1. Societal Relations 2011 – Opcom Venice Sister Societies Development - Status: (As of August 2011) 32 Sister Societies, 10 Related Societies -Investigating - FATE Foundation Nigeria Sister Societies Activity - Cooperation with REV on the ATC Conference - Da Nang August 2011 - Cooperation with FITCE and AICT on their Conference - Palermo, September - Cooperation with FRUCT on their Conference - Tampere, November - Cooperation with IEE on their Conference - Johannesburg, November

2. Assessment of SS status Updated Matrix Comparison with 2010 (no comparison with FRUCT, ACS) New Societies agreement and Renewal with an Action Plan

3. Assessment of SS status AIU AIU 3y E BRAZIL BRAZIL 14y EEE, PPP, MM, SSS CHINA-CIC CHINA-CIC 14y EE, PPP, M, S CHINA-CIE CHINA-CIE 14y EE, PPP, M, S CROATIA CROATIA 8y EEE, PPP, MM, SSS CZECH REP. /SLOVAKIA /SLOVAKIA 6y E, P, M, SS EWI EWI 0.5y FITCE FITCE 1y E, MM, SS FRANCE FRANCE 13y E, M GERMANY GERMANY 11y E, M, CP Organizing events (E), exchanging articles (P), getting (or asking for) support in members (M) recruitment and engagement, attendance to SS meetings (S). One letter indicates a minor involvement, two letters a good (expected) one, three letters a particularly good exchange.

4. Assessment of SS status Organizing events (E), exchanging articles (P), getting (or asking for) support in members (M) recruitment and engagement, attendance to SS meetings (S). One letter indicates a minor involvement, two letters a good (expected) one, three letters a particularly good exchange. HUNGARY HUNGARY 6y EE, PP, SS IIC IIC 0.6y EEE INDIA-CMAI INDIA-CMAI 1y E INDIA-IETE INDIA-IETE 12y EE, P, S ISRAEL ISRAEL 11y EE, P, M, S ITALY-AICA ITALY-AICA 2y EE, M, SSS ITALY-AICT ITALY-AICT 14y EEE, MM, SSS JAPAN JAPAN 14y EEE, MMM, PPP, SSS KOREA KOREA 15y EEE, MMM, PPP, SSS

5. Assessment of SS status Organizing events (E), exchanging articles (P), getting (or asking for) support in members (M) recruitment and engagement, attendance to SS meetings (S). One letter indicates a minor involvement, two letters a good (expected) one, three letters a particularly good exchange. LATVIA LATVIA 8y EE, M, P MALAYSIA MALAYSIA 2y EE, MM, P, S MALTA MALTA 3y E, MM, P MOROCCO MOROCCO 3y E, M PTC 0,9y RUSSIA RUSSIA 14y E CP SINGAPORE SINGAPORE 1y SLOVENIA SLOVENIA 8y EEE, MM, PPP, SSS SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH AFRICA 0,7y TAIWAN TAIWAN 14y EE, MM, P

6. OPERATION PLAN 2012 … 1.Renew agreements with 10+ SS and take that opportunity to create an action plan 2.Put some relations under a watch list. If not activities take place during 2012 consider no renewal 3.Asia Pacific SS Summit in conjunction with the celebration of the REV 60 th anniversary 10,000 $ travel support

7. OPERATION PLAN 2012 4.Sister Society Summit at ICC Consider to abolish it and have in place Regional Summits in conjunction with RCCC 5.Pursue relation with Industrial Associations 6.Evaluate relations with State Organizations (like Ministry of Innovation/Education)