AAATE General Assembly Thursday 1, 2011, – Maastricht, NL

Agenda 1. Opening and welcome 2. Approval of the minutes from the last general assembly 3. Report from the treasurer 4. Report from the auditors 5. AAATE activity report 6. Elections 7. Other matters 8. Closing of the general assembly

Approval of the agenda of the GA of the minutes of the last general assembly

Report from the treasurer Financial statement 2010

Profit and Loss Account I

Profit and Loss Account - continue

BALANCE (31/12/2010)

Report from the auditors Valerio Gower Tamas Laki

Report from the auditors Valerio Gower Tamas Laki

Profit and loss account preview AAATE Expected income2011 Association Conference € - Membership fees € 9.900,00 Income journal € 3.400,00 Subtotal € ,00 Project related income € 8.000,00 Total expected income € ,00

Expected expenses Travel and subsistence expenses € 3.000,00 Administration expenses € 1.700,00 Expences journal € 2.200,00 Web site € 4.000,00 Secretariat Danish Centre € 6.000,00 Depreciation on debtors € - Subtotal € ,00 Project related expenses € 5.000,00 Total expected expenditure € ,00 Expected result € 600,00 Profit and loss account – preview 2011

AAATE Activity Report

Guiding principles of AAATE Innovation Scientific approach Centrality of the person Attention for ethics in research and intervention Recognition of complexity which requires a holistic approach Community driven: enhancement of competence and experience of all members Involvement members and opportunities for all Transparency

AAATE Activity Report Membership AAATE workshop 2010 Project participation Publication affairs National contacts Institutional Members Outcomes SIG ISO Initiative on eAccessibility Standards Strategic plan to address AT stakeholders AAATE Workshop 2012

AAATE Activity Report: Membership 24 Organisations with an institutional membership: - 78 individual members 123 Individual members Members in total: 201

AAATE Activity Report: Membership New membership fees Access to the Journal (Only members):

AAATE Activity Report: Membership Institutional memberships 30 companies76 persons Individual memberships10420 of these have no vote Total number of members180

AAATE Workshop 2010 Participation: ~100; 17 countries Exhibition: ~20 Proceedings: (members only) Report in Newsletter 10_3 Sheffield, October 5, 2010

Call for Partnership: AAATE Workshop 2012 Organised by a member (organisation) or a consortium with strong influence by a member (organisation) Workshop topic in line with the mission and constitution of AAATE Strategic considerations e.g. topic, location, potential of reaching new members. Two days Facilities for the General Assembly (maximum 40 people) Free for AAATE members Organisation (content and budget) in the hands of the workshop organiser AAATE supports organisation, e.g. advertising the workshop (e.g. web page, news letter), speakers, …

Call for Partnership AAATE Workshop 2012 Information to be provided: Topic and goals; mission Partner organisation and co-organisers Venue and accommodation (accessibility) Planned attendance Planned date send to:

Project Partizipation Projects are of strategic importance for AAATE Reach our objectives and have impact Stabilise the Association Improve service and attractiveness … Guidelines for Project Co-operation

Project Partizipation eAccess+ ETNA Logged-In-Learning AT-Study (Tender)...

Publikation Affaires Proceedings (Thijs/Gert-Jan) Journal (Thijs/Gert-Jan) Newsletter (Klaus) Website (Klaus)

Publication Affaires AAATE on LinkedIn; 56 members out of which about half is not formal AAATE member

Technology and Disability

1) He is available the next months/year to guarantee a smooth transition, in particular the transition of web review what should ease the process 2) He proposes to speak about this during the GA himself. 3) He indicates the wish for a closer co-operation with the board, making sure that board members advertise for authors and using the journal as a source to get new members. This might be done by inviting the editor in chief to one board meeting or at least nominating an according contact person (role) in the board. 4) The board should provide an opinion on braodening the scope of the journal beyond AT as this might be necessary reflecting the state of the art of the field.

AAATE Web Page: Structure is working Secretariat is updating One SIG is running Related Event Management System (REM) GET INVOLVED!

AAATE Web Page: Publication Repository Institutional Member Pages Job/Education Portal

AAATE Activity Report: National contacts Membership 23 European countries represented In 2010 the NC network welcomed 8 new members, three from new countries (Malta, Cyprus and Switzerland) We lost our representation in Norway and have 3 vacancies.

AAATE NC: Countries represented in the network

Activities NC Network member confirmation Website update and SIG NC section Start with NC activity profile development

Institutional Members 24 institutions/organisations with different backgrounds (countries, sectors, stakeholders) = a resource Report from I.M. Meeting of this morning Members shared their motivation to choose for I.M.ship. Not only exchange of knowledge but also work together on transnational issues: education, standards, reports, policy, supporting the board in preparing AAATE policy paper. Organisation of special session in Maastricht on EU policies. Platform of different stakeholders talking to each other. Resources?

Update SIG outcomes Ase Brand chair (2009) Special issue T&D on outcomes research with Brand, Alwin and Gelderblom as guest editors SIG outcomes section on the website SIG membership renewal underway

ISO Initiative on eAccessibility Standards: Analyse State of the Art Better Referencing eAccessibility Standards in mainstream Standards Workshop “Accessibility and the Contribution of International Standards” World Standards Cooperation (WSC) 3-4 November 2010, Geneva

ISO Initiative on eAccessibility Standards: World Standards Cooperation (WSC) International Organization for Standardization (ISO) International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

ISO Initiative on eAccessibility Standards: “Recommendation on software and content development principles 2010” Endorsed by AAATE.

Strategic plan to address AT stakeholders: Follow up to the survey. Goal: Identify core areas of interest of member groups and get into discussion. Education Service Providers Industry R&D Review results Core areas of interest SWOT Ideas Feasibility Priority and Plan

Elections

Positions open for election 1.President-Elect ( ): Niels-Erik Mathiassen 2.Two positions as Board Members ( ): Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf and Mojca Jenko 3.Two positions as Auditor ( ): Tamas Laki and Valerio Gower 4.Three Nomination Committee Members (2012): Renzo Andrich, Petra Winkelmann and Ger Craddock

For President-Elect ( ) Evert-Jan Hoogerwerf (IT)

For two positions as Board Members ( ) Mojca Jenko (SL) Peter Cudd (UK)

For two position as Auditors ( ) Tamas Laki (HU) Valerio Gower (IT)

For three positions in the Nomination Committee (2012): Renzo Andrich (IT) Anna-Liisa Salminen (FI) Christian Bühler (DE)

Other matters

Niels-Erik speech