[cmath] News from ICMI - 1. NISS volumes at a discount 2. ICMI slate

[emuller at brocku.ca]

I have received the following information from Bernard R. Hodgson
Secretary-General of ICMI (International Commission on Mathematical
Instruction).

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1. How to get the NISS volumes at a discount:

This note is related to the "ICMI DISCOUNT" ON 
THE NISS VOLUMES accessible to individuals 
interested in the activities of ICMI and 
purchasing these books for personal use.

Springer has recently announced a new procedure 
for obtaining the ICMI society discount when 
ordering the books published in the New ICMI 
Study Series (NISS) through the Springer website 
(cf NISS homepage 
http://www.springeronline.com/series/6351).

The following Token Numbers have been issued by Springer:

Token for Hardbound: YSwE925dq6SEdhk
Token for Softbound: C6zHr25NZDdFAay

In order to obtain the society discount granted 
to ICMI, individuals should enter the respective 
tokens when asked to during the ordering process, 
on the bottom of the payment screen.

The ICMI society discount is a 60% discount on 
all NISS series hardbound volumes and a 25% 
discount on all softbound volumes within the 
series.

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2. ICMI slate:

The Executive Committee of the International 
Mathematical Union has recently announced the 
composition of the slate of candidates for the 
election of the next ICMI Executive Committee:

International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)
     * President: Michèle Artigue (France)
     * Secretary-General: Bernard R. Hodgson (Canada)
     * Vice Presidents: Jill Adler (South Africa), 
William (Bill) Barton (New Zealand)
Members at Large (7 candidates for 5 posts)
     * Maria G. (Mariolina) Bartolini Bussi (Italy)
     * Jaime Carvalho e Silva (Portugal)
     * Olimpia Figueras (Mexico)
     * Celia Hoyles (UK)
     * S. Kumaresan (India)
     * Frederick K.S. Leung (Hong Kong)
     * Alexei Semenov (Russia)

I remind you that this election will take place 
during the General Assembly of IMU, next August, 
in Santiago de Compostela.

This IMU GA will also be presented with 
amendments to the procedure for the election of 
the ICMI EC.  One consequence would be that the 
following election of the ICMI EC would happen 
during the General Assembly of ICMI which will 
take place in 2008 on the occasion of ICME-11. 
As a transition measure, the next ICMI EC will 
serve for a three-year term (2007-2009).

Considering the current procedure for election, 
the above slate is being formally submitted by 
the IMU EC to the IMU GA. Still the proposed new 
model for the preparation of the ICMI EC slate, 
including the formation and action of an ICMI 
Nominating Committee with mandate to prepare this 
slate, has been implemented for the 2006 
election.  The slate submitted by the 2006 ICMI 
Nominating Committee had the status of advice to 
the IMU EC.

The 2006 ICMI Nominating Committee is composed as follows:
Mogens Niss        (Chair, Denmark)
John Ball                (IMU President, UK)
Hyman Bass        (ICMI President, USA)
Victor Vassiliev        (Russia)
Tomas Recio        (Spain)
Guenter Toerner        (Germany)
Lim-Teo Suat Khoh        (Singapore)

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Professor Bernard Hodgson is one of the most active members 
of the present ICMI Executive.  Both ICMI and Canada 
are fortunate that he will continue as Secretary-General for 
another term.

With best wishes for a pleasant and productive summer
Eric Muller
ICMI Representative for Canada