Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting (Bali, 19 June, 2002)(approved by the PRSCO Council Meeting in Sun Juan, 15 November, 2002)

also the expected total number of participants. Some nancial support had been offered to participants who were unable to obtain sucient funding from their own organizations. Such support was primarily in theform of a conference registration fee waiver.

Held on Wednesday 19 June 2002, Sumatera Room,Melia Bali Hotel, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia

Commencing at 8:30 PM
1. Apologies received, roll-call, and con rmationof Section representatives

Apologies received:

K. Donaghy (Executive Director, RSAI), D.
Edgington (CRSA), R. Florax (Editor-in-Chief,PiRS), L. Gibson (WRSA), H. Kohno (PRSCOfriend), Y. Miyata (JSRSAI), S.O. Park (Immediate Past President, and KRSA), D. Plane(President, and WRSA), M. Tawada (JSRSAI)

J. Serrano proposed a vote of thanks to Organizing Committee members A.S. Alisjahbana, B.P.S. Brodjonegoro, B.P. Resosudarmoand L.E. Wuryanto, and the Coordinator inCharge, Santi B. Handayani, for the excellent conference organization.
This was carried with acclamation.

4. Progress report on the organization of the 18th

Present: B. Brodjonegoro (IRSA), J.T. Dizon(PRSCO friend from the Philippines), C.-M.
Feng (CRSA-T), A. Fujioka (repr. Y. Miyata, JSRSAI), G. Hewings (President RSAI),
Y. Higano (Executive Secretary, and JSRSAI), R. Ismail (PRSCO friend from Malaysia),
P. Nijkamp (PRSCO friend from Europe),
J. Poot (ANZRSAI), J. Quigley (WRSA),
B. Resosudarmo (IRSA), J. Serrano (Chair,Vice-President, and AMECIDER), H. Shibusawa (repr. M. Tawada, JRSAI), K. Tanaka(JRSAI), I. Yussof (PRSCO friend from Malaysia)

Con rmation of section representatives, as at 1July 2002:

AMECIDER: R. Wences, J Serrano (VicePresident) ANZRSA: J. Madden, J PootCRSA: D. Edgington, R. Shearmur CRSAT: C.-M. Feng, C. Mai IRSA: B. Brodjonegoro, B. Resosudarmo JSRSAI: Y. Higano(Executive Secretary), Y. Miyata, K. Tanaka,
M. Tawada KRSA: J.H. Choi, S. Park (Immediate Past President) WRSA: L. Gibson,
D. Plane (President), J. Quigley, R. Stough2. Minutes of the PRSCO Council meeting inCharleston, 15 November 2001
The minutes were approved as a correct recordof the meeting.

3. Final report on the organization of the 7th

PRSCO regular meeting in Mexico in 2003
J. Serrano provided a brief report. He notedthat there was likely to be considerable interest in attending the conference among regional scientists in Caribbean and South American countries. The dates are July 1-4, 2003.
The conference would be held jointly withthe 8th national meeting on regional development in Mexico. Aconference yer had
been printed and section representatives wereurged to distribute the yer among section
members. The conference venue will be theHyatt Hotel Acapulco. There are several
room rates according to room speci cations,and the cheapest special rate (for rooms withno view to the sea and so forth), will be
only US $65 (plus service charge and taxes).
It was well received G. Hewings suggestionthat students should be o ered a large discount on the registration fee, as the preregistration fee of US $275 may be a hurdle
for students, particularly those not from theU.S. Hewing also noted that, while greater
involvement of South American countries wasa good goal, participation from developing
countries in other parts of the Paci c rim
was to be encouraged as well.

Poot said that applications for nancial assistance should be considered on a case bycase basis. Each application should be accompanied by a recommendation letter fromthe Department s Chair (for sta members) or the thesis supervisor (for students).

'PRSCO Summer InstituteB. Brodjonegoro spoke on behalf of the Organizing Committee. The preparations forthe meeting had proceeded well. The conference would be held jointly with the 4th IRSA
international conference. About 90 papers
had been o ered for the meeting. This was

5. Progress report on the establishment of newsections in the Paci c Rim
Y. Higano reported that he and K. Tanaka
visited Kuala Lumpur to talk to regional scientists in Malaysia. I. Yussof noted that
there was a lot of interest in establishing aMalaysian section of RSAI. Such a section1could naturally apply to join PRSCO. A rst
step would be the organization of a PRSCO
summer institute. Links to key contacts inMalaysia would be made available throughthe PRSCO website.

J. Serrano reported on a letter which he received from Dr Ramon-Antonio Gutierrez,
who is the Director of the Research Center ofApplied Regional Science, which is locatedin Santiago, Chile. He also reported on theexplicit support provided by the Executive
Committee of the AMECIDER to the idea of
having the 2004 PRSCO Summer Institutein Chile with Dr. Gutierrez. The Council
members decided to accept the proposal of
Chile and give priority to it. The organization of a 2004 Summer Institute in Chile
would be further discussed with Dr Gutierrez. A possible venue for the meeting is Vinadel Mar, Chile's most popular seaside resort,which is close to Valparaiso, Chile's main international seaport.

The situation in the Philippines had progressed a bit further. J. Dizon noted thatJ. Capuno had organized a meeting of regional scientists in Manila in November 2001
at which the Philippine Regional Science Association (PRSA) was launched. However,some establishment funding was likely to beneeded. Y. Higano said that he would visit
the Philippines to talk to local contacts. P.
Nijkamp noted that it may be fruitful forthe local contacts to visit the Asian Development Bank, as they have a large budget
for regional development research.
J. Serrano said that a Chilean section would
be likely at some stage. Some Chileans attend Mexican regional science meetings. G.
Hewing recalled the successful meeting in
Brazil in December 2001, which was attended
by about 200 regional scientists. C.-M. Feng
noted that there are many urban planners
in mainland China who would bene t fromparticipation in PRSCO activities. Although
the political environment remains somewhatdicult to assess, it would be feasible to holda joint meeting of regional scientists in mainland China and Taiwan in the foreseeable
future.

6. Host section and venue of the 19th PRSCO reg-ular meeting in 2005
Y. Higano noted that the last formal PRSCO
conference in Japan was held in Tokyo in
1983, although JSRSAI had also been responsible for the Singapore meeting in 1989
(and the World Congress in 1996). Consequently, the Council of JSRSAI formally approved a proposal to host the 2005 regularmeeting in Japan, most likely in Yokohama.
C.-M. Feng said that CRSA-T would haveo ered, in the absence of other proposals,to host the 2005 meeting in Taiwan. However, he supported the proposal from JSRSAI. He noted that this would give CRSA-T
the opportunity to work towards a major international conference jointly with mainland
regions science scholars in a later year, e.g.
in 2007.

8. Report on Papers in Regional Science (PiRS)

J. Poot, Paci c Editor of PiRS, noted thatthe number of manuscripts submitted by regional scientists located in the Asia - Paci c area was increasing, which is an encouraging trend. He noted that authors ofPRSCO conference papers that tted thecriteria of PiRS (these are printed on theinside front cover of each issue of PiRS) areencouraged to send their papers to him forthe review process. RSAI Council was endeavoring to make the journal available electronically to all RSAI members. This would
particularly bene t those who receive theirpostal copy with some delay. Poot also commented on PiRS special issues. In 2002, thespecial issue is on the topic of regional labor markets and is edited by C. Karlssonand K. Haynes. The 2003 special issue focuses on Asia-Paci c trade and is edited byJ. Poon and Z. Zhang. The 2004 special issue (vol. 83, no. 1) will be the Golden Anniversary issue that commemorates the establishment of the Regional Science Association in Philadelphia in November 1953.
This issue will be edited by R. Florax andD. Plane.

9. Date and location of the next meeting

The next PRSCO council meeting would beheld during the 49th North American Meetings of the RSAI at the Condado Plaza Hoteland Casino in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The
day and time of the council meeting could
not be determined yet, but would be between November 14 and 17, 2002.

It was formally moved by Quigley/Poot thatthe 19th PRSCO regular meeting would beheld in the summer of 2005 in Japan. Thiswas carried with acclamation.

10. Further business

There was no further business.

7. Host section and venue of the 8th PRSCO Sum-

J. Serrano closed the meeting at 10.00 PM.

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