Minutes
from NACS general assembly 2009,
1)
Election of chair and secretary for the general assembly
Chair: Marina Thorborg
Secretary: Unn Målfrid H. Rolandsen
2)
Approval of the Agenda
No objections.
3)
Approval of the minutes for the last NACS general assembly in
No objections.
4)
Report on NACS activities 2007, presented by Morten Laugesen
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all efforts of the board were
directed towards the organisation of the 2009 conference in
- The planned board meeting in Copenhagen 2008 was cancelled. There were no urgent matters to be discussed, and so funds could be saved and channelled to the 2009 conference
- The 2009 conference was organised with the cooperation of the Nordic NIAS Council, a suggestion made by Jørgen Delman in 2008. The conference has benefited from the funding and expertise of the NIAS/NCC. Among other things, NIAS ahs been host to the conference web site this year.
- The organisers regret that very few papers were actually uploaded to the conference site…
5) NACS accounts
a)
Report by treasurer Helena Löthman
- there were few activities in the period 2007-2009
- At present the account holds 102 997 SEK
o
73 000 SEK was left over
from the conference in
o
If funds are still left after
the above expenses, the board may use these to cover expenses related to the
- Income
o Membership fees (2007)
o Funding (2007)
- Expenses:
o Banking fees
o Travel expenses
o Web master (5000 SEK/year)
o Web domain (600 SEK/year)
- Conclusion: NACS’ finances are OK
b)
Report by auditor
- Auditor Fredrik Feldman’s report was read aloud by the chair, and accepted without objections.
c)
The 2007-2009 board was relieved from its former financial
responsibilities
6)
NACS membership fee
Fees were last raised in 2007 to the present amount of 40 EUR. No changes made.
7)
NACS website
We own the domain www.nacsorg.com . The webmaster at present is Peter Freund. The future of the website and its organisation will be left to the future board to decide.
8)
Proposal to establish a Nordic China Media Scholars Network within
NACS
A short presentation of the Network was given by Pang Cuiming and Jesper Schlæger
The planned network will function
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as a platform for the exchange
of resources and contacts between Nordic researchers working on media in
- as a facilitator for interdisciplinary dialogue
The first step is to set up a web page for the network and its participants.
The proposal was approved and applauded.
9)
Election of the new NACS board members and deputy members 2009-2011
The following board was elected by acclamation:
Denmark
Nis
Høyrup Christensen Ane
Bislev
Mads
Holst Jensen (deputy) Stig
Thøgersen (deputy)
Sweden
Helena Löthman
Marina Thorborg (deputy) Eva Aggeklint
(deputy)
Norway
Heidi
Østbø Haugen (chair) Unn Målfrid
Rolandsen
Ivo Spira
(deputy) Kristin
Dalen (deputy)
Wang Dong (deputy chair) Riika-Leena Juntunen
Minna Valjakka (deputy) Teemu Naarajärvi (deputy)
Geir Sigurdsson ??
The empty deputy positions will hopefully be filled in the near future
10) Election of NACS treasurer
2009-2011
Helena Löthman will continue in the position as treaturer
11) Election of NACS auditor
and deputy auditor 2009-2011
Fredrik Feldman has been approached, and will hopefully consent to continuing in the role of auditor.
12) Proposals/other issues
NA.
13) The general assembly closed.