ࡱ> >@=y 0=-bjbj *:{{/$ $$~~~~~8$ suuuuuu$`-~~~???.~~s?s???@B/' ?_0 ??~? ?? $ D: MINUTES OF ASIA COUNCIL MEETING January 22, 2010 GCSU Macon Center, Room 308 1. HOUSEKEEPING The meeting was called to order by the Council Chair, Eric Kendrick (Georgia Perimeter College) at 2:05 PM. Also present (clockwise around the tables) were Tom Howard (Armstrong Atlantic State University), Paul Rodell (Georgia Southern University), Tracie Provost (Middle Georgia College), Mike Staman (Macon State College), David Starling (԰), Baogang Guo (Dalton State University), Liz Havey (Georgia College & State University), Liam Madden (Georgia Perimeter College), Salli Vargis (Georgia Perimeter College), George Vargis, (Georgia Perimeter College), D. K. Kim (Dalton State College), and Louis Meng (Kennesaw State University. 2. REVIEW OF MINUTES & APPROVAL. The minutes of the previous meeting, on September 18, 2009, were reviewed and approved. 3. FINANCIAL UPDATE. Following discussion at previous meetings of the amount of administrative work now required for the large China General Studies Program (eight professors and 48 students), the Councils Study Abroad Committee allocated $1000 to support two student assistants at $500 each. One student will work with Baogang at Dalton State and the other will work on-site in China. These funds will come from the Councils agency account, which will then total $15,032.55. The China General Studies Program will match these funds so that each student will receive $1000. 4. COMMITTEES AND LIAISONS SIGNUP SHEET. The Asia Council has three committees: Asian Studies Certificate, Study Abroad, and Faculty Development Seminar. Eric circulated a list of the committee members and asked Council members to seriously consider which committees they want to serve on, and add or subtract their names accordingly. Members who were not present today will receive this information via e-mail and can respond directly to Eric. He noted that with a tentative faculty seminar coming up in 2011 (see below), an eye to expanding our study abroad programs, and implementing the Asian Studies Certificate system-wide, these committees  which will function 100% electronically  are very important to the future success of the Asia Council 5. SCIE UPDATE. The System Committee on International Education met this morning at 10 oclock in the same building, with some 50 people in attendance, including some but not all Asia Council members. Much of the discussion was about the future role of this body and of the future of international education efforts in general in the USG, now that the Office of International Education and its funding have been eliminated. Nancy Shumaker, the chair of the SCIE, will be sending out a detailed account, and copies will be forwarded to Asia Council members, so it is not necessary to go into detail here. Suffice it to say that the five world regional councils (including the Asia Council) will continue in operation under their own by-laws. Linda Noble has emerged as the main contact person in the Board of Regents office, though she should not be seen as taking over Rick Suttons old job. It seems as though defining her exact role is still a work in progress. 6. ELECTION OF OFFICERS. According to Council by-laws, it was time to elect new officer, to begin serving in 2010-2011. Secretary: Thomas Howard agreed to continue as secretary if there were no others interested in the office, and his offer was accepted by the Council. Chair: Eric Kendrick announced that he would prefer not to seek another term, due to the uncertain budgetary situation at GPC, and the consequent uncertainty about his own job there. He said he would definitely stay involved with the Council, though, particularly with Asian Studies certificate. He recommended Salli Vargis, who has been vice-chair and who has expressed an interest in serving as chair, and whose job is tenured and thus much less uncertain. She was elected by acclamation. Eric will continue in office for the rest of this academic year, and Salli will take over at the September meeting. Vice-chair: this office was left vacant, pending an update of the job description. One area of activity that will be of increased importance is communication via internet, and that could be made a part of the vice-chairs responsibilities. Salli and Eric will work on this before the September meeting. Anyone with an interest in serving should contact Eric. 8. HONG KONG FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR. This is being proposed by Mike Staman. The title is Technology, Finance, and Innovation in Hong Kong, and it is planned for May 2011. Members of the Asia Council were mailed a seven-page description and budget before todays meeting. Before getting to the details of the FDS, there was discussion of the fact that in the absence of funding from the USG in the form of Chancellors awards, there is no longer any rationale for the vetting of proposals by the SCIEs Faculty & Curriculum Committee. Responsibility for anticipating and fixing any weaknesses in a proposed FDS will thus fall entirely on the regional council most closely involved, so it is necessary for us to be especially careful about examining all proposals. Mike Staman then made some initial comments about this particular proposal. He noted that the idea of an FDS focused on technology innovation has been around for some time, having originated during a golf game with Dan Paracka and Rick Sutton when there was still an OIE. Earlier versions focused on Abu Dhabi, and on Singapore/Malaysia, but Hong Kong appears to be a better alternative. Creativity and Innovation in Hong Kong might be an alternative title. Concentrating on one city will minimize time spent in travel among multiple destinations and thus allow for a meaningful experience in less than the two to three weeks usually budgeted for an FDS. The structure would be to have speakers in the mornings and field trips in the afternoons. There could be variant itinerary options for different subgroups with different interests. Total cost is to be kept under $3000. Members of the Council raised a variety of questions, each of which provoked some discussion -- would there be problems with having different subgroups going off in different directions? could there be some savings on meals and lodging? how would local transportation within Hong Kong be arranged? have enough local contacts been lined up? how wide should the scope of subject matter be? how narrow? what is meant by technology exactly? Is it confined to electronics, bioengineering and similar precision technology fields, or could it also include larger scale technology, e.g Hong Kongs container port operations? how would the different subjects of technology and finance be meshed? After a lively discussion members converged on the idea of releasing $2400 from the Councils agency account to allow Mike to carry out a site visit to make local contacts, investigate living and local transportation prospects, and otherwise bring the plan into sharper focus. In a formal vote, representatives from 7 of the 8 USG institutions present approved this plan; one representative abstained on the grounds of being a new member without enough experience. Mike will make this site visit in June or July and then prepare an augmented formal proposal that will be sent out to Council members before the September meeting. The Council will then vote on it. 9. STUDY ABROAD UPDATES 1) Baogang Guo reported a sign-up of 38 students so far in China General Studies program, with eight professors. He hopes to get ten more students. The Shanghai World Expo will be on the itinerary this time. Deadline for applications is February 5. 2) Louis Meng reported that the China Language program has nine sign-ups so far, but thinks that some are waiting till the last minute, and hopes for 20 in all. Three from last year want to go again. David Starling added that one from last years group is going back in another program. 3) There will be a Japan program from KSU. 4) David Starling has 11 going to Japan from Valdosta. 5) There was discussion about a study abroad to Korea in the future. There was discussion about charging a small fee on students for study abroads in order to keep up the Councils account. 10. OTHER ASIA-RELATED ACTIVITIES There will be an exhibition of Chinese folk painting, Peasant Lives: Peasant Art of China, at the GPC Newton campus, Building 2N, January 25 February 26. Kennesaw State University is holding a Year of Korea Conference, with the theme Post-Modern and Traditional Korea in Global Context, February 4 6. The Georgia Consortium for International Studies is holding its annual faculty symposium on February 26 at GPC Clarkston. A number of Asia Council members are involved, including some participants from the 2007 FDS to Korea and China. 11. NEXT MEETING DATE The next meeting of the Asia Council is expected to be in September but the exact date depends on when the SCIE next meets, since the plan for grouping these meetings at the same time and place seems to be working well. The meeting was adjourned at 3:20. Thomas F. 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