WELCOME TO THE 7 TH ANNUAL MEETING OF

WELCOME TO THE 7 TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE IFFTI GENERAL COUNCIL

AGENDA -1 -

INDEX -2 -

Apologies Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, U. S. A National Institute of Design, India Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore University of Technology, Sydney, Australia -5 -

New Executive Committee Permanent Category v HKPU, Hong Kong v FIT, U. S. A. v IFM, France v NIFT, India -6 -

New Executive Committee Elective Category v Dong Hua, P. R. China - Re-elected v LCF, U. K. - Re-elected v RMIT, Australia - Re-elected v Ryerson, Canada - Re-elected v AMFI, The Netherlands - New v Bunka Women’s University, Japan - New v Huddersfield, U. K. Co-opted Member (For 1 Year) v NCSU, U. S. A. - New -6 -

Adoption of Minutes of th, 12 th and 13 th E. C. 11 Meetings and 6 th Annual General Council Meeting -19 -

Authorized Representatives - Changes S. No. Institution Authorised Representatives Previous New (a) Amsterdam Fashion Institute, The Netherlands Dr. Pauline Terreehorst Mr. J. W. Hofma (b) Fashion Institute of Technology, U. S. A. Dr. Dario A. Cortes Dr. Reginetta Haboucha (c) Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia (a) Dr. Maxine Sparks (a) Mr. Keith Cowlishaw (b) Ms. Karen Webster (b) Prof. Harriet Edquist (d) Universidade Anhembi Morumbi, Brazil Mr. Sergio Garrido Moraes Ms. Carla Morcondes (e) UMIST, U. K. Dr. Chris Davies Prof. Young (f) Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore Ms. Sylvia Lim Lay Hoon Mr. Lim Chong Jin -20 -

Presentation by Members -21 -

New Members S. NO INSTITUTION SUB COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED FOR (a) Nottingham Trent University, U. K. 13 th Executive Committee REGULAR MEMBERSHIP (b) Keimyung University, South Korea (i) Prof. Edward Newton (ii) Prof. Li Keling REGULAR MEMBERSHIP (c) LDT Nagold, Germany (i) Ms. Sylvie Ebel (ii) Dr. Pauline Terreehorst ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (d) Kasetsart University, Thailand (i) Prof. Edward Newton (ii) Mr. Satoshi Onuma ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (e) Industrial and Vocational Training Board, Mauritius (i) Prof. Edward Newton (ii) Ms. Angela Peers ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP (f) Georgian Institute of (i) Ms. Sylvie Ebel Design and Management, (ii) Ms. Janice Mee Georgia ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP -23 -

Action Taken Report S. No. MOM Agenda Item th Decision Action Taken 6 Annual Conference (a) 4 – New Membership (b) 6 – Work Plan (i) Best Practices (ii) Travel Funding (iii) Research Geographical representation Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden, FIDM, and overall membership to USA, NTU- U. K. , LDT Nagold - Germany, be increased Keimyung University - South Korea, IVTB – Mauritius, Georgian Institute of Design and Management - Europe, Kasetsart University – Thailand joined as New Members. Selection to be completed Action completed. Publication would be and Papers Published distributed / sold at the 7 th Annual Conference at Tokyo. Papers to be invited and five Action completed. Junior Faculty to be selected for presentation of papers at the next conference. Questionnaire to be Action completed. Response from 17 prepared and forwarded to members received. members for completion and -24 return.

Action Taken Report (c) 7 – IFFTI Website Secretariat to design and launch the site Action Completed. The website launched. (d) 8 – Network of Specialized Information Feasibility to be examined Action Completed (e) 9 – Venue of future IFFTI meetings Confirmations to be obtained for 2006, 2007 and 2008 Annual Conferences. Offers for 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009 conferences obtained. (f) 10 - Linkages with IWTO and IAF To be finalised Formal Linkages established with IWTO and IAF for reciprocal participation in each other’s activities. (g) Presentation by existing Members To be programmed Action completed. -24 -

Action Taken Report 12 th Executive Committee Meeting (h) 6 – Authorised Representatives Clarifications to be obtained from RMIT. Action completed (i) 7 – 2005 Annual Conference Liaise with Bunka to finalise arrangements for 2005 Conference. Secretariat has been actively interacting with Bunka and all the activities scheduled at the Annual Conference have been finalized (j) 10 – Election Bye. Laws Bye-Laws to be finalized. Action completed (k) 11 – Accounts and Finance Balance Sheet for the period 1 st April 2004 to 31 st March 2005 to be finalized and audited. Action Completed. (l) 13 th Executive Committee Meeting New Executive Committee To get the New Executive Committee elected / nominated Action Completed -25 -

Report on Activities New Members - UMIST - UK, University of Huddersfield - UK, Pearl Academy of Fashion – India, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts – Singapore, Manchester Metropolitan University – UK, North Carolina State University – USA, Swedish School of Textiles – Sweden and Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising – USA, Nottingham Trent University- U. K. , LDT Nagold – Germany, Keimyung University – South Korea, Industrial and Vocational Training Board – Mauritius, Georgian Institute of Design and Management – Europe and Kasetsart University – Thailand. Revival of Interest of Existing Members Work Plan Website Formatting of Conferences Increased Interaction and Dissemination of Information -26 -

Report on Activities Accounts 1. The Balance Sheet as at 31. 03. 2005 finalized and got audited. 2. Income tax return for the year 2004 -2005 filed. 3. Permanent Account No. (PAN) of IFFTI obtained. 4. Tax Deduction Account Number (TAN) for IFFTI has been obtained from the Income Tax authorities. 5. Permission for non-deduction of Tax at Source (TDS) granted, and a refund of the entire tax deducted has been obtained. 6. Registration of IFFTI U/S 12 A of Income Tax Act for exemption from payment of Income Tax on income received by IFFTI through contributions made. 7. Application for approval under Section 80 G of IT Act for grant of 50% deduction of taxes in the hands of donors for all donations made to IFFTI filed. 8. Permission under Section 35 of Income Tax Act has been applied for, to allow contributors exemption from tax of expenditure @125% of the amounts contributed towards Research. Separate IFFTI Bank Account in US Dollars has been opened. -26 -

Report on Activities Outstanding Dues of US$ 1, 10, 000 realised. Surplus funds increased to US $120, 000 from US $55, 000 IFFTI Meetings -27 -

Work Plan Paper on Best Practice in Fashion Education Committee 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Prof. Elizabeth Rouse, LCF, UK – Chairperson Dr. D. K. Batra, NIFT, India Prof. Karen Webster, RMIT, Australia Prof. Pauline Terreehorst, Amsterdam Dr. Trevor Little, NCSU, USA Papers Published 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Toshiko Sujino and Kazuko Ikeda, Bunka Women’s University, Tokyo Betty Li Shu-wan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Karine Piotraut, IFM, Paris Alison Shreeve and Carmel Kelly, LCF, London Tarun Pawar, NIFT, New Delhi Carol Garcia, Kathia Castilho, Sérgio Garrido, UAM, Brazil -28 -

Work Plan Travel Funding for Junior Faculty Committee 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Ms. Elizabeth Rouse, LCF, London. Ms. Angela Peers, MMU, England Dr. Raymond Au, HKPU, Hong Kong Ms. Alison Gwilt, University of Technology, Sydney Dr. Maxine Sparks, RMIT University, Australia Prof. Desiree Koslin, FIT, USA Prof. Asha Baxi, NIFT, India Prof. Linda Lewis, Ryerson University, Canada Prof. Tim Moscovitch, University of Huddersfield, U. K. Dr. Trevor Little, NCSU, USA Junior Faculty presenting Papers 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Osmud Rahman, Ryerson, Canada Wessie Ling, LCF, U. K. Sass Brown, FIT, New York Mei Li Fu, Fu Jen, Taiwan Denise Sprynskyj, RMIT, Australia -29 -

Research Work Plan Committee 1. 2. 3. 4. Ms. Sylvie Ebel, IFM, France Ms. Karen Webster, RMIT, Australia Prof. Edward Newton, HKPU, Hong Kong. Ms. Elizabeth Rouse, LCF, London. Research Questionnaire Received 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Bunka Women’s University De Montfort University Dong Hua University Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Fu Jen Catholic University The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institut Francais de la Mode London College of Fashion National Institute of Design National Institute of Fashion Technology North Carolina State University Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Ryerson University Sydney Institute of TAFE NSW University of Huddersfield University of Technology, Sydney Pearl Academy of Fashion -30 -

Work Plan Design Competition for Students Bunka Women’s University have programmed a Design Competition for students of IFFTI Member Institutions, as part of the IFFTI Conference. On a proposal from Bunka to provide incentives to the winners of the Design Competition, the Committee agreed to provide two return economy class airfares to the two winners (one from each category) of the Design Competition, to visit Japan for interaction with world renowned illustrator Prof. Isao Yajima of Japan at a subsequent time mutually convenient to all concerned. In case the winner was from Japan, he/she would be provided airfare to visit another IFFTI Member Institution, the arrangements for which would be undertaken by Bunka. . -31 -

Website http: //www. iffti. com -40 -

Network of Specialised Information Committee 1. Dr. Georgianna Appignani, Fashion Institute of Technology, U. S. A. 2. Ms. Ana Ferreira, Institut Francais de la Mode, France 3. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, National Institute of Fashion Technology, India Committee had recommended that, members should contact the authorized representatives of Member Institutions for obtaining the desired information. -41 -

Venues of Future Meetings &Conferences Offers received from Members for future Conferences S. No Year Institution (a) 2006 North Carolina State University, U. S. A and Industrial and Vocational Training Board, Mauritius (b) 2007 Ryerson University, Canada and Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan (c) 2008 Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia and Institut Francais de la Mode, France (d) 2009 Institut Francais de la Mode, France / Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan / Kasetsart University, Thailand / Industrial and Vocational Training Board, Mauritius (e) 2010 Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan / Kasetsart University, Thailand / Industrial and Vocational Training Board, Mauritius -43 -

Accounts and Finance -44 -

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Extension of Tenure of Secretary -55 -

Any Other Item -56 -

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