Present: Ani Aprahamian, Bruce Boghosian, Mark Chenian, Vicken Cheterian, Nina Hovnanian, Karnig Kerkonian, Artak Melkonyan, Mary Papazian, Vatche Sahakian
Absent: Deana Arsenian, Paul Boghossian, Rachel Goshgarian, Adam Kablanian, Nerses Yeritsyan
Quorum was estalished, meeting opened at 8:07am Pacific time.
57 in-person attendees confirmed, 50-80 remote attendees.
Tentative program
June 27 Morning: Presentations from task forces. 15 min per presentation + 10 min questions/discussion. Current lineup:
Center for Advanced Sciences & Technology
Physical Sciences
Biological Sciences
Environmental Sciences
Institute of Social Sciences
Economics
Political Science
Sociology
Humanitities
Philosophy and Ethics
International Law & Human Rights
Summary of other directions in progress: Media, Communications, and Languages, Applied Health Sciences, History and Anthropology, Assessment and Education
Lunch:
At monastary hosted by the Mkhitarist Order
Afternoon:
Round table/discussion forum:
General outline below; details and format to be ironed out between Ani, Bruce, Karnig, Vicken, and Vatche:
Establishment, context, and purpose of the Society, the 44-day war and the aftermath
The relevance of the Society to provide structural answers that led to the 2020 failures; strategies and directions for the future
Future vision for Armenia and Armenians, in education, sciences, and in general policy vis-à-vis the region
Executive session of the Board: Agenda forthcoming
June 28 Informal networking day, small groups can meet at monastery, Murat-Raffaelian, or other venues.
Venice logistics: The Society, through funding from the Central Bank of Armenia, will set up the Srabian conference room as a modern tele-conferencing room for 60 people in return for the hospitality offered by the Mkhitarist Order. The task is projected to be within the approved budget of $10,000.
Extend additional invitations to the Venice conference to:
Nana Nazarian & Garen Nazarian
Carolyn Mugar
Nubar Afeyan
Eric Esraelian
Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sports
Minister of High-Tech Industry
Minister of Economy
President of Armenia
Bertrand Venard
Sheila Paylan
Hovhannes Hovhannisyan
Armen Darbinyan
Armen Sarkisyan
Gegham Stepanyan
Approved Founders: Ani Aprahamian, Mary Papazian, Vatche Sahakian.
Approved BOT: Ani Aprahamian (Chair of BOT), Bruce Boghosian, Nina Hovnanian, Adam Kablanian, Mary Papazian, Vatche Sahakian, Nerses Yeritsyan
Interim Director to be identified by Ani and Nina
Vatche will look into over the Summer
Membership and nominations
Currently, we have 157 Fellows from 19 countries.
New approved candidates: