The Agenda was accepted unopposed.

No remarks. Minutes approved.

The new version of the EASM charter will be soon available. In meanwhile the latest amendments to the charter proposed by the Board concerning the changes in the voting procedures were illustrated: according to these changes, from the next elections postal vote will be allowed and candidatures must be presented in advance, by at least two regular EASM members of two different countries. Only European citizens or residents or European born can be elected in the Board. The Secretary General reported about the new fee policy to be adopted for the year 2001-2002 starting from the next Congress.

The financial report was approved (see the annex 1)

The General Secretary reported that the official members of EASM for 1999/00 were 154 with an increase of 45 members, compared to 1999-2000. An increase in library subscriptions from 25 to 27 was also reported.

A short report on the state of the Journal was presented. Three issues of the journal (including a special issue) were printed in 1999, again with the decisive support of the University of San Marino, which will terminate at the end of 2000. San Marino is however willing to support Easm for the future for other initiatives. In 2000 only the special issue edited by M. Brunelli on "Managing Professional Football in a changing environment" has been published and distributed to the members. The two regular issues are expected respectively at the beginning of November and at the end of the year. The problems in assembling the issues and the slowness of the refereeing process of the new articles have delayed this process.

The EASM Board has appointed Trevor Slack as a new editor of the journal from 2001; Mike Collins, the former editor will ensure the publication of the last two issues of 2000. Trevor Slack has illustrated the new strategy of the journal: the name of the journal will be changed (precising its new quarterly periodicity), the editor will take full editorial control, with a consequent substantial change in the composition of the editorial board. The new editorial board will be however composed in large majority by Europeans and members of EASM. San Marino will be replaced as publisher by Meyer & Meyer, that have submitted an interesting proposal. The final terms of the deal with Meyer & Meyer will be decided during a next meeting between EASM (represented by the president and the Secretary General) and the publisher by the end of September 2000. The president thanked the managing editor, Corrado Beccarini for his invaluable support to the production of the journal.

From April 5^th 2000, the new website of EASM (www. easm.org) was started with the goal of both facilitating the communication and exchange of information between members and the marketing of the association. The web site contains sections on the Congresses, the Journal, the membership conditions, national associations and initiatives. The EASM newsletter will be published in electronic format on the web site, with a new philosophy more oriented to the practitioners. The web site will generate new kind of activities and circulation of udpated information, including contributions in languages different from English and links with other information providers. The Secretary General will act as web master of the Web sites and develop the future plans. The CD-ROM with the proceedings of all the past EASM congresses will be soon ready and used as a marketing tools.

The EASM commissions are developing important initiatives to increase the impact and visibility of the association. In particular the PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND CONTINUING EDUCATION TASK FORCE, led by Demis Musso has reported about some initiatives for a new project. A specific meeting of this commission including Musso, Beccarini, Whitrod Brown, Madella and Marchioni will be organised in paris on October 13^th. The Educational Commission, on its turn, has organised with success the European Sports Management Seminar for the students and has produced a new brochure about the European University Diploma and the European Master in Sport Management of the SMC which has been edited and presented by Marijke Taks.

Mel Welch, having been elected Member of the board left the Financial Commission, where he has been replaced by Roeland Geertzen.

Information about the 2001 Congress in Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain-Basque Countries) was presented and commented on in detail by the Organising Committee. The topic of the Congress will be "Leadership in Human Resource Managment". A students’ seminar will be organised at the same time, with the support of the INEF Catalunya. A strict relationship with the Scientific Committee of EASM will be kept.

Two other future congresses were also briefly presented: the organisers for 2002, University of Jyvaskyla (Finland) and for 2003 Swedish Sport Confederation, Stockholm, diffused some information on the the venue and organisational background of the congresses. 2002 Congress will be also the Meeting of the International Alliance for Sport management.

The next General assembly will take place during the EASM Congress in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2001