19th MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS – MADRID UNED.

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SPANISH NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY PROGRAMMES FOR OLDER ADULTS MET ON 22^nd OF NOVEMBER 2012 AT 11:30H, LOCATED AT THE HALL RICARDO MARÍN OF THE UNED,  WITH THE FOLLOWING

AGENDA

1. Reading and passing, if appropriate, the previous session minutes'.

2. Reports about the carried-out activities since the last Assembly

            2.1. -Presidency

            2.2. - Secretariat

            2.3. - Treasury

3. Ratification and Admission of new Partners

4. Report of Work Commissions

5. Elections according the established in the article 19 and 20 of the Statutes of 4 Speakers. Please send a letter, if interested, to AEPUM Secretariat with the support of the University endorsing such speaker.

            Article 20. The positions of the members of the Board of Directors will be   unpaid and their mandate will last for 4 years, renewed by half every two           years and can be re-elected two consecutive mandates as maximum (never more than eight years). The first renewal of half of the elected members shall     be two years from the establishment of the Association.

6. 13^th National Meeting of Older Adults University Programmes. University of Valencia, June 2013.

7. Proposal for prizes or academic annual awards to the best research works on some of the developed themes in the bosom of the AEPUM.

8. To reconsider the amount of the annual fee with that Universities support AEPUM in a period of an acute economic crisis.

9. Current issues.

10. Motion and queries.

ATTENDING:

On behalf of the Universities

- Mrs Concepción Bru, University of Alicante, as President

-Mrs Carmen Palmero, University of Burgos, as Secretariat

Speakers

- Mr Fidel Molina, University of Lleida.

- Mr Marcos Roca, Complutense University of Madrid.

- Mrs Concepción Argente del Castillo, University of Granada.

- Mr Josep Torrellas, University of Girona.

- Mr Salvador Cabedo, University of Jaume I of Castellón.

- Mrs Pilar García, University of A Coruña.

Apologies for their absence

Mr.Xavier Lorente, University Ramón Llull of Barcelona, as Treasurer.

Attending as technician

- Mr José Mª Roa Venegas, sub-director of the APFA of the University of Granada.

- Mr Juan Carlos Maroto, sub-director of the APFA of the University of Granada.

The meeting starts at 11.30h with the following agenda.

The President Mrs Concepción Bru presides the session welcoming the assistants and apologising the absence of the Treasurer for reasons beyond his control.

1. Reading and passing, if appropriate, the previous session minutes'.

Agreement: unanimously approved.

2. Reports about the carried-out activities since the last Assembly

            2.1. -Presidency. -Set out in the Annex

            2.2. - Secretariat. -Set out in the Annex

2.3. - Treasury. -Set out in the Annex

Agreements

*To insist again with the IMSERSO by sending a writing that manifest our interest in arranging an interview with the General Director.

*To ask for updating data in  AEPUM with the following agenda:

-January: updating ask.

-March: sending provisional received data from the universities, urging those who have not sent it yet.

-June: sending the definitive report.

3. Ratification and Admission of new Partners

Agreement: The requests presented by the University Miguel Hernández of Elche and the Politechnical University of Valencia are admitted, in absence of being ratified by the Assembly.

4. Reports of the Work Commisions

Pilar García and Salvador Cabedo inform about the necessity of participate in European Projects, even the possibility of doing it like AEPUM.

Agreement: Pilar García will send the detailed report with the announcements and that it will be set out as an annex to the Minutes of the Assembly.

5.  Elections according the established in the article 19 and 20 of the Statutes of 4 Speakers.

Agreement: To thank the work of the representatives of the universities, who due to the fact that they have reached the maximum post occupancy limit in the Board and have to quit the post:

-Complutense of Madrid

-Girona

-Granada

The University of Lleida, which have been in the speaker post during 4 years expresses its interest in taking it again as they have not reached the 8 years, maximum time of occupancy.

The University of Santiago shows its availability, in case there have been no candidates.

6. 13^th National Meeting of Older Adults University Programmes. University of Valencia, June 2013.

The carried-out work will be presented during the Assembly from the Encuentro's Organisation.

7. Proposal for prizes or academic annual awards to the best research works on some of the developed themes in the bosom of the AEPUM.

Agreement: It is accepted the creation of Prizes or Academic Distinctions. It will be created a Commission charged with preparing a draft with the basis that will be approved in Board of Directors and ratified by the Assembly.

8. To reconsider the amount of the annual fee with that Universities support AEPUM in a period of an acute economic crisis.

Agreement: keep the fee of 150 Euros and support the assistance of partners to Assemblies, Meetings or another kind of events, and travels of managerial and representational issues.

9. Current issues.

There are no issues to discuss.

10. Motion and queries.

Motion: Concha Bru mentions that when sending the enrolment figures it has to be taken into account only the number of records- not the number of activities or materials- number of men and women; figures by age groups.

There being no further business, the meeting is adjourned at 21.40h of the date's day, which as. Secretary I attest.

Approval: Concha Bru Ronda

AEPUM's President

Signed: Camen Palmero Cámara

AEPUM's Secretariat