikolai Konstantinov presented a summary of activities of the International Tournament of Towns.
    4. An overview 20 Years of WFNMC was presented.
  4. Peter Taylor presented Warren Atkins with a crystal decanter for his lifelong service.
  5. Peter Taylor spoke about the ICMI Study 16 Challenging Math in and beyond the Classroom, which he co-Chairs with Ed Barbeau.
  6. Tony Gardiner made a presentation about a forthcoming WFNMC’s Conference in Cambridge in 2006. A Co-Organizer Bill Richardson added his insights into this forthcoming Conference.
  7. Taylor shared the sad passing of Igor Sharygin of Russia.
  8. Amendments to the Constitution were presented by Peter Taylor on behalf of the Executive. Taylor moved, and Kenderov seconded the motion to approve the changes. The motion carried unanimously. The revised text of the Constitution is found on this internet site.

  9. Election of the Executive and Committees’ Membership took place. The following resulted from a unanimous vote of the delegates present:

    EXECUTIVE

    PRESIDENT: Petar Kenderov, Bulgaria
    SENIOR VP: Tony Gardiner, UK
    VP: Maria de Losada, Colombia
    VP: Peter Grippin, Canada
    SECRETARY: Alexander Soifer, USA
    EDITOR: Jaroslav Svrcek, Czech Republic
    IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Peter Taylor, Australia

    PROGRAM COMMITTEE:

    Chair: Tony Gardiner, UK
    Kiril Bankov, Bulgaria
    Peter Gripppin, Canada
    Ali Rejali, Iran
    Alexander Soifer, USA

    AWARDS COMMITTEE:

    Chair: Peter Taylor, Australia
    Maria de Losada, Colombia
    John Webb, South Africa
    Jordan Tabov, Bulgaria
    Cheung Sean-Yeong, Korea

    REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVES:

    North America: Harold Reiter
    Africa: John Webb
    Europe (1): Nikolai Konstantinov, Russia
    Europe (2): Francisco Bellot-Rosado, Spain
    Asia: Pak-Hong Cheung, Hong Kong
    Oceania: Derek Holton, New Zealand
    South America: Patricia Fauring

    EDITORIAL COMMITTEE:

    Editor: Jaroslav Svrcek, Czech Republic
    Associate Editor: Bruce Henry, Australia
    Associate Editor: Larry Rice, Canada
    Associate Editor: Judith Koeller, Canada

  10. New President Petar Kenderov thanked the members for his election and spoke in favor of strengthening regional collaboration.

The meeting adjourned at 5:40 PM.

Alexander Soifer
WFNMC SECRETARY