International Cartographic Association Association Cartographique Internationale Directory 2011–2015 1 Published by the International Cartographic Association ©2011. Cover photo: ICA Executive Committee and commission chairs (2011–2015), composition by Manuela Schmidt. Parts of this material are reproduced on the ICA web site at www.icaci.org: any other reproduction of the contents of this directory is forbidden. Please send all additions, corrections and modifications to the Secretary General & Treasurer ([email protected]). 2 Introduction to the International Cartographic Association ......................................................... 5 Section I – Strategic Documents ............................................................................................... 7 Strategic Plan ................................................................................................................................ 9 Research Agenda ........................................................................................................................ 33 Section II – Statutes and By-Laws .......................................................................................... 49 Statutes and By-Laws ................................................................................................................. 51 ICA Foundation for Supporting Cartography and Geographic Information .............................. 60 Section III – Operational Guidelines ...................................................................................... 61 Guidelines to National Member Organisations .......................................................................... 63 Guidelines for ICA Officers ....................................................................................................... 65 Guidelines for ICA Conferences and General Assemblies ........................................................ 70 Guidelines for ICA Conferences and General Assemblies of Delegates ............................. 70 Standard Call for Papers ....................................................................................................... 84 Guidelines for National reports ............................................................................................ 86 ICA Travel Awards .............................................................................................................. 87 General Guidelines for the Endorsement of Conferences .......................................................... 88 Barbara Petchenik Children’s Maps Competition ...................................................................... 89 ICA Procedures for Archiving ................................................................................................... 92 Publications ................................................................................................................................ 93 Publications: Rules and Guidelines ...................................................................................... 93 Publications of ICA .............................................................................................................. 95 Section IV – Reference Book ................................................................................................... 97 Executive Committee ................................................................................................................. 99 Commission Chairs .................................................................................................................. 101 Terms of Reference of Commissions and Working Groups 2011–2015 ................................. 117 Member Nations ....................................................................................................................... 130 Affiliate Members .................................................................................................................... 138 Auditors .................................................................................................................................... 141 Sister Societies ......................................................................................................................... 142 Memoranda of Understanding .................................................................................................. 143 ICA Journals ............................................................................................................................. 144 Newsletter ................................................................................................................................. 145 ICA Website ............................................................................................................................. 146 Awards of ICA ......................................................................................................................... 147 History of ICA .......................................................................................................................... 151 3 4 This booklet contains information related to issues of journals to grow their research and the organisation of the International development areas. Cartographic Association. It provides succinct information about the organisation The hallmark of the ICA has always been for the period 2011–2015. inclusiveness, and the organisation strives for global reach and international inclusion. The International Cartographic Association What can be said about the ICA is that it is (ICA) is the pre-eminent international body focused on cooperation and collaboration in for Cartography and Geographic Information the wide field of Cartography and GI (GI) Science. It is the world authoritative Science. body for Cartography, the discipline dealing with the conception, production, dissemination and study of maps. Its Georg Gartner mission is to promote the discipline and President, International Cartographic profession of Cartography in an international Association context. Since being founded in 1959, ICA has worked with national and international governmental and commercial bodies, and with other international societies, to achieve its aims. To do this an Executive Committee is elected every four years at a General Assembly. The Executive Committee, under the leadership of the President, develops and implements plans for conferences, publications, links to sister societies and outreach programmes. The ICA has developed a scientific research programme, which addresses a number of areas: • Geographic Information; • Metadata and SDIs; • Geospatial Analysis and Modelling; • Usability; • Geovisualization and Visual Analytics; • Map Production; • Cartographic Theory; • History of Cartography and GI Science; • Neocartography; • Education; • Society. This programme is conducted through Commissions and Working Groups. The Commissions and Working Groups hold regular fora and publish books and special 5 6 Section I – Strategic Documents 7 8 Foreword1 The International Cartographic Association is led by its Executive Committee, which undertakes the plans and activities that are endorsed by the General Assembly of member nations for implementation in the four years following each General Assembly. The Executive Committee is supported by the Chairs and vice-Chairs of Commissions and Working Groups, the Editor of ICA News, the Chairs of the Publications Committee, the Awards Committee, and the Statutes Committee. During the twenty-first century, the plans and activities of the Association have been directed by the Strategic Plan. The document you are now reading is a new edition of the Strategic Plan. It builds upon the previous plan (2003-2011) which included a review of the Association and provided a considered framework for developing the Association and advancing its aims. The previous work included an independent analysis by former ICA Vice-President David Rhind, presented at the 15th Conference/9th General Assembly in Bournemouth, UK, in 1991, and published in the Proceedings (Rhind, 1991). Professor Rhind’s ideas and earlier contributions to EC discussions led to various changes, including a new set of aims, which is still in place today. This was followed by the publication of a formal Strategic Plan for 2003-2011, prepared by the ICA Executive Committee, with input from the Commission Chairs, and edited by former ICA President Michael Wood. A preliminary version was reviewed by former ICA President Joel Morrison, former ICA Vice-President Judy Olson and David Rhind. The Strategic Plan for 2003-2011 was adopted by the Delegates at the ICA General Assembly in Durban, South Africa in 2003. This document contains the Association’s Strategic Plan for 2011-2019. It further develops the 2003-2011 Strategic Plan, and is presented as a set of guidelines for the management and development of the ICA over the next eight years. This Strategic Plan was developed by the 2007-2011 Executive Committee, with inputs from Commission and Working Group Chairs and vice-Chairs. The initial document was further developed by a review group consisting of ICA Secretary-General & Treasurer David Fairbairn, former ICA Secretary-General & Treasurer Ferjan Ormeling, former ICA President Bengt Rystedt and Michael Wood. The Executive Committee of the International Cartographic Association presented this 2011- 2019 Strategic Plan for approval at the Association’s 15th General Assembly, Paris, France, on July 8th, 2011. It was subsequently endorsed by delegates