1.0 Call Meeting to Order, Anti-Trust Reminder & Agenda Review

Participants:
Philip McKinney, President
Dan Rasmus, Vice President
Steve DeCherney /

Others

Michael LoBue, Exe. Dir.

1.0 Call Meeting to Order, Anti-trust Reminder & Agenda Review

The meeting was called to order at approximately 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time.

Michael provided the verbal reminder of the Institute’s anti-trust statement and that it is the Institute’s policy to conduct its meetings and affairs in accordance with these guidelines.

2.0Minutes

There was a motion and a second to approve the minutes of board meeting of June 27, 2008. The minutes of these meetings were approved.

It was acknowledged that the financial report for the period ending June 30, 2008 was distributed prior to the meeting; there were no questions about the report.

3.0Strategic Positioning

Phil committed to completing his review of the materials in advance of the August 21st board conference with the intention of finalizing any changes on that next call.

4.0September Face-to-Face Meeting

Michael reviewed the “agenda under construction” and the list of about a dozen committed to attending. Dan stated that he recently joined the national advisory board of the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies (NWCET) and would like to incorporate some of the Center’s issues/initiatives into the agenda with CUNY’s development of an associate of arts degree program.

The board had no further input on the draft agenda and Michael reported that he will solicit the input of the Advisors on their call the following week.

5.0Research Update

Identification of Research Thrusts – It was agreed that we would use Phil’s framework to further clarify each of the priority statements and look to prepare a final list for presentation to the Academic Advisors for their August 26th teleconference, or at least prior to the September meeting.
Online Networks Project (NYU) – Michael reported that the research agreement has been signed and the first $25,000 payment was made in July; the second is due in September. We are also anticipate a status report, and perhaps some preliminary analysis, at the September meeting.
2008 Innovation Confidence Index – Michael reported that the project is under way, with 10 of the 21 participating countries having already collected their survey data. A list of the participating countries was included in the briefing notes and reviewed during the call. The project schedule for 2008 will be the same as 2007 – we can expect to announce the results in January 2009.

Dan suggested that there may be an opportunity to coordinate, or collaborate, with a survey being conducted by the World Economic Forum. The WEF is planning to survey businesses to better understand how companies are addressing issues like: external pressures on work, can computers make better decisions and situational complexities. Dan will solicit IIIP Academic Advisors for their interest in a collaborative survey.

Michael reported that the research projected approved for funding relating to Online Networks at NYU has finally been signed; we are simply waiting on a counter signature to pay the first half of the fee. The second half is due in September.

6.0Academic Advisors

Nominee: Dr. Constantine Andriopoulos Michael & Dan reviewed Costas’ prior involvement with IIIP as the researcher who compiled the Innovation Cluster report and that Costas was initially introduced to the IIIP by Jonathan Levie, an Academic Advisor since January 2007.

There was a motion and second to appoint Costas as an Academic Advisor – the motion passed.

Nominee: Dr. Stephen DeCherney Steve had left the call before this matter was discussed. After discussing Steve’s apparent interest in the Institute and his ongoing association with the University of North Carolina medical school, Steve’s candidacy as an Academic Advisor was considered.

There was a motion and second to appoint Steve as an Academic Advisor – the motion passed.

Noting that the next meeting is Thursday, August 21st from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time, the meeting was adjourned at approximately 9:30 a.m. Pacific Time

Respectfully submitted,

Michael LoBue

(for Dan Rasmus)

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