4.2 Membership
The Membership Report distributed as paper AGM3/4/2 was accepted and the following institutions/organisations which had recently joined were welcomed as Members:
Seafood and Maritime Industries Training Centre-Australia
International English Services-Australia
Kobe University of Mercantile Marine-Japan
Thai Maritime School-Thailand
Jimei Navigation Institute-China
Nanjing Marine School-China
Moved: Fremantle Maritime Centre (Robin Gray)
Seconded: New Zealand Maritime School (Tim Wilson)
4.3 Financial Report
The Financial Report and audited Financial Statements, distributed as paper AGM3/4/3, were accepted.
Moved: Papua New Guinea Maritime College (Noel Snelleksz)
Seconded: New Zealand Maritime School (Tim Wilson)
Garrott & Garrott, Chartered Accountants of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia were appointed as auditors for the current financial year.
Moved: New Zealand Maritime School (Tim Wilson)
Seconded: Far Eastern State Maritime Academy (Vladimir Gamanov)
4.4 1999 Goals/Activities
It was agreed that the Executive Committee should pursue the goals and activities as outlined in paper AGM3/4/4.
Moved: Tokyo University of Mercantile Marine (Hayama Imazu)
Seconded: New Zealand Maritime School (Tim Wilson)
5 General Business
During the discussion it was proposed that:
・Members should receive IMO information and Dr Aziz offered to provide the IMO publications office with members details;
・The Maritime Industry Authority of the Philippines(MARINA) and the Commission for Higher Education(CHED) in the Philippines should be invited to become Associate Members;
・Members should solicit additional Members and Associate Members;
・information about Members should be distributed amongst Members;
・consideration be given to an annual AMETIAP Prize for the best paper, inclusive of presentation, at each annual conference;
・a papers committee should be established to vet papers for future conferences.
