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Minutes of AJCU-EAO Annual Meeting
Sogang University, August 22-23,2006

CEO Sharing

1. Byungdoo Sohn
    (Sogang University, Korea)

As the 12th President of Sogang University, Dr. Sohn has focused on different areas of improvement such as the development of the international campus, science-park, becoming the forefront of research, and fundraising throughout the past year. With the purpose of winning the support of the alumni, he divided the alumni into several target groups, and visited each group to share the vision of Sogang University. Continuous meetings with alumni in all areas such as businessmen of big companies, journalists, parents of freshman students, alumni living abroad and so on, he currently has raised funds of up to 65 million dollars.   

2. William Kreutz, S.J.
    (Ateneo de Zamboanga, Philippines)

Fr. Kreutz has pointed out several efforts within the university to integrate the layperson into the Jesuit character of the university for the development and contribution of the community. Participation of the layperson(faculty and staff) is encouraged in all areas, and a 7 year program is being implemented to encourage the separate units and departments to not only concentrate on academic improvements, but to put a focus on using their competencies for the development of the region of Western Mindanau in the Philippines. A special program is set up by the Medical School in collaboration with the University of Calgary, Canada, and doctors in rural areas in efforts to contribute to the community by means of wireless internet connections using cell phone facilities and major communication cooperation is assisting this program. The university still lacks a program for visiting researchers and professors, and would like the cooperation of Jesuit universities and colleges.

3. Paul Wiryono, S.J.
    (Sanata Dharma University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia)

Status of SDU:

1. Efforts within the campus to support the earthquake victims which include 350 students and staff. Received aid from European countries,
2. Collaboration with three local governments which include Borneo (signed MOU to educate administrators though e-system, train high school resources, and use of renewal resources such as coal), Papua (upgrade human resources), and poor district near East Timor. Collaboration with local and central governments.  
3. 26 departments currently, 14 Jesuit personnel but need more Jesuit personnel as a Jesuit university, ways of increasing Jesuit personnel by inviting members from India if possible.  
4. 6 year leadership program is in collaboration with Loyola University of Chicago and USF which is funded by the USA, with the purpose of upgrading teachers of national high schools, catholic as well as non-Catholic. 
5. Continue to make efforts to become as a research university.

4. Lawrence McGarrell
    (Elisabeth University of the Music Hiroshima, Japan)

Fr. McGarrell has stressed that the member institutions of ACJU-EAO are similar not only in size but in that students of the institutions desire technical and practical developments. Elisabeth University, located in Hiroshima, Japan was established right after WWII. The aftermaths of the war still affect the area to this day, and Elisabeth University places its mission on finding the meaning and duty of life even through times of trouble and great tragedy. At its peak, Elisabeth University has had 700 undergraduate students and 45 full time faculty members. Currently, there are 530 undergraduate students, 70 graduate students including Masters and Doctors, and 26 academic faculty members, including the 4 Jesuit academic faculty. 

The issues regarding Elisabeth University are as follows:

1) Continuous depopulation

1. Affected recruiting, lower enrollment.
2. Faced with problem of providing the things currently provided more efficiently.
3. As a solution, restructured the 4 department into 2, and cut down on the number of faculty from 45 to 26.
4. Need the funds to pay for scholarships to keep the good students coming.  
5. Most of the students in the graduate program are international students (60 students).  

2) Addressing the question of identity as a Jesuit university

1. Motto: To form musicians of culture, competence, and compassion
2. To encourage theoretical, technical, and practical knowledge in students.
3. Focus on the ways students can use their knowledge for other people.
4. Based the curriculum upon this principle.
5. Students can acquire four different teaching licenses, and the majority of students graduate to become teachers. In this aspect, students can get involved in the lives of those in the society even when they may not be performing, and acquire influential roles in helping others. Major career placement.   

3) Financial institutional development

1. Development of foundations and use of investments in the foundations for scholarships (around 40 scholarships each year), foundations have been around for 30~40 years. 

4) Visit from Fr. Coleman last year in Japan

1. At Sophia Univ. in Tokyo lst year. Please see article in file regarding meeting and what went on during the meeting.
2. Began to address issues of identity with guidance from Fr. Coleman. 

Status of Elisabeth University of the Music Hiroshima:

1. Music school for children in three areas, a total of 220 children
2. Extension center for adult education in Hiroshima and Fukuoka for special training in music
3. Jesuit faculty: 4 full-time academic faculty, 3 members of the board
4. Religion: 1% of Christians in Japan, more than half of the Catholic Church not consisted of Japanese (mostly Philippinos). The student body at Elisabeth made up of less than 1% Catholic, but does have an active campus ministry.
5. Regarding English track: Don't offer programs completely in English, but students can complete program without completing thesis, the institute also teaches international students the Japanese language through the website and so on. No scholarships are offered for undergraduate international students. More information can be found on the website. 
6. With a focus on the integration of the layperson, there is reformation of the charter. Emphasis of the tradition of helping others focuses on the value of compassion and brings Christian values in teaching and the curriculum.

5. Sanji Yamaoka, S.J.
    (Vice president of Sophia University, Tokyo)

Sophia University has over 10,000 undergraduate students, and 1,000 graduate students with a faculty number of 500 (among whom 40 are Jesuits, 30 full-time instructors). Of the total faculty, 100 are foreigners. Sophia Univ. is known for its internationalized campus with over 1,000 students studying in the Faculty of Comparative Studies, in which all the courses are only taught in English.

Two important issues regarding Sophia Univ. which are as follows: 

1) Emphasis on the catholic identity

1. Less than 150 Catholic students on campus, efforts being made to attract more students from Catholic high schools. Most students are not Christians.
2. Training of new faculty to educate them on the catholic system and Christian, Jesuit identity.
3. In order to raise Jesuit awareness, the alumni even propose that the Jesuits on campus wear clerical shirts to make it known that Sophia is a Catholic university.

*Sophia is losing its identity as a Catholic, Jesuit institution which remains a critical issue, more things need to be done by the Jesuits to raise Jesuit Catholic awareness on campus. 

2) Uniqueness of University

1. Recovering the mission as a good, academic university.
2. Currently two outstanding private institutions in Japan, Wasaeda Univ. and Keio Univ. Sophia is seen to be ranking third among the universities, yet previously there were students who chose Sophia over the two universities.
3. Sophia is known for its emphasis on internationalization. To promote internationalization on campus, there are many programs which encourage interaction between Japanese and international students. 
4. Risk management: Prepare for natural disasters in the Tokyo area by training students and faculty and providing manuals to prepare for crisis. 

• Question (Dr. Angeles): How is it that Sophia has been losing to Wasaeda and Keio? How does Sophia try to overcome this problem?
• The size of the other two universities is twice in size compared to Sophia, but Sophia can be seen to excel in internationalization. Yet, other schools are also putting an emphasis on internationalization, therefore need to strengthen the area. 
• Comments:
  1. Fr. McGarrell: The competition between the institutions can be seen in the context of depopulation, less than 40% of students applying in any of the schools compared to previous year(fewer students applying to same number of schools). It may seem that Tokyo does not receive direct influence, but this issue may be hidden under the surface.
  2. -Fr. Park: Similar cases can be seen in USA and even Korea, there are many cases of Catholic universities falling behind to the Protestant universities. There are other cases where even the layperson seem to be losing in competition to Protestants. The issue is that Catholics only focus on theoretical points and not practical, while the Protestants focus on direct evangelization through education, integrating all areas such as manpower and mindpower. Catholics will need to confront these issues.
  3. Dr. Sohn: As the case regarding, Sogang is losing in competition to the other two private Univ. in Korea (Korea and Yonsei). We are falling behind on internationlization on the campus, while other universities are leading in internationalization. In a ranking of worldwide universities in Newsweek, Singapore and Hong Kong University ranked highly which shows that they are more internationalized. Sogang has set an objective of establishing competitveness through internationalization. In order for this to happen, we need to make the Jesuit network, which requires your support. We should make use the Jesuit global network, and focus on internationalization as an important feature in our schools. 

6. Jose Ramon Villarin, S.J.
    (President of Xavier University,
    Cagayan de Oro, Philippines):

Has been President for a year, and focused on bringing research and social development together. Put research together on four issues: poverty, environment, governance/leadership, and peace building. Also, the challenges of fundraising, making educated people of good character remain an issue. There are retreats for the whole faculty throughout the year usually facilitated by 60~70 staff members who are mainly laypeople. There are few active Jesuits in the university, but there are enthusiastic faculty who remain in the university because of their faith and religion. As a solution, efforts should be made to train the faculty through retreats and so on and involve them. 

1. Comment (Fr. McGarrell): The example of the retreat can be seen as being important for creating the background/basis for non Jesuit leadership

7. Antonio Samson, S.J.
    (President of Ateneo de Davao, University,
    Davao, Philippines):

20 years in the role as President. There are 5,800 undergraduates, and 4,000 students in the gradeschools(2 scholastics and one priest). Basically the only Jesuit member in the university. There are serious burdens facing the university. The economic burden remains a main issue, as the university supports the gradeschool and highschool and the enrollment number goes down. The province in which the university is located, also faces the problem of depopulation (province of 320 people will go down to 250 in the next ten years).     

8. Anotonette Palma-Angeles
    (Academic Vice President,
    Ateneo de Mailina University):

The university, which has three campuses, does not face problems regarding enrollment as it is one of the top three schools in the country.

1. Administrative leadership not very hierarchical and treats lay people as equals (through the consistancy of training).
2. Have organized leadership program for the laypeople to become Jesuit leaders
3. Many women faculty
4. Jesuit training found in the professional schools 
5. Emersion program
6. Research agenda for hope (set aside funds for the country's nation building) national development
7. A teaching institution rather than a research school, the point in which we find our competitiveness
8. Would like to compete with the other institutions, not in European way but in the Asian, Catholic way and not get clobbered among the international schools

9. Benedictus Sudibyo
    (St. Michael's Technical Academy, Solo, Indonesia) :

Small institution with 500 students, 6 Jesuit faculty  (4 Indonesian, 1 Swiss and 1 Polish) 

1. Most of the 500 students are male (last year 12 female students, and now only 15 female students).
2. Regarding religion, Catholics are a minority, lots of Muslims.

10. Daniel Ross, S.J.
      (Fu Jen University, Taiwan):

No Jesuits currently holding administrative positions, 4 full-time Jesuits, 10 part-time, 3 in the board of trustees out of 21 members (small input)

1. Status of Fu Jen:
2. Never truly a Jesuit school, meaning that Jesuit influence is not dominant but essential part of institution.
3. Student population is dropping but not quite as evident. Not facing problems because of the good location in a preferential place.
4. Interest in Japan, no interest in religion (students or faculty), less than 1% of Catholics in the country or the school.
5. As a Catholic institution, department for religious studies.
6. Fu Jen ranked among the private universities, some ahead of the public univ.
7. MOU between two universities in China, but not much follow-up because of the lack of English classes.

11. Joel Tabora, S.J.
     (President of the Ateneo de Naga University,
     Philippines):

The university is engaged in responding to regional problems, which include killings of students and environmental problem in the area. The university is leading in the research of an Australian company's ongoing operation of the mines near islands. These are all examples of the university stance on standing up to injustice. The university proves big housing projects in cooperation with another company in Manila to provide housing for faculty.

DAY 2:
SESSION 1

ACJU Meetings

Fr. Tabora: Trying to respond the region problem

• Research against Australian company to protect environment
• Protest in justice which will affect people in degradation of environment.
• Providing Affordable housing

Dr. Angeles: Proposal for Presentation

• MA exchange (Send students for MA's in each other universities)
• Development studies (accommodate each other students)
• Triangular relations among Jesuit school

International Programs of ADMU [Presentation]

• International strategies of Anteneo de Manila Univ.
• Expanding links in Asia and Australia & Oceania. Europe and US
• 200 students moving
• 7,400 undergraduate students
• Advertising as center for English learning
• Place for service learning
• Member universities under exchange program
• Japan is biggest partner in Asia
• 10 students from Seoul National Univ. (Many Korean students studying in AdMU because of language)
• 3 major Univ. in Singapore and one in Thailand
• Funding Organization
• Two funding body UBCHEA and ford foundation
• Goal: Training faculty member and leaders/ Encouraging active exchange program
• ford foundation
• DSA-IPC program
• Center for Training in the region
• Trying to expand link with Jesuit school in Spain
• French embassy very active to expand link with AdMU
• Partnership with Grant-giving institutions
• French embassy: scholarship program
• KAAD (Konrad Adenauer foundation: first degree program in Phil.)
• As center for English language training in Asia

1) Ateneo Center for English language teaching

• School of government course
• 297 Korean students
• Junior Term Abroad: JTA
• Student exchange program: only Seoul National Univ.
• Constraints: Travel warning
• not too many American students thus try to concentrate on Asia region
• immersion programs to encourage students get familiar with other Asia region
• Lectures and go to cultures immersion activities
• Cultural immersion trips: to get to know the culture

2) Ateneo Language learning center (ALLC)

• Growing number of Korean and Chinese student

• Promising subjects
  • Jesuit school can move students to other Jesuit
  • exchanging MA students
  • development studies
  • partnership (Triangular Relationship among jesuit schools)

Dr. Cheong: How to exchange MA level students? Does exchanging program focus on business school?

Discussion: How should we work together in the internationalization among the global front? 

• Junior studies abroad: start with business but also European studies (6-10, 11-3 semester)
• Creating a different calendar for the management students.

* Proposal for the three Asian partners: three Asian exposure programs, Joint short term programs with two other Asian countries Asian triangular relationship: three different Jesuit school for 2 weeks

Fr. McGarrell: For long term projects, financial support is needed such as financial support for tuition, air fare, and accommodation. Because students pay their own expense for tuition, airfare and expenses.

• Estimated amount for study:
  1,000US/semester, 400US/month inside city (living expenses)

Fr. Ross:    There are restrictions to attract foreign students not because of travel warning but also because of culture environment. Culture environment are as follows: Chinese are not interested in Asia region to study abroad and Asian parents are worried for students to study in different areas.
* regarding travel: same goes for the travel restriction for the Chinese, but also cultural aspects which may have students worried in studying in different areas.
- Sing and dancing as advertising can persuasive.

Fr. Park: Multi-religious culture is needed.  Asian countries want to go aboard in Europe and US. Those trends should be changed. The Jesuit universities can open up to the other neighboring universities not only the western universities, but to Cambodia and other Asian countries. For Area studies each university should change the system to make it available to study in other Jesuit school. Through those education systems, view of students can change.
The president's do not know the new mechanism, but we can make the mechanism through the network. Therefore, we together need to initiate those programs to our school internationalized and open-mined.

Fr. McGarrell: 

• Triangular relationship to exchange
• Financial commitment: There are Asian students who desire to study in different Asian countries, thus, we need to provide fund for those students to come to study in Japan.
  Country commitment to financial backing is necessary. Commitment made should be internationalized by international fund organizations.
  • Why give so much to other people? Yet, it's a value commitment.
  • Value commitment: even though internal criticism, thought of students will change and their lives will change though exchanging. ⇒ Our students will be enriched with the contact of students coming to study at Japan, you need to commit yourself to the value
• We need "parent" faculty to care for the international students and  take them evolved in extra care and extra time to support students. We need to have involved faculty who are active and willing to help the international students and care for them

Fr. Wiryono: Because of travel warning, incoming students decreases. Does AdMU have other opportunity to make other European countries and how to get support from international organization?

Fr. Kreutz: Fear about place and knowledge. Parents worry about student situation comparing to people in faculty member and research (easier)
- No Availability to take people.

• Print out note for the research/staff faculty level
• Get people to know the other schools ⇒ start and receive visitors form other schools
• Opportunity for students to go to other places.
• Sending faculty members and researchers : People in Faculty members and Research, make them to go other Jesuit school as visiting faculty and researcher.
• Finding a way to fund transportation for visiting students

Fr. Braganza: 2/3 years ago. initiative of the 2 Assistancies (South East Asia Assistancy/ South East Assistancy) which formed to encourage to have interaction, collaboration and cooperation:

• Opportunity for collaboration and cooperation and opportunity for inter assistancy level and intra assistancy level
• 26 institution Throughout India backed Assistance such as Affiliated Colleges
  Consciousness: political system does not allow universities, but affiliated to the state universities, the salaries are paid by the government which makes it possible to reach out to the poor.
• 26 institutions are spread out through India. About 9 institutions in the south, and several old traditional institutions. Most of the institutions are very well set. Undergraduate schools (English has offered as major) or, 7 post-graduate (English). With globalization pressure, English offered will be increasing. Initiative to pull the institutions together to form one university with the changing laws to form a private university.
• Topic: Possibility for collaboration and cooperation
   26 principles meet once a year for the 3 day meetings, the agenda would be "where are we in sense of international linkages" to contributing to redevelop Asia region.
• Most are undergraduate few with graduate and several postgraduate is English, Undergraduate level languages would be the local regional language. Proposal for one day workshop for the international collaboration
• -Idea: in the coming year (January and February) we can collaborate the meetings with annual meeting of the principles, dedicate one day of the annual meeting for international collaboration and invite the members of AJU-EAO to exchange with the 26 principles. 

Dr. Angeles: key is the will from the administrative leaders to work around the burdens. Key leaders and players should do efforts to move students. Offer whatever is the tolerance level is for the students. Meet the needs of the students.

Fr. Park:     Globalization is important. Educational globalization is not easy but not impossible.

• -The joint academic agreement of Sogang, Ewha, Yonsei on the undergraduate and graduate level after the interaction of the administrative leaders.
• For the next universities the deans should meet together with the presidents to sort out practical matters such as credits approval and form a concrete educational globalization.
• Breaking up the groups into two groups with schools that work with catholic institutions and non catholic institutions. Postpone this proposal for the business meetings.

Fr. Braganza: the problem for transportation would be travel. Traveling is very difficult factor for internalization.

Dr. Cheong: Mechanism to take post- graduate students as exchange?
Through the assistancy, school receives recommendation of the students from the institution to send the brightest for the post graduate study.

Fr. Braganza: Various cooperation to enhance the quality and keep it at a certain level.

Fr. McGarrell: Very difficult to make a global resolution, but Global resolution is needed to understand the other institutions.

Fr. Tabora: We have a will but need to find a way to implement it. The study abroad students pay a certain fee to study abroad at the university and with the fund, the poor students would benefit. Not every school can have financial fund from other organization.

Fr. Samson: One difficulty is language. Faculty development is necessary. Various faculty members are important to gather MA degree students

Agenda: Leadership training for Young Jesuits

• Concern that younger Jesuits are not coming in the system
• Resolution in the past: bring together younger Jesuits who have some promise in the leadership to engage them in the education sector in the east-asian assistancy
• interesting point ⇒ enables presidents to work with the younger Jesuits / work with the provincials to connect with the Jesuits.
• If we continue to agree with this resolution, it would fall on the responsibility of the next chair of the AJU-EAO. 

Fr. Kreutz:
1. Assistancy for young Jesuits
2. leadership development program:

Fr. Samson: May run into logistical problems to bring together the younger Jesuits
Gathering together younger Jesuit to introduce them educational globalization.
Presidents have dialogue with younger Jesuits: Work out process of change.
Through this, many of them attracted to leadership. To make younger Jesuits  be interested it,

Fr.Park: The provincial would not know how to go about moving the younger jesuits whose interest may be in the simple easy responsibilities. There is a lack of scholastic Jesuits. Provincial should wake up to get warn.

• We need to learn how to work together with the lay person whether they are catholic or not catholic. The directors and the deans need to come together to come up with a resolution.  Collaboration is important.

Fr. Tabora: should we keep the resolution or not?

Fr. McGarrell: not comfortable only limiting it to the Jesuit scholastics

Fr. Tabora: promising young Jesuits to come together from various countries to exchange with one another (in relevance with the future Jesuit leadership).
Ordained Jesuits between the 30~40 for educational leadership.
Many are leaders but not necessarily confined to the university leadership.

Fr. Villarin: Encouraging individual Province to have own problems and then come together. Have the individual provinces handle

Fr. Kreutz : Internalizing and unifying great goal: It would be interesting to meet with the younger Jesuits with the younger presidents which would be meaningful in itself, this would add value. Meeting for younger Jesuit in neutral region can be recommended. Make template for other provincial
Smaller meeting with 2-3 presidents and 2-3 priests from each province is encouraging very well.

Fr. Tabora: Work things on small but meaningful aspects and have the experience pay for itself. Do we want to have a leadership training seminar for the young Jesuits?
Do we agree? (we would work with the provincials to bring the people in)
Are there objections?
The resolution is carried.

Fr. Park: With big Campus society meeting for 40 or 50 universities, evangelization can be achieved.

DAY 2:
SESSION 2

Meeting of the Board of AJCU-EAO

1. Overview:

• -Constitution is more permanent and bylaws more changeable.
• -Constitutional change requires 2/3 votes by the membership, and by-laws can be changed by the majority of votes at any meeting of the AJCU-EAO because the meetings are not held often.  
• -High educational institution & Jesuit endeavor to work on high education: 
• (ex) Jesuit presence at Fu Jen University, which is not dominant but can be recognized. 
• -Previous meetings in which the board agreed on establishing bottom up relations among the member institutions to encourage more bilateral or triangular relations, but the constitution covers all aspects. 
• Majority of memberships (quorum) carries a resolution
• Secretariat comes under the CEO who organizes and supervises
• -Treasures should be a CEO
• -Best to have principles attend the meeting but in the case of in attendance, we can reach a consensus and contact them later on.

2. Proposed Changes in Constitution and By-Laws

• In the first paragraph of Article II, the phrase may be changed to include the word "intercultural" which touches upon a major issue in the area.
  <After> and so in higher education to propagate faith, promote justice, appreciate culture, and engage in intercultural and inter religious dialogue.

Fr. Kreutz: intercultural and inter religious are important.

• The term CEO may be vague because the form of leadership varies according to each institution. Agreed that the member institution will declare to the ACJU-EAO who the appointed CEO is, phrase to be built in the constitution to include the above meaning.

Fr. McGarrell: School systems are different among countries: presidents in charge of academic affairs. Sometimes some presidents cannot be appropriate as representatives.   ex) Sophia Univ. has election design for chancellors

Fr.Tabora: Jesuits schools will declare who the CEO is but there should be ultimate responsibility.

Fr.Tabora: This JCEAO is opened to other members.

• Suggestion that the treasurer does not necessarily need to be a CEO member, it may be easier for the CEO Chairman to appoint the treasurer who may not be a member of the board. The chairman can compose his own office as in the case of ACUCA. Agreed that the treasurer may be decided by the CEO, and does not necessarily a board member. 

Fr. Samson: Requirement of CEOs
      Q: Treasurers are nominated by CEO and confirmed by Board (Carried)

Fr. Tabora:
       New members apply and then they are accepted by board
       2 committee: Board of Committee and Executives committee

• For constitutional change, suggestion to change "two-thirds" to the majority.

Fr. Samson: We are 13 members in ACJU meetings. According to Quorum is 50% +1 is only 6 members. thus it should be change from 50%+1 to majority of members.

• The fiscal year will be July 1st to June 30th (two months to prepare report).
   - 2 months earlier meeting is more appropriate to prepare the report. (July 3rd)
• Suggestion for the constitution of a bylaw to define the things done by "referandum".

Fr. Park: We have complicated constitution and by laws. thus, we need to simplify the proposal on constitution and by laws.

Fr. Samson: Constitution and by-laws give a guideline and basic structure.
        Referendum must include answer (yes or no).

• We, secretariat, need to oversees and updates the webpage
• Theme, speakers and venue, the thing discussed next meeting will be decided by board
• 11 charter members: 1 regular member

3. Election of Officers

• Current Chairman: Fr. Joel Tabora, S.J. (President of the Ateneo de Naga Univ.)
  Newly Appointed Chairman: Fr. Joel Tabora, term extended.
  Term: 3 years

*By the will of the body, build in the vice-chair position with the following roles:
To minimally reside in the meetings that the chair cannot participate.
To fill in for the chair during cases of extended absence.  
-Term: Chair or vice chair for 3 years

Nomination: Dr. Byungdoo Sohn
Reason for Nomination: Great interest for strengthening of relations between northeast and Southeast Asia institutions. Suggested that the vice-chair should be from Northeast Asia in order to facilitate communication. Also emphasis on the effort to integrate the late person.      
Vice-chairman: Dr. Byungdoo Sohn (President of Sogang University) 
Term: 3 years

4. Approval of Budget for 2006-2006

- Proposed budget for the appointment of an executive secretary and opening up a web site which uses international server.
- Suggestion that the budget should be used for concrete special projects in line with the Jesuit mission.

Fr. Park: more sound budget for concrete projects. Bigger budget is more needed for innovation and creative program. Radical reformation of association is needed and we need a profound new structure.

Fr. McGarrell: Most of the suggested concrete projects should involve a grant. The dues were finalized only three years ago. We need to grants to develop text for training students

Fr. Braganza: some secretariats need to have the members come together. The radical element should come at the institutional level. The budget level is pretty much among the desired level. to include common projects.

Fr. Wiryono: The bylaws include already set guidelines for special projects. Radical reform should be done based on constitution. Campus ministry groups in Philippines meet once a year. Because of number of catholic schools we have, Philippine catholic schools are various than other east asia countries and different from schools in Korea or Taiwan. looking for areas of special interest and linking them among the schools, should be the role of the chairman. Members should write Joel with suggestions.

Fr. Villarin: Expanding membership: more donations can be resourced. 30 dollars per month will be spent to put up website.

Fr. Park: Budget should not only include the daily expenses but concrete budget for big projects which conform to the Jesuit tradition (maybe $5,000 or more). In addition, We need to raise money for campus minister meeting and meeting of dean from international cooperation department. Membership fee should be higher.

Fr. Wiryono: For the Cambodian project, there can be way to ask for assistance for special project. 5,000 Cambodia projects are well received. It doesn't necessarily have to collect more annual fee. We should gather idea to have a project, find the funding needs, and sharing ideas and then push on to collect funds to refund projects.

Fr. Tabora: We decided that we were not ready to work on common projects but decided to work bilaterally within the association on projects. When it reaches a certain momentum, we should decide on a common project.

Fr. Park: We should set the vision of what we should do. Concrete vision is needed. The universities should be quicker to move, we should have to convince our provincials if we have to.

Dr. Sohn: we need to find one or two common project, and amount of money and budget needed. Thus, we need to finance for the common project.

Fr. Tabora: A special project would be the training for the young jesuits done today. The special project will pay for itself in this case. so far, we allow the schools to be responsible for representative fees, and need fees to run itself.

Fr. McGarrell: Scholarships for international studies in a catholic university. Scholarships need a standing fund, and there should be long planning for the purpose. It is necessary to take a step and continue to discuss of 2007 budget to gain donation and fund organization in the long term aspect. But at the moment it would be difficult to move towards the direction under the current circumstances.

Fr. Tabora: All in support of the budget, those who are for the budget
→ 8 votes: favor for approval of budget 2007
No one against the budget. Should we run in the direction of common projects.
produce a subgroup of the AJCU-EAO. One group to serve catholic groups and another to serve predominant christian groups. It would help with the communication and meetings between Sogang Japan, Furehn on one kind, and facilitate the meetings between the two groups. There hae been concerns regarding lack of communication between some members because of so much difference. Sogang, Furhen, Sophia serving vastly the non-Christan population. the other group would include the Ateneo, St. Micheales, and so on with huge dominant population.

Fr. McGarrell: Level of board created need to have two sub group predominantly non-christen group and christen group. Common project and sharing information between universities with non christen population and universities with christen population are necessary to achieve internationalization. We draw across both dimensions going at the same time for administrative efficiency and contact one institution in the group to contact others. It is necessary to recognize the differences to strengthen bilateral relations. The subgroups should facilitate during and before the annual meeting. It may be easier to carry on projects in subgroups with common features.

Fr. Tabora: No need for formal structure, start with bilateral cooperation. leave it up to this point and move on. Two subgroups can be more efficient to communicate within sub group and more structural to encourage. Sub-group meeting is in between annual meetings

Fr. Kreutz: It is necessary to have one discussion time for one big group and another discussion time for sub groups.
Fr. Tabora: Bilateral and trilateral structures are appropriate.

5. Approval of Next Meeting, Theme, Speakers

1) Theme
To address the topic of globalization touching on global and secular values, and the mission as Jesuit university.

• Covering the following areas: 
• Globalization:  values of globalization, gospel values, conflicts between these values
• Integration of globalization in gospel value with evangelization
• Jesuit education of the apostolate in the multi-cultural asian context
• Ways to carry out the Jesuit mission and identity in the global context
• Suggestion to work on bilateral student exchange among the member institutions, and make report in which the results can be shared at next year's meeting.
• It is necessary to make an proposal on student exchange programs for concrete student exchange program.

2) Speaker

• -Suggestion for two speakers, one main speaker from inside group and another speakers from outside group.
• -Suggestion for two speakers, one main speaker and one speaker representing the culture of the asian countries as a response
• -Nomination for speakers:
• Scholar also an educator from Georgetown University who is a lay person but very devoted regarding Jesuit matters 
• President of Loyola Chicago University (Fr. Granell)

3) Location
The location of next year's ACJU-EAO meeting will be decided in regards to the location of the ASEACCU meeting. 

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