APDF Ex Co On line Meeting
Feb. 29, Sunday, 2004
Attendants :Ms. Judy Wee, President of APDF, Singapore
Mr. JB Munro, Vice President of APDF, New Zealand
Mr. Ryosuke Matsui, Secretary General, Japan
Mr. Frank Hall-Bentick, Treasurer, Australia
Mr. Hyung Shik Kim, Co-Chair, Research and Development Committee
Mr. Topong Kulkhanchit, Co-Chair, Research and Development Committee
Ms. Supattraporn Tanatikom, Chair, Gender Issue Committee
Absentees:
Mr. Shoji Nakanishi, Vice President, Japan
Mr. Monthian Buntan, Chair, Convention Committee
Mr. Joseph Kwok, Chair, Information Committee
Mr. Godfrey Ooi, Chair, Fund Raising and Sponsorship Committee
Secretariat: Etsuko Ueno, Japan
Draft Minutes:
Ms. Judy Wee welcomed attendants to the on line APDF Ex Co Meeting.
1. Currency of Bank Account, Japanese yen or us dollar
The merit of yen account is that the secretariat can get full amount of membershipfee without commission deducted by the bank.
Attendants agreed to collect, from the members, a full amount of two-yearmembership fee, equivalent of US$100 in yen.

As the bank account is opened inJapan, it is the most cost-effective way.
As payees need to bear bank charges, it is decided to collect two-year membershipfee at a time to save bank charges to be paid by the payees each time.
2 Membership Application Form
*Draft Application form, including the information on the payment method of themembership fee,will be sent to the Ex Co members within this week.

2. Working Committees
Chairs of the Working Committees are asked to submit their respective draft termsof reference and action plan for 2004/05 to the secretariat by no later than the end ofApril, which are to be sent to the Ex Co members for their comments.

These termsof reference and action plan are to be finalized and approved at the next Ex Co
meeting on June 14.
JB Munro wishes to be a member of the Convention Committee.
Frank wishes to be a member of the Convention Committee and/or the Fund-raisingand Sponsorship Committee.
At the Research and Development Committee, Kim will be in charge of research
related issues and Topong will take responsibility in the development of strategy.
Mai will contact 54 WWD (Women with Disability) members. She needs more time
to submit the TOR and action plan as it will take time to consult with WWDmembers.
Monthian is to be asked to directly communicate with Godfrey Ooi to take relevant
action for the Fund-raising Committee.
Attendants agreed to ask Yutaka Takamine to be an advisor of APDF.
3. Next APDF Conference in 2005
Attendants agreed to ask member organizations which are interested in organizing
next APDF Conference in 2005 to send their proposals by no later than May 31,
2004 .
4. Minutes of the previous meeting in Singapore
The minutes was approved by the attendants.
5. Linkage with Pacific Disability Forum (PDF)
JB sent the minutes of the PDF meeting in Suva held last December to the Ex Comembers.
Attendants confirmed the necessity of close linkage with PDF.
6. Linkage with APCD

Attendants agreed to have a meeting with a representative of APCD at the time ofUNESCAP TWGDC meeting on June 15 and 16.

The secretariat will consult withAPCD about the meeting.
The meeting was closed at 18:40pm on Feb. 29, 2004.