This archive stores minutes from all General Meetings, reports of the IASPM Executive Committee (EC), minutes of the meetings of the Executive Committee, reports of the IASPM Board of Representatives, and important EC letters to the members. Warning: as most of these documents were reconstructed by OCR (Optical Character Recognition), and some of the original papers had a bad print-out quality, they might contain mistakes.
A. Minutes of the International General Meetings
9 June 2023 Minneapolis, United States (22nd General Meeting)
1 July 2021 Online via Zoom (21st General Meeting)
27 June 2019 Canberra, Australia (20th General Meeting)
29 June 2017 Kassel, Germany (19th General Meeting)
02 July 2015 Campinas, Brazil (18th General Meeting)
27 June 2013 Gijón, Spain (17th General Meeting)
30 June 2011 Grahamstown, South Africa (16th General Meeting)
16 July 2009 Liverpool, England (15th General Meeting)
28 June 2007 Ciudad de México, Mexico (14th General Meeting)
29 July 2005 Rome, Italy (13th General Meeting)
06 July 2003 Montreal, Canada (12th General Meeting)
09 July 2001 Turku, Finland (11th General Meeting)
12 July 1999 Sydney, Australia (10th General Meeting)
30 July 1997 Kanazawa, Japan (9th General Meeting)
05 July 1995 Glasgow, Scotland (8th General Meeting)
14 July 1993 Stockton, California/USA (7th General Meeting)
18 July 1991 Berlin, Germany (6th General Meeting)
19 July 1989 Paris, France (5th General Meeting)
19 July 1987 Accra, Ghana (4th General Meeting)
13 July 1985 Montréal, Canada (3rd General Meeting) [Appendix A: Electoral Officers and Voting Procedures at the General Meeting]
1983 Reggio Emilia, Italy — What is Popular Music?
1982 Report “Foundation of IASPM” & “Securing a Future”
1981 Amsterdam (Netherlands) — Popular Music Perspectives
B. Reports of the Executive Committee to Members and General Meeting
2021-2023 EC Report of the Executive Committee to the General Meeting of IASPM
2019-22021 Executive Committee Report.
Agenda for the online (due to pandemic) General Meeting, 1 July, 2021.
Agenda for the General Meeting at the Australian National University, Canberra, 27 June 2019
2017-2019 Executive Committee Report in preparation of the General Meeting at the Australian National University, Canberra, 27 June 2019
Annual report of the IASPM Executive Committee (July 2017-August 2018)
2015-2017 Executive Committee Report in preparation of the General Meeting at the Kulturbahnhof, Kassel, Germany, 29 June 2017
2013-2015 Executive Committee Report in preparation of the General Meeting at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil, 2 July 2015
29 July 2013 2013 Book Prize Jury’s Report
26 June 2013 2013 Treasurer Report (Appendix 1) (Appendix 2)
26 June 2013 2013 Membership Secretary Report
2011-2013 Executive Committee Report to the General Meeting in Gijón, 27 June 2013 (PDF version) (ePub version)
2009-2011 Executive Committee Report in preparation of the General Meeting in Grahamstown, South Africa, 30 July 2011
2011 Treasurer Report (including: 2010 balance sheet and 2010 income statement)
28 June 2001 1999-2001 Treasurer/Membership Secretary Report to the General Meeting in Turku/Finland, July 9, 2001
5 June 2001 1999-2001 Report in preparation of the General Meeting in Turku/ Finland, July 9, 2001
11 January 2001 Meeting of the IASPM Executive Committee, October 20-22, 2000 in Turku/Finland
21 June 1999 1997-1999 Report (incl. Treasurer’s Report) to the General Meeting in Sydney/ Australia, July 12, 1999
Summer 1997 1995-1997 Report to the General Meeting in Kanazawa, Japan, July 30, 1997
Treasurer’s Report for Fiscal Years 1995-1997
Thesis of the ESS (Economical Support Subcommittee)
26 June 1995 Treasurer’s Report for Fiscal Years 1993-1995
11 January 1995 1993-1995 Report to the General Meeting in Glasgow, Scotland/UK, July 5, 1995
Spring 1993 1992-1993 Report (incl. Treasurer’s Report) of the Executive Committee
18 July 1991 1989-1991 Report of the Executive Committee in Berlin, Germany
19 August 1987 1985-1987 Report of the Executive Committee in Accra, Ghana
Autumn 1986 Executive Committee Meeting, in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 8-10, 1986
13 July 1985 1983-1985 Report of the Executive Committee
1984-1985 Treasurer’s Report (1 January 1984 to 1 July 1985)
1982-1984 Membership Secretary’s Report
Report of the Publication and Documentation Committee
C. Minutes of the Meetings of the Executive Committee
2021-06-03
2021-05-03
2021-04-01
2021-03-04
2021-02-04
2021-01-13
2020-12-04
2020-09-02
2020-08-06
2020-07-02
2020-06-04
2020-05-07
2020-03-05
2020-02-06
2019-11-14
2019-10-05
2019-09-05
2019-06-18
2019-06-10
2019-05-24
2019-03-21
2019-02-08
2019-01-14
2018-11-09
2018-08-28
2018-08-16
2018-07-03
2018-02-15
2017-12-13
2017-10-25
2017-03-19
2015-12-18
2015-09-20
2015-05-24
2015-03-07
2014-11-09
2014-10-12
2014-04-12
2014-01-11
2013-09-14
2013-07-11
2013-03-30
2012-06-29
2012-05-09
2011-11-28
2011-11-21
2011-10-03
D. Board of Representatives – Reports and Minutes
15 July 1993 Additional Meeting in Stockton, California/USA
13 July 1993 Stockton Meeting, California/USA
19 July 1991 Berlin Meeting, Germany
E. Special Documents and Official EC Letters to the Members
5 August 2011 Letter by Martha Ulhôa, IASPM Chair (EC 2011-2013)
4 March 2001 Letter by Anahid Kassabian, IASPM Chair (EC 1999-2001)
24 December 1999 Letter by Anahid Kassabian, IASPM Chair (EC 1999-2001)
1982 Why IASPM? by Philip Tagg (Secretary of the “Temporary Executive Committee”)
F. Other Minutes and Reports
Social Media Committee Report, June 2021
1 July 2015 IASPM Journal Editorial Meeting, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil
30 June 2015 IASPM Chairs Meeting, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil