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.