PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA

MINUTES OF
ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
Held at Old Government House
Auckland
29 November 2003

Meeting opened at 5.25pm with Greg Heath in the Chair.

1. Apologies
Nil

2. Attendance
R. Shaw, J. Ozolins, H. Eijkman, F. Haynes, M. Peters, N. Devine, J. Roe, P. Fitzsimons, P. Roberts, A. Gibbons, R. Heraud, D. Sankey, S. Webster, P. Hager, J. Lancaster, E. Mayo, M. O’Loughlin, M. Wall, M. Freakley, S. Jump, S. Wakelin, B. Haynes

3. Minutes of meeting 2002-accepted J. Ozolins/M. Freakley

4. Business arising – Nil

5. President’s Report – circulated and accepted

6. Treasurer’s Report – whiteboarded and accepted

7. EPAT Editor’s Report – circulated and accepted

8. Officers
President: Peter Fitzsimons, moved G. Heath/M. Peters
Vice President: John Ozolins, moved H. Eijkman/M. Freakley
Secretary/Treasurer: Bruce Haynes, moved F. Haynes/R. Shaw
EPAT Editor: Michael Peters, moved R. Shaw/G. Heath
TransTasman Rep: Nesta Devine, moved P. Hager/M. Peters

9. Constitution
That PESA Executive consider provisions to facilitate membership with safeguards and to remove Council provisions from Constitution, moved J. Roe/H. Eijkman
That PESA conduct an OGM by electronic or other mail format, moved J. Roe/S. Webster
That PESA proceed towards incorporation, moved J. Roe/J. Ozolins
That the Secretary/Treasurer be the first officer of the incorporated Society, moved J. Roe/J. Ozolins

10. Website
That PESA set up its own accessible website, moved F. Haynes/M. O’Loughlin

11. PESA Fellows
James Marshall, moved M. O’Loughlin/R. Heraud
John Roe, moved H. Eijkman/M. O’Loughlin
Michael Peters, moved N. Devine/A. Gibbons
Felicity Haynes, moved J. Roe/M. O’Loughlin
Paul Hager, moved m. Peters/J. Ozolins
Bruce Haynes, moved M. O’Loughlin/M. Freakley
Greg Heath, moved J. Ozolins/H. Eijkman
Marjorie O’Loughlin, moved J. Roe/P. Hager

12. Conference
That PESA link to the AARE Conference in Melbourne and meet 26 – 28 November 2004 with John Ozolins as Conference Organiser, moved F. Haynes/G.Heath

13. Other Business
2004 Conference Proceedings be published with papers refereed to DEST standards and with working papers, moved M. Freakley/M. O’Loughlin
A vote of profuse thanks to be accorded to the Auckland Conference Committee for providing a convivial conference in a congenial setting, moved, M. Peters/F. Haynes
That Greg Heath be thanked for his work as President of PESA for the past four years. Moved J. Roe/H. Eijkman

Meeting closed at 6.50pm to move to the Conference Dinner.

Bruce Haynes
Secretary
30 November 2003