Copenhagen 4. October 2002

Present:

Marian Koren (substitute for Jan-Ewout van der Putten)
Norma McDermott
Maria José Moura
Jens Thorhauge

The meeting was held as a brief follow-up immediately after the founding meeting.

Referring to § 9 in the draft constitution and after some consideration, it was agreed that no change would at present be made in the constitution. DNLA will take steps to give NAPLE its appropriate legal form.

It was furthermore decided to count UK as a founding member and in consequence accept Chris Batt as a member of the board.

The Danish National Library Authority’s offer to act as secretariat and host the NAPLE homepage for the next two years was accepted. The board will in the first place try to encourage members to be active in sharing relevant national information in the electronic newsletter available on the homepage.

The NAPLE conference web will from January 2003 be transformed into a NAPLE web. An electronic newsletter will be published – the first one at the end of this year.

The first edition will serve as an example for what kind of items members were encouraged to share. A closed discussion list can be arranged later.

The NAPLE report will be revised and published on the homepage, including the NAPLE statement.

A press release on the conference and the founding of NAPLE will be prepared by Jens.

It was decided that the annual member fee will be 50 Euro – to be collected for two years in a year (or in connection with the first biannual conference).

The board did not elect any officers.

Next board meeting will take place in connection with the Pulman conference 14.-15. March 2003.

Minutes taken by
Jens Thorhauge