1. Election of Vice President and President Elect
The candidates were Prof. Srinivasan Chandrasekaran (India) and Prof. Kazuyuki Tatsumi (Japan). Prof. Tatsumi was elected.
2. Election of Members of the Bureau
The following were elected to the Bureau:
Prof. Maria C.E. van Dam–Mieras (Netherlands)
Mr. Colin Humphris (UK)
Prof. Stanislaw Penczek (Poland)
Prof. Elsa Reichmanis (USA)
Prof. Itamar Willner (Israel)
Prof. Qi-Feng Zhou (China/Beijing)
3. The Bureau elected the following members to the Executive Committee: Dr. Anders Kallner (Sweden), Prof. Elsa Reichmanis (USA), and Prof. Natalia Tarasova (Russia).
4. The appointments of the following Division Officers were approved. The names of officers continuing their current terms of office are included for completeness.
Physical and Biophysical Chemistry Division
President: A. J. McQuillan (New Zealand)
Vice President: K. Yamanouchi (Japan)
Secretary: R. Marquardt (France)
Inorganic Chemistry Division
President: K. Tatsumi (continues, Japan)
Vice President: R. D. Loss (continues, Australia)
Secretary: L. V. Interrante (continues, US)
Note: With the election of Prof. Tatsumi as IUPAC Vice President, Prof. Loss becomes Division President and an election will be held for a new Division Vice President.
Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division
President: G. J. Koomen (Netherlands)
Vice President: K. N. Ganesh (India)
Secretary: M. J. Garson (continues, Australia)
Polymer Division
President: C. K. Ober (continues, US)
Vice President: M. Buback (continues, Germany)
Secretary: M. Hess (continues, Germany)
Analytical Chemistry Division
President: A. Fajgelj (continues, Slovenia)
Vice President: M. F. Camões (Portugal)
Secretary: D. B. Hibbert (continues, Australia)
Chemistry and the Environment Division
President: N. Senesi (continues, Italy)
Vice President: L. McConnell (United States)
Secretary: W. J. G. M. Peijnenburg (continues, Netherlands)
Chemistry and Human Health Division
President: D. M. Templeton (continues, Canada)
Vice President: F. Pontet (France)
Secretary: M. Schwenk (Germany) correction made after Council meeting
Chemical Nomenclature and Structure Representation Division
President: R. M. Hartshorn (New Zealand)
Vice President: None for 2010-11
Secretary: T. Damhus (continues, Denmark)
5. Council approved the applications of the following organizations for National Adhering Organization Status.
Institute of Chemistry Ceylon
National Research Fund Luxembourg
Institut Kimia Malaysia
Saudi Chemical Society
Chemical Society of Thailand
Société Chimique de Tunisie
The application of the Academy of Science of Moldova was incomplete and was therefore not approved.
6. Council approved a revised set of Statutes and Bylaws.
7. Council approved the appointment of Batchelor, Tillery and Roberts, LLP, of Raleigh, North Carolina USA as IUPAC Auditors for 2009 and 2010.
8. Council approved the proposed budget for 2010-11, including a 3 % increase in the total National Subscription for each year of the biennium.
9. Council approved the termination of the National Adhering Organization status of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus as of 31 December 2009 unless payment in full is received of the National Subscriptions for 2006 through 2009 before 31 December 2009.
10. Council approved the applications of the International Chemistry Olympiad and the Federation of African Societies of Chemistry for Associated Organization status.
11. Council approved the termination of the Associated Organization status of the African Association for Pure and Applied Chemistry.
12. Council approved new Division Rules for the Chemistry and Environment and the Chemistry and Human Health Divisions.
13. Council approved a proposal from the Turkish Chemical Society to host the General Assembly and Congress in August 2013
14. Council approved a proposal from the Korean Chemical Society to host the General Assembly and Congress in August 2015
15. Council reauthorized the Commission on Physicochemical Symbols, Terminology and Units, the Commission on Isotopic Abundances and Atomic Weights, and the IUBMB-IUPAC Joint Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature (JCBN).
16. Council approved a motion that the one language in which the official records of the meetings of the Council, Bureau, and Executive Committee shall be kept and published will be English for the period 2010-13.