INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION Princeton, New Jersey
November 9, 2001 FROM: IMU Secretariat
Dear Colleagues,
1. The 14th General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union (IMU) will be held in Shanghai, China, August 17-18, 2002, before the International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM-2002). The meeting will take place at Pudong Shangri-La Hotel, 33 Fu Cheng Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200120, China, telephone 86-21-68828888, fax 86-21-68829998.
The procedures for room reservations will be announced with the invitation letters from the Local Organizing Committee to the delegates appointed by the Adhering Organizations/National Committees. More information can be found at www.mathca.com/ICM2002.html.
2. According to the Statutes of the Union, each Adhering Organization “shall appoint and certify to the Secretary of the Union a delegation which shall have the number of votes corresponding to the Group in which it adheres, as follows:
Group: I II III IV V Number of votes: 1 2 3 4 5
provided that the number of delegates shall not exceed the corresponding number of votes. Any Adhering Organization which desires to ensure its full quota of representatives at meetings of the General Assembly by the appointment of alternates for its regularly named delegates may do so, provided that no such alternate shall be permitted to participate in the work of the General
Assembly until s/he has been duly certified to the Secretary of the Union as assuming the powers and duties of the delegate s/he has been designated to replace. No person shall be a member of the delegation of more than one country. Voting by the General Assembly shall be by
delegations, provided that each delegation shall be free to cast the votes to which it is entitled either as a unit or divided in such a manner as it may determine.”
3. You are hereby requested to designate the delegation of your country. Please enter on the accompanying form the names of your delegates, with alternates if any, together with their addresses and return this form to the Secretariat by March 1, 2002.
4. As provided for in the Statutes of the Union, Adhering Organizations may propose business to be transacted at the General Assembly. Such proposals shall reach the Secretary at least four
months before the meeting, and preferably before March 1, 2002.
Yours truly,
Phillip A. Griffiths Secretary of IMU
INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICAL UNION 14th General Assembly 2002, Shanghai, China, 2002 Appointment of Delegations
You are hereby requested to designate the delegation of your country.
The appointment of delegations is the responsibility of the Adhering Organization COUNTRY: ____________________________ GROUP: _____________
ADHERING ORGANIZATION: __________________________________________________
DELEGATES:
1. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL: ____________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________________ FAX: ____________________
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2. NAME: ____________________________________ E-MAIL: ____________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________________ FAX: _____________________
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3. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL: ____________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________________ FAX: _____________________
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4. NAME: _____________________________________ E-MAIL: ____________________
ADDRESS: _____________________________________ FAX: ______________________
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5. NAME: ____________________________________ E-MAIL: _____________________
ADDRESS: ____________________________________ FAX: _______________________
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ALTERNATE:
1. NAME: ____________________________________ E-MAIL: _____________________
ADDRESS:_____________________________________ FAX: _________________________
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This information may be provided by e-mail, or this form may be completed using capital letters and returned, no later than March 1, 2002 to:
IMU Secretariat
IMU-Institute for Advanced Study Einstein Drive
Princeton, New Jersey 08540-0631 USA Fax: (609) 683-7605 - e-mail: [email protected]
