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Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting (Santa Fe, 12th Nov., 1998)(approved by the Council Meeting in Seoul on Monday 12th July, 1999)

Held on Thursday 12 November 1998
At the La Fonda Hotel, Santa Fe
Commencing at 7:00 PM
Present:
ANZRSA: West, Poot (chair)
CRSA: CRSAT: JSRSAI: Kohno (repr. Fukuchi), Higano
KSRSA: AMECIDER: Serrano
WRSA: Gibson, Haynes (repr. Suarez-Villa),Plane
Ex-ocio and friends: Batey, Donaghy, Rodriguez
Poot opened the meeting at 8:30 PM after a formal dinner hosted by the PRSCO secretariat. He
thanked executive secretary Higano for organising the meeting and the dinner.
a) Apologies received: Fukuchi (JSRSAI), Kimura(JSRSAI), Morrison (ex-ocio and friends),
Munro (CRSA), Nijkamp (ex-ocio and friends),Park (KSRSA), Quigley (WRSA)b) Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting ofThursday 15 October 1998
These were approved.

c) Update on the planned PRSCO meetings from1999 onwards

2. 6th PRSCO Summer Institute in 2000
Professor Rodriguez, president of AMECIDER,
proposed to hold the 6th Summer Institutein Mexico in early July 2000. He believedthat there would be a lot of interest in regional development issues in Mexico, given
the ways in which the processes of globalisation and regionalisation are a ecting
Mexico. Of course, the proposal still required formal approval by the Council ofAMECIDER, which would meet in December. An important objective of the Mexican Summer Institute would be to develop
lasting linkages and collaboration between
Mexican scholars and scholars of PRSCO
sections elsewhere. Professor Rodriguez alsosuggested that if there would be sponsorship by appropriate international institutions, this would enable the organisers tokeep registration fees low. Consequently, agreater participation of AMECIDER members and other scholars in Mexico with aninterest in regional science may then be expected. A small committee would be set up
to explore sources of sponsorship. PRSCOCouncil members endorsed this proposal andexpressed gratitude to Drs Rodriguez andSerrano for their e orts to promote this plan.
3. 17th PRSCO conference in 2001
WRSA proposed to host the 17th PRSCO
conference in 2001 in the USA. The Chairman of the Local Organising Committeewould be Professor David Plane. The WRSA
Council would formulate ideas regarding thetiming, location and themes for the conference on Monday 22 February 1999 at theWRSA meeting in Ojai. President Poot

1. 16th PRSCO conference in Seoul
Preparations for the Seoul meeting were progressing. A conference brochure had been
printed and distributed. Paper presentersshould note that the deadline for title submissions and for proposing sessions is 28February 1999. Abstracts are required by31 March 1999.
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There was no further business. The meeting was closed at 9:30 PM.

would attend this meeting as an observer.
PRSCO Council expressed their gratitude
to Drs Plane and Gibson, as representativesof WRSA, for their willingness to organise the PRSCO conference in 2001, giventhat WRSA members have played important roles in organising many regional science meetings, including the 1998 NARSC
meeting in Santa Fe.
d) Amendments to the written constitution forPRSCO
Gibson made a number of suggestions forrewording the draft Constitution document.
His main concern was that PRSCO should
not evolve into an organisation to which individuals can subscribe. PRSCO is a federation of RSAI sections with the prime
objective of ensuring continuity of meetings of regional science scholars in the Paci c. A discussion of the draft constitution followed. It was agreed that the committee which was set up for the development of the constitution, comprising Gibson, Higano, Plane and Poot, would nalise
the wording and table the nal document
for approval at the Seoul meeting in July
1999.

e) "Quo vadis PRSCO?" Discussion on future

initiatives and plans for PRSCO
Due to time constraints, discussion of thismatter would be carried forward to the nextmeeting.

f) Date and location of the next meeting

It was decided to hold an informal meeting of PRSCO council members present atthe WRSA conference in Ojai. The meeting would take place on Sunday eveningFebruary 21 or Monday evening February
22. The next formal PRSCO Council meeting would be held on Monday 12 July 1999,
in the afternoon, at the 16th PRSCO conference in Seoul.

g) Any further business2