The membership is asked to review these documents and vote to accept (or not) the first two documents during the members meeting to be held at the 2004 SCB Annual Meeting in New York City. The meeting is sheduled for 15:30 Sunday, 1 August 2004.
During May-Jun 2004, a total of 93 persons sent comments on the draft SCB "Statement of Values" that was published in the spring SCB Newsletter. All comments were submitted via e-mail. One virus-infected e-mail was deleted unread and is not included in this total. Eighteen persons commended the document and urged its approval in its current form. The other 75 respondents supported the spirit and intent of the Statement of Values, but suggested constructive modifications. Responses were received from USA (63), Canada (6), UK (2), and Australia (2), with 1 comment each from Chile, Democratic Republic of Congo, France, Israel, Netherlands, Papua New Guinea, Sweden, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Republic of South Africa, Switzerland, and Taiwan. The geographic location of 8 respondents was not determined. The ad-hoc committee was pleased with the large number of responses, as well as the constructive spirit in which comments were made.
In early July 2004, Erica Fleishman and Paul Beier revised the statements in light of the comments, and circulated this draft to the ad-hoc committee at the same time (July 8 2004) as this was submitted for inclusion in the BOG Briefing Book. After the rest of the ad-hoc committee provides comments, the final proposed text will appear on the SCB website by 20 July 2004. The text as of 20 July 2004 will be presented to the membership for a vote (with no possibility for amendments) at the Members Meeting in New York on 1 August 2004.