Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia

PRSCO Council Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.
Date and Time: Thursday, November 9, 2017, 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Meeting Place: Regency A, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Vancouver, B.C.
a) Apologies Received, Roll-call, and Confirmation of Section Representatives (Fu-ChuanLai):
Present:
Fu-Chuan Lai (PRSCO Vice-President, CRSA-T); Budy Resosudarmo (RSAI President,IRSA); Tomáz Dentinho (RSAI Executive Director); Sutee Anantsuksomsri (Thailand), RachelFranklin (WRSA); Kingsley Haynes (WRSA); Jean-Claude Thill (past RSAI President);
Hiroyuki Shibusawa (PRSCO Executive Secretary, JSRSAI); Suminori Tokunaga (JSRSAI);
Jen-Jia Lin (CRSA-T); Roger Stough (WRSA); Luis Armando Galvis (ACER); Roberta
Capello (Editor PiRS); David Plane (WRSA); Katsuhiro Sakurai (JSRSAI); S. EréndiraSerrano-Oswald (AMECIDER); and Yuko Akune (JSRSAI)
Apologies received:
Patricio Aroca (SOCHER); José Rodríguez (Perú); Fabian Vilema (RECIR); Yoshiro Higano(JSRSAI); Nij Tontisirin (Thailand); Paul Dalziel (ANZRSAI); Yuzuru Miyata (JSRSAI); Lay J.
Gibson (WRSA); Fakrul Islam (BRSA); Jacques Poot (ANZRSAI); David Edgington (CRSA);
Binh Tran-Nam (Vietnam); Ronny Correa Quezada (RECIR); Chitta Ranjan Pathak (IRSA);
Hidehiko Kanegae (JSRSAI); and John Madden (ANZRSAI)b) Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting in Tainan, May 18, 2017 (Fu-Chuan Lai):
Fu-Chuan suggested the minutes of the previous meeting be approved. His suggestion isaccepted.
c) Report on the 25th Pacific Conference of the Regional Science Association International(RSAI) in 2017 (Fu-Chuan Lai):
Fu-Chuan presented a brief report on the Pacific Conference of the RSAI in Tainan, which wasattended by around 200 participants from 20 countries. The finances of this event broke even.
d) Report on the 15th PRSCO Summer Institute in 2018 (José Rodríguez):
José was unable to attend the meeting and thus sent his report to Hiroyuki, who stated that José
was setting up the conference website, which will be announced after the local organizationcommittee meeting in Perú. Fu-Chuan also reported that José was preparing the organizingaffairs of the Perú Section. Fu-Chan confirmed the date of the conference to be July 4–6, 2018,
and the venue to be Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.
e) Report on the 26th Pacific Conference of the RSAI in 2020 (Rachel Franklin):
Rachel reported that in the previous meeting in Tainan, two possible options of venues in North
America were proposed: Victoria, Canada, or Seattle in 2019 and Hawaii or Los Angeles in2020; However, the decision was postponed. The WRSA and PRSCO eventually decided thatthe 26th Pacific Conference of the RSAI will be held during March 18–22, 2020, at the Hilton
Hawaiian Village, Waikiki. The rate of a hotel room is about $230, which is quite reasonable inHawaii.
1f) Report on the 16th PRSCO Summer Institute in 2020 (Binh Tran-Nam, Mathews
Nkhoma):Unfortunately, Lyndal and Bihn could not attend the council meeting. Fu-Chan reported that therepresentative from Vietnam, Lyndal, was leaving the RMIT. Therefore, the local organizer had
been changed to Mathews Nkhoma. Mathews will organize the Summer Institute in Vietnam in2020 and expressed his wish to have a successful conference. Hiroyuki reported that the RSAIwill conduct a workshop in Vietnam. Tomáz suggested that the PRSCO could also support theiractivities in Vietnam.
g) Discussion on the Venues of the PRSCO Conference and Summer Institute in 2022–2024:
27th PRSCO 2021 Japan (JSRSAI)
17th Summer Institute 2022 (the Philippines)
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18th Summer Institute 2024
Fu-Chuan reported that PRSCO 2021 will be held in Japan, and the Summer Institute 2020 will
be held in the Philippines. The venues for PRSCO 2023 and the Summer Institute 2024 werestill undecided. Budy reported that he and Hiroyuki will meet Haydee Jacklyn Malubay inUniversity of the Philippines in the following week, given that she had an interest in hosting theSummer Institute in 2022. Budy also suggested that Malaysia could be a potential host for
PRSCO in 2023. (It was noticed later that Mexico had been mentioned as a potential host in ourlast meeting.) Pakistan would also be considered as a possible host country for the SummerInstitute, 2024. Tomáz suggested that when his colleagues from Pakistan attend the RSAI
Congress in Goa, we can contact them for organizing the PRSCO Summer Institute in 2024.
h) Procedure for Affiliation with the PRSCO (RSAI) of the Thailand Section (PatricioAroca):
Fu-Chuan reminded everyone that Thailand hosted the Summer Institute in 2016 and themeeting was successfully organized by Suttee and Nij. Sutee reported that a legal process would
be concluded soon, and the Thailand Section will also be well organized. The affiliation ofPRSCO with the Thailand Section was approved.
i) Nomination of the PRSCO Representative for the RSAI Council:
Jichung Yang (2013–2015, 2016–2018), Serena Eréndira Serrano Oswald (2015–2017)
Fu-Chuan Lai (PRSCO President, 2018–2019), new representative (2018–2020)
Fu-Chuan indicated that from the three representatives for the RSAI council, Serena’s term will
expire soon, because she will be appointed as a representative from LACRSA. Hiroyuki
suggested that Jacques Poot had made a policy to appoint a representative for the RSAI Council
in 2015. Fu-Chuan would organize a committee for the nomination. Andrés mentioned that therule of the RSAI had changed and that the Presidents of the supra-regions will be automaticallyselected as the representatives to the RSAI Council. Budy suggested a reminder about thediscussion for the replacement of the representative in the Tainan meeting. Fu-Chuan stated that
if the PRSCO representative missed all the meetings during a year, he/she should resign from
his/her position and the PRSCO Council should appoint another member. David Planesuggested the discussion of two other pending issues. First, the subcommittee should choose
one of its members as a new representative and second, the term of Yang’s representation. He
thus thought that the subcommittee should suggest solutions for these two issues. Rachel andDavid proposed that the members of the subcommittee should be considered by including the2President, Vice-President, immediate-past President, and Executive Secretary. After an e-maildiscussion, the determination will be announced to all our council members.
j) Confirmation the President of the PRSCO, 2018–2019 (Patricio Aroca):
Fu-Chuan was grateful to serve as the President of the PRSCO in 2018–2019.
k) Nomination of the Vice-President of the PRSCO, 2018 –2019 (Patricio Aroca)
Fu-Chuan reported that in order to keep with the tradition of PRSCO, Rachel must be nominatedas the Vice-President of the PRSCO for the term 2018–2019 from the WRSA. Her nomination
was approved.
l) Confirmation of the PRSCO Executive Secretary, 2018–2019 (Patricio Aroca):
Fu-Chuan confirmed that Hiroyuki was appointed as the PRSCO’s Executive Secretary in2018–2019.
m) PRSCO Awards:
The PRSCO Prize for the Best Paper by a Young Regional Scientist (John Madden)
John could not attend the meeting and sent a letter of absence. Fu-Chuan reported that thewinner for 2017 was Juan Soto, and the age limit for candidates was changed from “under 33”to “under 35” in order to have more potential candidates. Moreover, John needed to add one
committee member from Perú, where the next PRSCO conference will be held. Hiroyuki statedthat no one was available from Perú for this membership and that José will be asked to select acommittee member from Perú. Fu-Chuan committed to contact José by e-mail.
n) Report on the Activities of Pacific Rim Regional Science Communities:
1) Committee for RASC:
Budy reported that RSAI had organized a committee for the entry of Regional Science of China(RSAC). Fu-Chuan was appointed as one of the committee members, and the related affairs ofRSAC will be discussed in this committee.
o) Report on Editors, Papers in Regional Science (PiRs) (Roberta Capello):
Roberta made a report on the current situation of PiRS.
p) Report of Editors, Regional Science Policy & Practice (RSPP) (Tomáz Ponce Dentinho):
Tomáz gave a short report explaining the current situation of RSPP.
q) Any further business:
1) The next PRSCO Council Meeting will be held in Goa, India.

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