Agenda for the PRSCO Council Meeting, Bangkok

PRSCO Council Meeting in Bangkok
Date and Time: 12:00PM (noon)-13:00PM Monday June 27, 2016Meeting Place: room Rama IV, Dusit Thani Bangkok Hotela) Apologies received, roll-call, and confirmation of Section representatives (BudyResosudarmo)
PresentBudy Resosudarmo (past PRSCO president), Fu-Chuan Lai (CRSA-T), Jean-Claude Thill (pastRSAI president), Chitta Ranjan Pathak (IRSA), Bob Stimson (ANZRSAI), Kingsley Haynes(WRSA), Sutee Anantsuksomsri (Thailand), Jacques Poot (ANZRSAI), Nij Tontisirin (Thailand)
Suminori Tokunaga (JSRSAI), Takeshi Mizunoya (JSRSAI), Yoshiro Higano (JSRSAI), Hiroyuki
Shibusawa (JSRSAI)
Apologies received
David Edgington (CRSA), Gabriel Rodriguez (Peru), Eduardo Haddad (BRSA), Geoffrey Hewings (NARSC),John Madden (ANZRSAI), Jose Rodríguez (Peru), Kieran P. Donaghy (NARSC), Luis Armando Galvis (ACER),
Lay J. Gibson (WRSA), Mohd Yusof Kasim (MRSA), Patricio Aroca (SOCHER), Paul Dalziel (ANZRSAI),
Rachel Franklin (WRSA), Peter Nijkamp (ERSA), Roger Stough (WRSA), Daigee Shaw (CRSA-T), David Plane(WRSA), Roberta Capello (Editor PiRS), Yuyuan Wen (China), Fakrul Islam (BRSA), Jorge Serrano(AMECIDER), Mohd Shukri HAJINOOR (MRSA), Ronny Correa Quezada (Ecuador), Tomaz Dentinho (RSAIExecutive Director)b) Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting in Portland, November 12 2015 (BudyResosudarmo)
Budy suggested that the Minutes be approved.
c) Report on the 14th PRSCO Summer Institute in 2016 (Sutee Anantsuksomsri)
Sutee made a brief report on the PRSCO Summer Institute in Bangkok. Around 80 people fromseveral countries around the world attended and 80 approximately papers are presented. Sutee
also described the contents of the keynote, workshop, and, plenary sessions.
d) Procedure for affiliation to the PRSCO(RSAI) of Thailand Section (Budy Resosudarmo)
Budy explained some requirements to affiliate to the PRSCO and RSAI. Budy suggested theevidence of organization structure and activities in Thailand that should be sent to the PRSCO
President and the Executive Secretary. Nij and Sutee have a plan to establish the Thailand
section. Nij asked that whether or not a legal entity is necessary to establish a new section. Budy
answered the legal entity is not required for establishing and it is not a requirement for theaffiliation. Budy also explained the situation in case of Indonesian. Fu-Chuan suggested that thisnew section paying the RSAI membership fees to the RSAI is a better way to formally establish
a new section. Nij explained members related in regional science and the situation in Thailand.
Core members are around 15-20 people in Thailand.
e) Report on the 25th Pacific Conference of the RSAI in 2017 (Fu-Chuan Lai)1

Fu-Chuan reported the dates and venue of the 25th Pacific Conference. The conference
homepage was already set up. The promotion video was presented. Fu-Chuan also reported thekeynote speakers, members of the science committee, categories of the registration fee, venue
and access to the venue. Poot asked about the accommodation near the venue. Fu-Chuanreplied that more details in accommodation will be put in the conference website.
f) Report on the 15th PRSCO Summer Institute in 2018 (José Rodríguez)
Jose was unable to attend the meeting. Hiroyuki reported a draft proposal which is prepared byJose. The draft proposal suggested that the conference date is July 4-6, 2018 and the venue isPontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima, Peru. Jaques suggested that more informationon accommodation and transportation would be necessary for foreign participants. For moredetail, it will be reported at the next council meeting.
g) Discussion on venues of PRSCO Conference and Summer Institute in 2019-2021
Budy reported venues for conferences in 2019-2021. The WRSA will host the 26th PRSCO 2019conference and the JSRSAI will host the 27th PRSCO 2021. The 16th summer institute 2020 is stillvacant. Hiroyuki reported that Rachel is considering the date and the venue for the 26th PRSCO
conference. Budy suggested that the venue of the 16th Summer Institute would be discussed in thenext PRSCO conference in Taiwan.
h) Nomination of the vice-president of the PRSCO, 2016-2017
Budy reported that Patricio proposed a suggestion that Fu-Chuan Lai would be nominated as thevice-president of the PRSCO (2016-2017) as usual. The nomination was accepted.
i) Confirmation of the PRSCO representative for the RSAI Council for the term 2016-2018
Budy confirmed the PRSCO representative, as Jichung Yang (2013-2015, 2016-2018), Yuzuru
Miyata (2014-2016), Serena Erendira Serrano Oswald (2015-2017).
j) PRSCO Awards (John Madden)
John was not able to attend the meeting. Budy reported that the PRSCO has two kinds of awards.
One is the Higano Award and another is the Best Paper Award. Higano Award is biannual and theBest Paper award is given every year. Hiroyuki reported about the award selecting committee andthe process of selecting. The 2018 PRSCO Award for Best Paper by a Young Regional Scientist isgiven by Maria IKEGAWA (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry andFisheries).
k) RSAI Membership Fees (Tomaz Ponce Dentinho)
Tomaz was not able to attend the meeting. Budy reported a new role of the RSAI MembershipFees. Poot suggests that it will be discussed in Vienna in the RSAI council meeting.
l) Report on activities of Pacific Rim Regional Science communities
1) RECIR, Ecuador section (Ronny Correa Quezada)
Ronny was not able to attend the meeting. Hiroyuki and Budy reported that the Ecuador section
was established recently and it will host the PRSCO summer Institute in Loja and the localactivities in Ecuador is so active.
2) China section
Bob asked about the China section. Poot replied that we might expect to see many Chinse2

colleagues attending the next PRSCO meeting in Taiwan.
m) Any further business
1) The next PRSCO Council meeting will be held in Minneapolis
2) Proceedings and Indexing
Budy asked about the proceedings and the indexing of the PRSCO meeting. Councilors discussed about merits
and demerits of the indexing of the proceedings. Budy suggested that this issue should continually to beconsidered in the upcoming meeting.

Present (and sections presenting)
Budy Resosudarmo (past PRSCO president)
Fu-Chuan Lai (CRSA-T)
Jean-Claude Thill (past RSAI president)
Tomaz Dentinho (RSAI Executive Director)
Chitta Ranjan Pathak (IRSA)Bob Stimson (ANZRSAI)
Kingsley Haynes & spouse (WRSA)
Sutee Anantsuksomsri (Thailand)
Jacques Poot & spouse (ANZRSAI)Nij Tontisirin (Thailand)
Suminori Tokunaga (JSRSAI)
Takeshi Mizunoya (JSRSAI)
Yoshiro Higano (JSRSAI)
Hiroyuki Shibusawa (JSRSAI)

Apologies received
David Edgington (CRSA)
Gabriel Rodriguez (Peru)
Eduardo Haddad (BRSA)
Geoffrey Hewings (NARSC)John Madden (ANZRSAI)Jose Rodríguez (Peru)
Kieran P. Donaghy (NARSC)
Luis Armando Galvis (ACER)
Lay J. Gibson (WRSA)
Mohd Yusof Kasim (MRSA)Patricio Aroca (SOCHER)Paul Dalziel (ANZRSAI)
Rachel Franklin (WRSA)Peter Nijkamp (ERSA)
Roger Stough (WRSA)
Daigee Shaw (CRSA-T)
David Plane (WRSA)
Roberta Capello (Editor PiRS)
Yuyuan Wen (China)
Fakrul Islam (BRSA)
3Jorge Serrano (AMECIDER)
Mohd Shukri HAJINOOR (MRSA)
Ronny Correa Quezada (Ecuador)Tomaz Dentinho (RSAI Executive Director)

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