Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting
Date and time: 12:00-14:00, Thursday November 10th, 2011
Venue: Hyatt Regency Miami
Meeting Place: Japengoa) Apologies received, roll-call, and confirmation of Section representatives
PresentBudy Resosudarmo (IRSA)*
Carlos Bustamante (AMECIDER)David A. Plane (WRSA)*
Edgard Moncayo (ACER)*
Eduardo Haddad (Brazil)
Fernando Perobelli (Brazil)
Hiroyuki Shibusawa (JSRSAI)*
Jacques Poot (ANZRSAI)
Jichung Yang (KRSA, vice president PRSCO)*John Madden (with spouse) (ANZRSAI, president PRSCO)*John Quigley (WRSA)*
Jorge Serrano (AMECIDER)*
Jouke van Dijk (with spouse) (Editor, PiRS)
Kieran P. Donaghy (NARSC)
Kingsley Haynes (with spouse) (NARSC)
Luis Armando Galvis (ACER)*
Michael C. Carroll (Editor, RSPP)
Patricio Aroca (SOCHER)*Paul Dalziel (ANZRSAI)*
Rachel S. Franklin (WRSA)
Roberta Capello (past President RSAI)
Shin-Kun Peng (CRSA-T)*
Takatoshi Tabuchi (Editor, PiRS)
Yoshiro Higano (JSRSAI, president RSAI)*
Yuzuru Miyata (JSRSAI)*
Apologies received
Anping Chen (China), Bill Anderson (CRSA), C. R. Pathak (RSA)*, Daigee Shaw (CRSA-T)*,
David W. Edgington (CRSA)*, Geoffrey J.D. Hewings (NARSC), Juan Manuel Gracia (Ecuador,LOC, 13th PRSCO Summer Institute 2014), Lay Gibson (WRSA)*, Mohd Yusof Kasim(MRSA)*, Peter Batey (RSAIBIS), Peter Nijkmap (ERSA), Richard Shearmur (CRSA)*, Roger
Stough (WRSA)*, Sarwar Jahan (BRSA)*, Sung-Bae Kim (KRSA)*, Tschangho John Kim(WRSA), Yoshitsugu Hayashi (Editor, PiRS), Yuyuan Wen (China, LOC, 12th PRSCO SummerInstitute 2012)*PRSCO Councilorsb) Minutes of the PRSCO Council Meeting in Seoul, Sunday 3rd July, 2011
Haynes moved to approve minutes. Madden noted that Seoul was an excellent meeting,organized by Professor Yang.
c) Report on the last 22nd Pacific Conference 2011, Seoul, Korea
Professor Yang thanked participants of the PRSCO Seoul meeting.
d) Report on the organization of the 12th PRSCO Summer Institute 2012, Beijing, China

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Next PRSCO meeting will be Beijing summer institute. A draft program was presented forthe summer institute. It will be held at Renmin University and theme is regional development
under globalization and climate change. The next PRSCO council meeting will be held there.
The conference home page is already posted. Madden remarked that the presentation given
was quite nice in Seoul. This will be the 4th international conference of the RSAI in China.
Venue proposed for the 23rd PRSCO conference in 2013: Indonesia and Chile have been
proposed. Presentations were given in Seoul but both venues were so promising that bothcountries were asked to come again to the Miami council meeting.
(i)Budy Resosudarmo made the presentation for Indonesia, to be hosted by the IndonesianRegional Science Association in Bandung, Indonesia. They’ve had an annual meeting since2000, meetings are typically about 200 participants. The meeting would be held atUniversitas Padjadjaran. The university has formally proposed hosting the meeting. Verystrong formal support: funding will be contributed. Early July or August 2013 are two
proposed sets of dates. Meeting would be held in 5 star hotel to help ensure security.
(ii)Patricio Aroca made the presentation for Chile. Would be hosted by SOCHER, which
has ample experience organizing meetings. Meeting would be held in Santiago at the Crown
Plaza hotel, which is located in the middle of the city and is not far from the airport. Therewould be support from government, universities and the private sector. This would be a
joint meeting with RSAmericas.
(iii)Discussion: Generally, we like to alternate sides of the Pacific for meetings, but this is
not a hard and fast rule. Sam Ock Park says they are both good choice – maybe Indonesia
first and Chile next. Or, Dave Plane says, perhaps it’s time for PRSCO to move to an annual
meeting schedule. But Institutes let countries wet their feet with meeting organization (JohnMadden). Higano noted we could have summer Institutes along with annual meetings. PaulDalziel thanked both presenters for excellent presentations that clear up concerns raised inSeoul. Patricio Aroca suggests a vote by email. Paul Dalziel proposes Indonesia in 2013
and 2015 in Chile. Higano says Indonesian section has already held the summer institutes
twice. Madden suggested we decide the matter by vote now. 11 councilors raise hands forIndonesia and 6 councilors raise for Chile. Madden noted that proposals for Indonesia in2013 and for Chile in 2015 were accepted.
Nomination of president of the PRSCO, 2012-2013
Jichung Yang takes over as president next term (2012-2013).
Nomination of Vice President of the PRSCO
Budy Resosudarmo will ask in Indonesia who they will nominate. He will give an answer at
the next Council meeting in China.
Nomination and confirmation of PRSCO delegate for the RSAI.
Names on agenda: Higano, Dalziel, and Aroca.
Yoshiro Higano (2010-2012), Paul Dalziel (2011-2013) , Patricio Aroca (2012-2014)
Establishment of PRSCO awards
Madden discussed prizes offered by other regional science associations. John Madden
proposed a young persons prize, with or without special sessions. And perhaps a service
award for service to regional science in the Pacific Rim. Rachel Franklin and Jouke van Dijk
to help with the Prize Committee.
Report on activities of Pacific Rim regional science
Higano noted China regional science groups. He will have a meeting at the end ofNovember in China to discuss formal relationship with RSAI.
Report of editors, PiRS
Jouke Van Dijk reported. The journal is doing well. The number of submissions fromPRSCO Asia areas is still a little low. Hopefully papers will come from conferences in China,including special issue.
Report of editors, RSPP

Mikael Carroll reported. Latest issue vol. 3, number 4 is out. Submissions have gone up
dramatically over the summer.
m) Any further business. Plane formally proposes we recognize John Madden for his services
to PRSCO.
Madden declared meeting closed.
[Minutes written by Rachel Franklin]