Agenda Items: Three items were presented to the commission by the President.
Item 1: I request approval of the “20120930 Articles of association”. The amendments are as follows.
・ The table of contents were arranged as follows:
” Preamble,” “Chapter 1 Name,” “Chapter 2 Purpose,” “Chapter 3 Members and Officials,” “Chapter 4 General Conferences,” “Chapter 5 Assets and Accountancy,” and “Chapter 6 Miscellaneous Provisions.”
“General Conference” and “Members General Meeting” are the same thing.
・ “The commission” in the article is defined as the same as “International Recommendation Commission”.
・The purpose of the article is “the purpose of the Commission is to be useful to people in countries throughout the world.”
・I amended the projects of the article as follows:
“Article 3 Projects
In order to achieve its purpose, the Commission, primarily through use of its website, shall implement the following projects.
1. Projects to introduce recommendations of countries in the world.
2. Projects to research the root causes of earthquakes, power plant accidents, and climate change, and to recommend counter measures.
3. Other projects.
・ Articles related to powers of General Conferences were added to “Chapter 4 General Conferences”. These articles are the following:
“Article 13 Powers
1. The powers of the General Conference are the following:
1.1 To resolve matters related to the performance of duties.
1.2 To resolve accounts and project reports.
1.3 To resolve the election and retirement of members and officials.
1.4 To resolve the Articles of Association.
1.5 To resolve what the president determines to be necessary for the running of the Commission.”
・ Articles related to voting in writing were added to “Chapter 4 General Conferences”. The articles are as follows:
“Article 14 Holding 4. Members who hold the majority of the votes of all members must participate in General Conferences. A member who votes in writing shall be deemed to have participated in a General Conference” and
“Article 18 Resolutions 2. A member who is not present at a General Conference may vote in writing.”
・ Holding of General Conference was amended to “Article 14 Holding 3. General Conference may be held by any means. “
・ There are other differences when these articles are compared with the previous articles
Item 2: I request approval of the project plan of the commission. The time limit of the project is March 31, 2013.
Project Plan:
• To find 1-3 persons who wish to become officials.
• To relocate the office.
• To inquire about receiving assistance from individuals in participating countries.
• To commence preparing English web site.
Item 3: I request that the web site be made available in English.
In addition, there is no confirmation about whether an official language is necessary, and so for now I request that there be no determination of the Commission’s official language.
Resolutions: Hands were raised regarding the three items, 1 in favor, 0 opposed, and 0 abstaining. Therefore, these items were approved.
The Number: One Present: Tomoyuki Toyda(Chair, Minute Taker, President)
Absent: Katsuya Kato (Auditor)Unable to attend by video conference today due to not yet having the necessary PC arrangements.