Present: A. Kaur, I. Metcalfe, K. Kaur, L. Rahim, J. Drabble, J. Funston, R. Cammileri, C. Inglis, F. Majid-Cooke, J. Mills, L. Lehane, H. Godfrey, G.J. Lunkapis, S. Yazid, C. Kee, Nadra Hosen and Nadir Hosen.

Apologies: There were no apologies.

President’s Report: The Society President, Professor Amarjit Kaur welcomed all to the meeting. She then tabled (copy appended) and verbally presented her President’s Report.  This was accepted by the meeting unanimously.

Secretary/Treasurer’s Report: The Secretary/Treasurer than presented and tabled (copy appended) his report and outlined the Society’s financial situation which is very healthy.  A financial summary was tabled (copy appended).  The report was accepted unanimously.

Election of Society Officers and Board for 2007-08: The following were elected at the meeting:

Office Bearers

President: Professor Amarjit Kaur (proposed by John Drabble, seconded by Rita Camilleri) passed unanimously.

Secretary/Treasurer/Web Master: Professor Ian Metcalfe (proposed Janelle Mills, seconded by Rita Camilleri) passed unanimously.

Board Members elected at the meeting for 2007-2008 are:

Retired academics: John Drabble
NSW: Christine Inglis
Queensland: Sukan Jackson
ACT: John Funston
Victoria: Rita Camilleri
Singapore: Lily Rahim
Student Representatives: Gaim James Lunkapis, Helen Godfrey
Malaysia Representatives:  Kiranjit Kaur, Fadzilah Majid Cooke

Nomination for the 15^th James C. Jackson Lecturer: Professor Anthony Reid was nominated as the 15th James C. Jackson Memorial Lecturer for 2008. Proposer: Amarjit Kaur. Seconder: Lily Rahim. Passed unanimously.

Any other business:

There was some discussion on the state of Malaysian/Singaporean research and scholarship. It was suggested that there seems to be more focus on Indonesian studies than Malaysian/Singaporean studies at present.  It was suggested that this probably reflects the availability of funding for Indonesian studies over Malaysian studies. Amarjit Kaur proposed that MASSA colloquia be more ‘regional’ in focus with Malaysia and Singapore at the core.

15^th Malaysia & Singapore Society Colloquium, 2008: Professor Amarjit Kaur raised this and asked for suggestions and volunteers to organise.  After some discussion, Lily Rahim and John Funston agreed to organise and convene the 15^th Colloquium in Canberra. This will probably include themes like Islam & security Issues in the SEA region.

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