The chair, Nancy Russo (US), called the meeting to order at 12:25 PM.

1. Nancy called for nominations of new members. One new member was nominated:

-- Dirk Hovorka (AU) (attended business meeting in Perth).

Nancy moved that Dirk be accepted as a member. Motion carried.

2. Nancy reviewed past and upcoming events. She thanked the organizers of the Turku conference for a successful conference just concluded. She noted the upcoming Oasis meeting before the ICIS conference in Shanghai in December 2012.

Submissions are now open for the IFIP WG 8.2 Working Conference in Turku, Finland (Monday, 6 June – Wednesday, 8 June 2011). Papers are due 1 Sep 2010. The full call can be found at http://www.wg82.abo.fi/callforpapers.php

Dear all,

The conference organisers have extended early bird registration for the IFIP 8.2+8.6 Working Conference in Perth Western Australia until 31 January.

Further information is available on the conference website at http://ifip8286perth.cbs.curtin.edu.au.

Also, please consider passing this on to your PhD students, as we are offering very good rates for students.

Best regards,
John Venable, Program and Local Arrangements Co-Chair
IFIP 8.2+8.6 Perth 2010

Researching the Future, Working Conference, Turku, Finland, 6-8 June 2011. CFP available at http://www.wg82.abo.fi/.