GA III - Saturday, July 16, 13:30 - 18:00
Agenda
- Roll Call, Election of Members to host the ISPRS Congress in 2020
- Election of Council
- Ratification of Congress Director
- Election of Chair and Members of the Financial Commission and Members of the Fellows Committee
- Proposal and Ratification of Regional Representatives 2016-2020
- Presentation of Resolutions
- Decision on Amendments to Statutes and Bylaws
- Report on ISPRS Foundation
- Reports from ISPRS Committees
Minutes
24. Roll Call and Election of Member to Host the ISPRS Congress in 2020
There were 47 members eligible to vote, with a total of 171 possible votes. The absolute majority necessary to be elected was 86 votes.
The Swiss delegate, Armin Gruen, and the Austrian delegate, Norbert Pfeifer, were elected by the General Assembly to count the ballots, and Jon Mills from Council was appointed as observer.
The following Ordinary Member delegates were present:
Country |
Cat. |
Ordinary Member Name |
Delegate, Advisers |
Algeria |
3 |
Institut National de Cartographie et de Teledetection |
Mr KESRAOUI Arezki
Mr BENAHMED DAHO Ali |
Australia |
5 |
Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute - Remote Sensing & Photogrammetry Commission |
John Trinder |
Austria |
4 |
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Vermessung & GeoInformation |
Julius Ernst
Prof. Norbert Pfeifer |
Azerbaijan |
2 |
Azerbaijan representation of ISPRS - Baku State University |
Magsad Gojamanov
Chingiz Gurbanov
Camal Camalov |
Canada |
8 |
Canadian Institute of Geomatics |
Songian Li
Costas Armenakis
Ahmed Shaker |
Chile |
1 |
Sociedad Chilena de Fotogrametria y Sensores Remotos |
Col. José Riquelme Muñoz
Cpt. Juan Pablo Palacios Cergna |
China |
8 |
Chinese Society of Geodesy Photogrammetry & Cartography |
Mr. ZHANG Jixian
Mr. TNAG Xinming
Ms. JIANG Jie |
China Taipei |
4 |
Chinese Taipei Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Peter T. Y. Shih
Yi-Hsing Tseng
Fuan Tsai |
Cuba |
1 |
GEOCUBA |
Pedro Martínez Fernández |
Cyprus |
2 |
Department of Lands and Surveys |
Mrs Georgia Papathoma Economidou
Dr Dimitrios Skarlatos |
Czech Republic |
2 |
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Karel Vach
Václav Šafář
Vladimír Kovařík |
Denmark |
3 |
Geoforum Danmark |
Mr. John Kamper
Mr. Andrew Flatman
Mr. Eskil Kjærshøj Nielsen |
Finland |
3 |
Finnish Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Dr. Petri Rönnholm
Dr. Ville Lehtola
M.Sc. Arttu Julin |
France |
6 |
Societe Francaise de Photogrammatrie et de Teledetection |
Marc Pierrot Deseilligny
Nicolas Paparoditis
Clement Mallet
Guests :
Inez Burger, Eric Labergerie |
Germany |
8 |
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Photogrammetrie, Fernerkundung und Geoinformation e.V. |
Uwe Stilla
Hans-Gerd Maas
Monika Sester |
Greece |
2 |
Hellenic Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Prof. Andreas Georgopoulos
Prof. Petros Patias
Prof. Charalabos Ioannidis |
Hong Kong |
2 |
Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors |
Professor John Shi Wen-zhong |
Hungary |
3 |
Hungarian Society of Surveying, Mapping and Remote Sensing |
Arpad Barsi
2 to be decided |
India |
6 |
Indian Society of Remote Sensing |
Dr. Shailesh Nayak
Dr. VK Dadhwal
Mr. PLN Raju |
Israel |
3 |
Israeli Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Ammatzia Peled |
Italy |
6 |
Societa’ Italiana di Fotogrammetria e Topografia |
Giuseppina Vacca
Maria Antonia Brovelli
Francesco Pirotti |
Japan |
7 |
Japan Society of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Hirofumi CHIKATSU
Shunji MURAI
Takashi FUSE |
Jordan |
4 |
Royal Jordanian Geographic Centre |
Brigadier General Dr.Eng.Awni Kasawneh
Eng. Nivin Hasan |
Mongolia |
1 |
Mongolian Nat'l Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Dr. M. Saandar
Mr. Ochirhyuag |
Nepal |
1 |
Nepal Remote Sensing and Photogrammetric Society |
Er. Laxmi Thapa |
Netherlands |
4 |
Geo-Information Netherlands |
George Vosselman
Klaas van der Hoek
Sisi Zlatanova |
Norway |
3 |
GeoForum |
Ivar Maalen-Johansen |
Pakistan |
1 |
Survey of Pakistan |
Mr. Mehar Ali
Mr. Imtiaz Hassan |
Philippines |
1 |
Philippine Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society |
Gay Jane Perez
Dr. Josefino Comiso |
Poland |
3 |
Polish Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Aleksandra Bujakiewicz
Krystian Pyka
Zdzisław Kurczyński |
Romania |
2 |
Romanian Society for Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Col.(ret)eng. Marin Alnitei
Prof.dr.eng. Dragos Badea |
Russian Federation |
8 |
Federal Service of State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography (Rosreestr) |
Mr. Denis Dudnikov |
Saudi Arabia |
4 |
General Commission for Survey |
Alotaibi Sattam
Alobeid Abdalla
Almotairi Eid |
Slovak Republic |
2 |
Slovak Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Marek Fraštia
Peter Barták
Marko Paško |
Slovenia |
1 |
Association of Slovenia Surveyors - Section of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing |
Mojca Kosmatin Fras
Mr. Dejan Grigillo
Ms. Anka Lisec |
South Africa |
3 |
South African Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Dr Julian Smit
Ms. Patricia Duncan |
Sri Lanka |
3 |
Survey Department of Sri Lanka |
Mr. Reynaldo R/ Aodrador |
Sweden |
5 |
Kartografiska Sällskapet - Swedish Cartographic Society |
Sara Wahlund
Sara Wimanes |
Switzerland |
4 |
Swiss Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Francois Gervaix
Dr. Emmanuel Baltsavias Prof. Dr. Konrad Schindler |
Thailand |
2 |
Royal Thai Survey Department |
Col. Chaisit Preeyanupab
Col. Soontorn Romsaiyod |
Turkey |
4 |
Turkish National Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Abdullah OKUL
Prof.Dr.Ferruh YILDIZ
Dr. Altan Yilmaz |
Ukraine |
3 |
Ukrainian Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing |
Prof. Khrystyna Burshtynska |
United Arab Emirates |
6 |
Remote Sensing Center - Fac. of Science - Geology Dept. |
Dr. Ahmed Murad
Dr. Nazmi Saleous
Guests:
Mr. Abdulla Rafia |
United Kingdom |
6 |
Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Society |
Ian Dowman
Stuart Granshaw |
USA |
8 |
ASPRS |
Charles Toth
Lynn E. Usery
Michael Hauck |
Vietnam |
1 |
Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Institute of Geography |
Nguyen Dinh Duong |
The results of the election were:
Dubai 64 of 171 possible votes
Nice 92 of 171 possible votes
Quebec 15 of 171 possible votes
As a result the XXIV ISPRS Congress 2020 will be held in Nice, France. On behalf of the French delegation, Nicolas Paparoditis thanked the General Assembly and accepted the vote.
25. Election of Council
25.1 Election of President
Christian Heipke was elected by acclamation and accepted the new position.
25.2 Election of Secretary General
Lena Halounová was elected by acclamation and accepted the new position.
25.3 Election/Appointment of First Vice President
Chen Jun was appointed and accepted the new position.
25.4 Election of Second Vice President
The results of the election were:
Songnian Li (Canada) 50 of 171 possible votes
Petros Patias (Greece) 59 of 171 possible votes
Charles Toth (USA) 62 of 171 possible votes
As no candidate was elected with the absolute majority, a second round of voting was required between the two candidates with the highest votes, Petros Patias (Greece) and Charles Toth (USA).
25.4.1 2nd Vice-President, 2nd round
The results of the election were:
Petros Patias (Greece) 73 of 171 possible votes
Charles Toth (USA) 98 of 171 possible votes
As a result Charles Toth was elected as 2nd vice president and accepted the new position. He then cancelled his nomination for Treasurer.
25.5 Election of Treasurer (Pres.)
Songnian Li was elected by acclamation and accepted the new position.
26. Ratification of Congress Director
Nicolas Paparoditis was ratified as Congress Director 2020 by the General assembly by acclamation.
27. Election of Chair and Members of the Financial Commission and Members of the Fellows Committee
Jon Mills was elected Chair of the Financial Commission, with Manos Baltsavias and George Vosselman as commission members.
The General Assembly then elected Marie-José Lefèvre (France) and Eberhard Gülch (Germany) to the Fellows Committee, and Council nominated Costas Armenakis (Canada) and Shailesh Nayak (India) to the Fellow Committee.
28. Proposal and Ratification of Regional Representatives 2016-2020
The following Regional Representatives were ratified:
Africa: Hussein Farah (2nd term)
S-E Asia: Lal Samarakoon (1st term)
L. America: Mario Hernandez (2nd term)
29. Presentation of Resolutions
Orhan Altan presented the resolutions to the General Assembly for discussion. After further amendments, the resolutions will be presented at the fourth GA for ratification.
30. Decision on Amendments to Statutes and Bylaws
The amended Statutes and Bylaws were presented by Marguerite Madden. The General Assembly ratified the amendments.
Dieter Fritsch presented the TIF report.
32. Reports from ISPRS Committees
32.2 ISAC
Ian Dowman, ISAC Chair, presented the report.
32.3 IIAC
Franz Leberl reported on the instalment of the new International Industry Advisory Committee. He also introduced the new chair, Christian Hoffman from Trimble.
32.4 ICORSE
Lawrence Friedl, Chair, reported on the events of the past four year term.
32.5 CIPA
CIPA Chair, Andreas Georgopoulos, presented the report.
32.6 Student Consortium
Ursa Kanjir, SC Chair, reported on the achievements of the Student Consortium over the past term.
The meeting was closed at 17:30