IMU Bulletin no. 42, Special Issue, July 1998


    13th General Assembly

    of the International Mathematical Union
    Dresden, Germany, August 15-16, 1998
    (Opening session at 10 a.m.)

    • Agenda
    • IMU General Assembly
    • Appointment of Delegations

    Agenda

    1. Opening of the Assembly
    2. Address by the President
    3. Appointment of Committees
      1. Credentials Committee
      2. Resolutions Committee
      3. Tellers
      4. Committee for Finance and Dues
      5. Nominating Committee
    4. Members
      1. Change of Group
      2. Dues arrears of members
    5. Review of the activities of the Union:
      1. Symposia and conferences, ICMI, CDE, ICHM
      2. IMU Bulletin; World Directory of Mathematicians
    6. Finance and dues:
      1. Financial reports for the years 1994-1997
      2. Budget for the years 1999 - 2002
    7. Proposal for the creation of a Commission on Electronic Publishing
    8. Elections:
      1. Executive Committee of IMU
      2. Executive Committee of ICMI
      3. CDE
      4. ICHM
      5. Representative of IMU to ICSU
    9. Site of ICM-2002
    10. Change of Statutes
    11. WMY 2000
    12. Adoption of resolutions
    13. Miscellaneous
    14. Any other item with the permission of the President
    15. Next meeting of the General Assembly


    IMU General Assembly

    The following letter has been sent to all Adhering Organizations of IMU, with a copy to the National Committees, on July 7, 1997:
    1. The 13th General Assembly 1998 of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) will be held in Dresden, August 15 - 16, on the weekend directly before the International Congress of Mathematicians Berlin 1998 (ICM98). The meeting will take place at Hotel Bellevue (Große Meißner Straße 15, D-01097 Dresden, Tel: +49/351/81 20-733, Fax: +49/351/81 20 749). Delegates may stay in Hotel Bellevue, other accommodations will also be offered. The procedures for room reservation will be announced with the invitation letters from the Local Organizing Committee to the delegates appointed by the Adhering Organizations/National Committees. More information can be found under the URL: http://elib.zib.de/IMU/GA-Dresden.
    2. According to the Statutes of the Union, each Adhering Organization ´´shall appoint and certify to the Secretary of the Union a delegation which shall have the number of votes corresponding to the Group in which it adheres, as follows:
                 	
      Number of votes:   	I   II   III   IV   V         
      Group:     		I   II   III   IV   V       	
      Number of votes:        1   2     3    4    5   
      
      provided that the number of delegates shall not exceed the corresponding number of votes. Any Adhering Organization which desires to ensure its full quota of representatives at meetings of the General Assembly by the appointment of alternates for its regularly named delegates may do so, provided that no such alternate shall be permitted to participate in the work of the General Assembly until he has been duly certified to the Secretary of the Union as assuming the powers and duties of the delegate he has been designated to replace. No person shall be a member of the delegation of more than one country. Voting by the General Assembly shall be by delegations, provided that each delegation shall be free to cast the votes to which it is entitled either as a unit or divided in such a manner as it may determine.''
    3. You are hereby requested to designate the delegation of your country. Please enter on the accompanying form the names of your delegates, with alternates if any, together with their addresses and return this form to the Secretariat by March 1, 1998.
    4. As provided for in the By-Laws of the Union, Adhering Organizations may propose business to be transacted at the General Assembly. Such proposals shall reach the Secretary at least four months before the meeting, i.e., preferably before March 1, 1998.
      We are now sending to all Adhering Organization and National Committees, the enclosed form for "Appointment of Delegations".
      The General Assembly of the Union consists of delegates appointed by the Adhering Organizations, together with the members of the Executive Committee. For each General Assembly, each Adhering Organization shall appoint and certify to the Secretary of the Union, a delegation which shall have the number of votes corresponding to the Group in which it adheres, that is:
      Group 			I	II	III	IV	V 
      Number of votes 	1	2	3	4	5         	       	      	     	 
      
      provided that the number of delegates shall not exceed the corresponding number of votes. (Please see Statutes of IMU, pages 2 and 3).
      Thank you very much for your attention.
    Sincerely Yours,
    Jacob Palis
    Secretary of IMU


    INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION
    13th General Assembly, 1998
    DRESDEN, Germany

    Appointment of Delegations

    You are hereby requested to designate the delegation of your country.
    OBS: The appointment of delegations is the responsibility of the Adhering Organization
     COUNTRY: _______________________________   GROUP OF ADHERENCE:________________
    
    
    ADHERING ORGANIZATION:________________________________________________________
    DELEGATES:
    1. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL:______________________________
    ADDRESS:__________________________________________________ FAX:__________________
    2. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL:______________________________
    ADDRESS:__________________________________________________ FAX:__________________
    3. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL:______________________________
    ADDRESS:__________________________________________________ FAX:__________________
    4. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL:______________________________
    ADDRESS:__________________________________________________ FAX:__________________
    5. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL:______________________________
    ADDRESS:__________________________________________________ FAX:__________________
    ALTERNATIVES:
    1. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL:______________________________
    ADDRESS:__________________________________________________FAX:__________________

    This form should be filled in capital letters and should be returned, not later than March 1, 1998 to:
    IMU Secretariat
    IMPA - Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada
    Estrada Dona Castorina, 110 - Jardim Botânico
    22460- Rio de Janeiro - RJ - BRASIL
    Fax: (55) (21) 512-4115/4112 - E-mail: IMU@IMPA.BR