1. ISCI general assembly

2. ISCI structure An international personal membership society. Open to anyone interested in measuring, monitoring and using indicators for improving children’s well being ISCI is run and managed by its standing committee which is headed by 2 co-chairs. It is based administratively at the Institute for Family and Neighborhood Life (IFNL) at Clemson University, South Carolina, USA.

3. ISCI Standing committee A voluntary multi-professional and multi- national 12 members committee. Based on ISCI founding group (with a 3 years term limit). Future management committee members will be elected by ISCI members in the bi- annual conferences.

4. ISCI Standing committee Founding members: –Asher Ben-Arieh (co-Chair) – Israel –Bob Goerge (co-Chair) – USA –Ivar Frones – Norway –Bong Jo Lee – Korea –Jan Mason – Australia –Kris Moore – USA –Bill O’Hare - USA –Gerardo Sauri – Mexico –Rose September – South Africa New members (2007): –Jonathan Bradshaw – UK –Elizabeth Fernandez – Australia –Silvia Carrasco - Spain

5. Web-site and Newsletter ISCI operates a web-site with current data on its activities and plans (and hopefully the conference presentations soon): www.childindicators.org www.childindicators.org ISCI publish an e-newsletter 4 times a year. Please help us by sending materials, announcements and information to the newsletter editor Bill O'Hare - WOhare@aecf.org WOhare@aecf.org

6. Child Indicators Research (CIR) First issues will be published on April 2008. Priority will be given to the conference papers. Please send your paper by July 20 via e- mail to: cir@mscc.huji.ac.ilcir@mscc.huji.ac.il Future submission (as of July 30, 2007) would have to go through the journal on-line submission system at www.editorialmanager.com/cir www.editorialmanager.com/cir

7. Bi-annual conference ISCI 2 nd conference will be in Sydney Australia on September or October of 2009!!! The local hosts will be Jan Mason and Elizabeth Fernandez. ISCI 3 rd conference will most likely be in Barcelona, Spain on 2011…. Final dates for the next conference and a general theme will be distributed by September 2007.

8. We look forward to seeing you all in Sydney Australia!