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Minutes of the inaugural meeting of the network - January 19th, 2018
1) Attendance:
2) Introductions
The committee introduced themselves
3) Attendance and apologies
Sarah Wright (apologies)
Paul Hopkins (apologies)
4) Constitution
Discussion on the constitution. Requested that committee members read the draft constitution in readiness for the first committee meeting (virtual. Virtual meetings will be held approximately every three months (i.e. three per year). An immediate change to the constitution will be to add ‘International’ to the name of the network.
5) Clarification of roles
Discussion of roles and responsibilities:
The Committee reviewed the first draft of committee roles.
6) Next steps for each role
The creation of a website was discussed and was seen to be as a priority. This was identified as a task for the Communication and Publicity Secretaries to address.
7) AoB
The Committee discussed the aims of the association and issues associated with incorporation and gaining a legal status. There was a wider discussion on the claims of ‘transformation’ and ‘innovation’ that accompany much of the literature around mobile learning. John Ittelson mentioned the end of the New Media Consortium in the US and the potential vacuum that this has created. The lack of representation from Latin America, Africa and SE Asia noted and some remedial steps suggested.
8) Meetings for 2018
Three monthly intervals – virtual. The General Secretary will arrange a Doodle poll to identify best dates for the year.
- Chair: Kevin Burden
- Vice Chair: Sarah Jones
- General Secretary: Thomas Creighton
- Membership Secretary: Davide Parmigiani
- Treasurer: Ray Kirtley
- Research Secretary: Tony Hall
- Communication Secretary: Helen Caldwell
- Publicity Secretary: Paul Hopkins
- Professional Development Secretary: Sarah Wright
- Committee:
- MiTE Representative: Sean Ó Grádaigh
- Additional committee members (with no specific portfolio)
- John Ittelson
- Grace Oakley
- Cornelia Connolly
2) Introductions
The committee introduced themselves
3) Attendance and apologies
Sarah Wright (apologies)
Paul Hopkins (apologies)
4) Constitution
Discussion on the constitution. Requested that committee members read the draft constitution in readiness for the first committee meeting (virtual. Virtual meetings will be held approximately every three months (i.e. three per year). An immediate change to the constitution will be to add ‘International’ to the name of the network.
5) Clarification of roles
Discussion of roles and responsibilities:
The Committee reviewed the first draft of committee roles.
6) Next steps for each role
The creation of a website was discussed and was seen to be as a priority. This was identified as a task for the Communication and Publicity Secretaries to address.
7) AoB
The Committee discussed the aims of the association and issues associated with incorporation and gaining a legal status. There was a wider discussion on the claims of ‘transformation’ and ‘innovation’ that accompany much of the literature around mobile learning. John Ittelson mentioned the end of the New Media Consortium in the US and the potential vacuum that this has created. The lack of representation from Latin America, Africa and SE Asia noted and some remedial steps suggested.
8) Meetings for 2018
Three monthly intervals – virtual. The General Secretary will arrange a Doodle poll to identify best dates for the year.