Note from Director..

Welcome to the first issue of 2002 ATPAC(Canada) News, the newsletter of ATPAC’s Canada Region. We hope that this communication will help us inform the Canadian members of recent developments in ATPAC and Thailand. Our Association has been working closely with organizations in Thailand for over a decade, mainly in the forms of collaborative research, training, technology transfer, teaching at the higher education level and bringing resources from North America to Thailand. The collaboration of ATPAC with Thailand, which was mainly in science and technology in the early 1990s, has recently expanded to cover other areas, such as agriculture, education, health sciences, humanities and social sciences. We plan to recruit professionals in other disciplines, including law, management (business and trade) and pre-university education, to address the needs from Thailand. We would like to congratulate and welcome you as part of this important network.

Your opinions are important to us. Please feel free to send your concerns, news or articles for publication in this Newsletter to me at jitra@ualberta.ca

Thank you for your support for ATPAC (Canada).

Jitra Kriangkum, Ph.D.

Upcoming Events

Election

ATPAC is currently holding an election for 2 Advisory Board members and 1 US Western Regional Director. The ballot has been mailed to voting members. If you are a paid regular member and have not received the ballot by January 20, 2002, please contact Khun Nivat Chainarongpinij, Chair of the Nominating Committee, at atpac@canada.com

Regional Meeting

Canada Region will hold the next executive meeting in Edmonton on February 2, 2002 at Alumni House, University of Alberta. The minutes of this meeting will be prepared and made available to members upon request.

Recent Activities

Membership Drive

On December 8, 2001, ATPAC (Canada) organized a membership drive at Holiday Inn Yorkdale in Toronto. ATPAC (Canada) wishes to thank our Toronto representative, Khun Samerjai Jitapee, Dr. Artnarong Thansandote and Khun Nivat Chainarongpinij who organized and conducted this highly successful meeting. Special thanks also go to Dr. Pimarn Chanvarnichborikarn for putting together an e-mail address list of the participants. A total of 8 new members were recruited. Congratulations to the new members and welcome to ATPAC.

ATPAC Board of Directors and Professional Group Leaders Meeting

On November 9-11, 2001, ATPAC held a joint meeting of the Board of Directors and the Professional Group leaders at Holiday Inn Rolling Meadows in Chicago. The minutes of this meeting, once approved by the Board, will be available to members upon request.

Regional Meeting August 28, 2001

The Canada Region held an executive meeting in Edmonton on August 28, 2001. The minutes of this meeting may be requested from Khun Sirinda Kusump at skusump@ualberta.ca

Please visit ATPAC(Canada)’s website at: www.geocities.com/atpac_canada/mainpage.htm

Also visit ATPAC’s website at: www.atpac.org

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