Executive Committee Session in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea, 23 September 2008

The second Executive Meeting this year took place on 23 September 2008, in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea.

Minutes Executive Committee Meeting, Gyeongju, held 23 September 2008

List des Décisons

Agenda

Cover Letter

Invitation

Agenda item 1
Opening by the President of IGU

Agenda item 2
Minutes of the Executive Committee Meeting on March 28, 2008, in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

Agenda item 3

Information from the Presidency and the Secretary General

Presentation held in the meeting

Agenda item 4

Changes in Articles of Association

• Honorary Secretary General

Agenda item 5

Procedure for Election of the Presidency and Venue of the World Gas Conferences

• Proposal of voting rules

Agenda item 6

List of supporting letters for France (below link) slightly revised 16 .09.2008.

Presidency 2012-2015 and Venue of the 26th World Gas Conference in 2015

• Report from the Secretariat
• Proposal of candidates for election

Brazil (video shown)

France

Qatar

Agenda item 7

Progress report from the Coordination Committee (CC) 2006-2009

Presentation by Mr. Roberto Brandt, Chairman of CC

• Status of the 2006-2009 Triennial Work Programme activities
• Special Projects

Agenda item 8

Report on Preparation for the 24th World Gas Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Presentation by Mr. Eduardo Ojea Quintana, Chairman of the National Organizing Committee of the 24th World Gas Conference on 5-9 October, 2009

Agenda item 9

Introducing the Triennial Work Program 2009-2012

• Introduction by Datuk Abdul Rahim Hashim, IGU Vice President

Agenda item 10

Charter members for Chairs and Vice Chairs for the Triennium 2009-2012

Presented Chair/Vice Chair proposal

Agenda item 11

IGU Strategic Statement 2008

Agenda item 12

Proposal for Future Development of IGU

Agenda item 13

Membership

Presentation material, please see item 3

Agenda item 14

IGU Marketing Plan

Presentation material, please see item 3

Agenda item 15

Finance

• Budget 2009

Agenda item 16

IGU Gas Efficiency Award 2008/2009 and IGU Social Gas Award

Presentation material, please see item 3

• Announcement of 2008 winners (please see presentation from meeting under item 3)
• Endorsement of the IGU Social Gas Award (please see presentation from meeting under item 3)

Agenda item 17

Status on the Preparation for the next IGU Research Conference (IGRC)

• Paris, 8-10 October 2008

Agenda item 18

Miscellaneous

• EXC Meeting in London, United Kingdom, 4 June 2009
• EXC Meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 5 October 2009

Agenda item 19

Closing

Previous Executive Committee Sessions

2008
27 March, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

2007

23 October, St. Petersburg, Russia

4 May, Montreux, Switzerland

2006

17 October, Lima, Peru

23 February, New Delhi, India

2005

18 October, Tianjin City, P.R China

15 April, Warsaw, Poland

2004

21 September, Oslo, Norway

26 March Doha, Qatar

2003

28 October, Cape Town, South Africa

10 April, Tatranska Lomnica, Slovak Republic

2002

17 September, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

12 April, Washington DC, USA

2001

Electronic session 1

2000

3 October, Kyoto, Japan

7 April, Dresden, Germany

1999

12 October, Cheju Island, Korea

7 May, Vancouver, Canada

1998

6 October, Buenos Aires, Argentina

24 April, Bad Valkenburg, The Netherlands

1997

30 September, Deauville, France