Asian and Pacific Association for Social Work Education
Office of the Secretary
Universiti Sains Malaysia
11800, Penang
Malaysia
haqqani@usm.myMinutes ofGeneral Body Meeting
5pm, 5th June 2013
Manila, Philippines

1. Introduction
The session was chaired by Decha. Before the agenda of the meeting started, the President
gave the welcoming remarks.
Agenda2. President’s Reporta. All in attendance were given a hardcopy of the report.
b. President highlighted the activities done over the past two years, and he thanked all
APASWE members and all the members of the Board in particular for the cooperation
they have given to him.
c. President emphasized the need to sustain and improve the organization.
3. Secretary’s Reporta. Secretary highlighted all the major decisions made by the Board over the past two years.
Of special interest was the success and stability of the website, and efforts to further
improve it will be undertaken.
4. Treasurer’s Reporta. All in attendance were given a hardcopy of the report.
5. Other Reports
a. Mark and a member of IASSW served as consultants for the Sri Lanka school ofsocial work. The task was to review the curriculum of the school. A suggestion1

was being raised as to whether this activity can be included as a part of
APASWE’s portfolio.
6. Recognition Awards
a. Three awards were given to Angelina Almanzor (Philippines), Armaity Desai (India) andthe NZ Association in recognition of their tremendous contribution to the field of Social
Work in the region and to the APASWE.
b. Mark read out the message from Desai who was not able to make the trip to Manila.
c. A certificate of appreciation was handed out to Japan College of Social Work (JCSW).
Fentiny on behalf of APASWE presented the award to Mr. Hiroshi Uno of JCSW. Fentiny
also read out “an interpretation of the certificate of appreciation” to JCSW, which waswritten by Tatsuru.
7. Nominating Committee Report of APASWE Election 2013
a. Bala (the chair), Bagus & Zarina (absent) presented the results of the 2013‐2015 elected
Board members
b. The GBM rectified the resultsc. Below are the new Board members:i. President ‐ Fentiny Nugroho (Indonesia)
ii. Vice President ‐ Zulkarnain Hatta (Malaysia)iii. Treasurer ‐ Polly Yeung (New Zealand)iv. Secretary ‐ Decha Sungkawan (Thailand)v. Committee Member ‐ Mark Henrickson (New Zealand)vi. Committee Member – Muhammad Samad (Bangladesh)vii. Committee Member – Hisanori Ishikawa (Japan)viii. Committee Member – Gowry Vasudevan (Sri Lanka)
8. Conferencesa. Thailand will be the host of the 2015 APASWE event.
b. Dr. Han from Korea extended the invitation to all to participate in Seoul in June 2016 forthe IA/IF/IC International Conference. She also introduced the Chairman of KASW. Dr.
Hyun.
c. Carolyn announced that the 2014 IA/IF/IC International Conference will be in
Melbourne in July.
9. Mark on behalf of all gave a nice speech thanking and appreciating the dedication given by theoutgoing President, Tatsuru. Tatsuru has served the association passionately during his term
2009‐2013.

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10. Closing remarks by Anita of the Philippines thanking all coming to Manila to make theconference a success.

Adjourned at 6:20pm
Prepared by: Zulkarnain Hatta, DSW
Secretary3