GA I - Tuesday, July 12, 9:30 - 16:00

Agenda

1. Opening Address, Introduction of Guests
2. Certification of Delegate Credentials, Confirmation of Voting Rights
3. Approval of Agenda
4. Admission of New Members and Changes of Category Since Last Congress
5. Approval of New Fellows
6. Ratification of Council Agreements
7. Member Proposals to Host Commissions 2016 - 2020
8. Member Proposals to Host ISPRS Congress in 2020
9. Reports of Council (1)
10. Proposal of Amendments to the Statutes and Bylaws

Minutes

1. Opening Address, Introduction of Invited Persons

ISPRS President Chen Jun opened the meeting at 9:30.am. Following his opening speech he introduced the invited guests:

• Chris Rizos - President - Joint Board of Geospatial Information Societies (JBGIS)
• Chryssy Alex. Potsiou - President, International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
• Menno-Jan Kraak - President, International Cartographic Association (ICA)
• Dave Lovell, President-elect, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association (GSDI)
• Ron Lofton - President, International Map Industry Association (IMIA)
• Ted Florence - incoming President, IMIA, International Map Industry Association
• Barbara Ryan, Secretariat Director of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO)

Honorary Members and other former Council Members were also present as well as delegates or advisors.

2. Certification of Delegate Credentials, Explanation and Confirmation of Voting Rights

Delegate credentials were confirmed during GA registration. SG explained the voting rights.

3. Approval of Agenda

The agenda was approved.

4. Membership Development

New Ordinary Members

The following three Ordinary Members have been admitted since the Melbourne Congress:

Discontinued Ordinary Members

The following two Ordinary Members have cancelled membership since the Melbourne Congress:

Change of Ordinary Member Category

The following two Ordinary Members requested a change of category since the Melbourne Congress:

New Associate Member

Two Associate Members have been admitted since the Melbourne Congress, one additional application was received shortly before the Prague Congress:

New Regional Member

The following Regional Member has been admitted since the Melbourne Congress:

New Sustaining Members

The following six Sustaining Members have been admitted since the Melbourne Congress:

Discontinued Sustaining Members

The following 26 Sustaining Members have cancelled membership since the Melbourne Congress or have been expelled by Council for lack of membership payment:

Change of Sustaining Member Category

The following 2 Sustaining Members requested a change of category since the Melbourne Congress:

During the Congress the following changes in membership were approved by the General Assembly:

Ordinary Members

            New Member:

            National Survey Authority, Ministry of Defence, Oman - Category 1

            Category Change:

            Israeli Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (ILSPRS) – from 3 to 2

            Spanish Society of Cartography, Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing (SECFT) from 6 to 3

            Takeover of Membership:

            Belgium Ordinary Member organisation changed from National Geographical Institute to          VITO NV

Associate Members

            New Member:

            Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRSS) - Category 2

            Myanmar Peacebuilding and Dialogue Center - Category 1

            Centre de Cartographie et de Télédétection (CCT) Cote D'Ivoire – Category 1

Sustaining Members

            New Member:

            Good Shepherd Engineering, Palestine - Category D

The present membership is as follows:

Individual membership

Individual membership was introduced in 2014 and is based on a yearly renewal. For 2016, there were 363 Individual members as of July 12.

5. Approval of new Fellows

The General Assembly elected the following Fellows:

• Alain Baudoin (France)
• Jiang Jie (China)
• Franz Leberl (Austria)
• Petros Patias (Greece)
• Ammatzia Peled (Israel)

6. Ratification of Council Agreements

All of the following agreements and contracts were ratified by the General Assembly according to the documents.

Memoranda of Understanding between ISPRS and other Organisations

ISPRS Contracts and Agreements 2012-16

7. Member Proposals to host Commissions 2016-2020

The following members presented proposals to host the respective commissions:

7.1.1    Com I – CIG, Canada, with SASPRS, South Africa, for Vice Presidency

            Candidate for TCP: Jonathan Li, Candidate for Vice-TCP: Julian Smit

7.1.2    Com I – DGPF, Germany, with Brazilian Society of Cartography for Vice Presidency

            Candidate for TCP: Stefan Hinz, Candidate for Vice-TCP: Raul Feitosa

7.2.1    Com II – ASPRS, USA, with Geo-Information Netherlands for Vice Presidency

            Candidate for TCP: Jie Shan,  Candidate for Vice-TCP: Sander Oude Elberink

7.2.2    Com II – SIFET, Italy, with JSPRS, Japan, for Vice Presidency

            Candidate for TCP: Fabio Remondino, Candidate for Vice-TCP: Takashi Fuse

7.3       Com III – CSSMG, China, with CIG, Canada, for Vice Presidency

            Candidate for TCP: Jiang Jie, Candidate for Vice-TCP: Ahmed Shaker

7.4       Com IV – GIN, Netherlands, with CIG, Canada, for Vice Presidency

            Candidate for TCP: Sisi Zlatanova, Candidate for Vice-TCP: Suzana Dragicevic

7.5.1    Com V – CTSPRS, Chinese Taipei with ASPRS, USA, for Vice Presidency

            Candidate for TCP: Fuan Tsai, Candidate for Vice-TCP: Rakesh Malhotra

7.5.2    Com V – ISRS, India

            Candidate for TCP: A. Senthi Kumar, Candidate for Vice-TCP: P.L.N. Raju

8. Member Proposals to host ISPRS Congress in 2020

The following proposals were presented:

8.1       Candidate 1 – United Arab Emirates - Dubai

            Candidate Congress Director: Hussein M. Abdulmuttalib - Dubai Municipality

8.2       Candidate 2 – France - Nice

            Candidate Congress Director: Nicolas Paparoditis - Institut national de l'information      géographique et forestière (IGN)

8.3       Candidate 3 – Canada - Quebec

            Candidate Congress Director: Bernier Monique, Institut national de la recherche scientifique

9. Report of Council

9.1       President's Report

            Chen Jun reported on the challenges, achievements and events of the last four years.

9.2       Presentation of Prague Declaration

            Following the presentation of the Prague Declaration, an intensive discussion took place before the paper was adopted with some changes.

The Swiss delegate, Armin Grün, and the Indian delegate, Shailesh Nayak, expressed their appreciation for the achievements made by Council in the past term.

Barbara Ryan, Secretariat Director of the intergovernmental Group on Earth Observations (GEO) also expressed her appreciation for the collaboration between ISPRS and GEO.

10. Proposal of Amendments to the Statutes and Bylaws

The proposed amendments were discussed. It was established that further changes were needed and the Agenda item would be revisited in GAII.

The meeting closed at 16:00.