ISSA International Sociology of Sport Association AND International

ISSA International Sociology of Sport Association AND International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee (RC) 27 Sociology of Sport AGM 2019

The Development of ISSA Ø 1965: International Committee for Sport Sociology (ICSS) Ø 1966: 1 st International symposium: "Small Group Research and Sport” (Cologne, Germany) Ø 1966: 1 st issue of journal “IRSS” 2015: 50 th anniversary of ISSA meetings and IRSS

ISSA and The Global Sociology of Sport Community 1965 1980 1991 2008 2009 CSSS 1994

ISSA Organisational Structure ISSA Executive (n = 6) + Past President (ex officio) ISSA Advisory Board (N = 12) IRSS Editorial Board (N = 58)

Executive Board (ISSA/RC 27) 2016 -2019 Ø Ø Ø President: Christine Dallaire (Canada) General Secretary: Mike Sam (NZ) VP, ICSSPE and Awards: Cora Burnett (S. Africa) VP, ISA and Treasurer: John Horne (UK/Japan) VP, Communications: Mary Mc. Donald (USA) VP, Conferences: Brent Mc. Donald (Australia) Past President: Elizabeth Pike (UK) (ex-officio) Ø IRSS Editor: Dominic Malcolm (UK) Ø

Executive Board (ISSA/RC 27) 2020 -2023 Mike Sam, New Zealand Ø Brent Mc. Donald, Australia Ø Hélène Joncheray, France Ø Parissa Safai, Canada Ø Emmanuelle Tulle, UK Ø John Horne, Japan Ø

Advisory Board 2016 -2019 Ø Ø Ø Tony Hwang (Taiwan) Jinxia Dong (China) Wanderley Marchi Jnr (Brazil) Hélène Joncheray (France) Eivind Skille (Norway) Rolando Dromundo (Mexico) Jacco Van Sterkenburg (Netherlands) Natalie Barker-Ruchti (Sweden) Pinar Yaprak-Kemaloglu (Turkey) Tamas Doczi (Hungary) Sun-Yong Kwon (S Korea) Tomonori Ishioka (Japan)

ISSA is a CIO Ø ISSA is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), registered in England number 1, 158, 978. Ø Its legal constitution is the CIO document registered with the Charity Commission on 27 October 2014. l See the Bylaws and Constitution ISSA 1965. org Ø Professional Indemnity Insurance. Ø Privacy Policy

ISSA Financial Report Ø Annual l Report and Statement of Accounts 2018: reserve of £ 140, 000 Primary source of income = institutional subscription to IRSS Funding subsidizes all ISSA members • Governance costs covered by ISSA at congress – your congress registration fees cover congress costs • Membership does not cover cost of receiving IRSS l l l Cost of 8 issues of IRSS is £ 53. 20 /per year ISSA membership/ IRSS subscription is £ 46 (Cat A) New option for electronic-only – no difference in cost

ISSA Membership 176 members from 33 countries (as of April 18 2019) South Korea – 25 Canada - 18 UK – 16 USA – 15 New Zealand – 12 France – 9 China – 8 Japan – 7 See ISSA 1965. org for membership distribution over the years

ISA RC 27 Membership 58 members from 31 countries (as of April 20, 2019) UK – 6 Canada - 9 Japan – 3 South Africa – 4 New Zealand - 3 Republic of Korea – 3

ISSA Membership In Memorium ISSA Honorary/Founding Members Ø Günther Lüschen Ø Eric Dunning Ø George Sage

ISSA / RC 27 2018 Ø ISA RC 27 at ISA in Toronto, July l l 15 -21 14 sessions 50+ papers/oral presentations Ø ISA l l l Statutes for RC 27 58 members as of April 20, 2019 ISA RC 27 Toronto, July 15 -21 2018, business meeting.

ISA Forum 2020 July 2020 Porto Alegre, Brazil RC 27 not formally participating (Focus on ALESDE/CLACSO/ISSA 2020) ICSEMIS Japan September 2020

ISSA 2019 Ø ISSA 2019, Dunedin April 24 -27 Many thanks to the Dunedin LOC! We are very grateful to Steve Jackson, Mike Sam and their team

Postgraduate workshop volunteers Steve Jackson Marcelle Dawson Mark Falcous Cecilia Stenling Koji Kobayashi Sarah Gee Andy Grainger Rex Thomson Ik Young Chang Josef Fahlen Fabien Wille Minhyeok Tak Sebastian Potgieter Damon Lillis Timothy Dawbin Bethany Geckle Yoon Jin Kim Lourdes Turconi

VII Latin American Congress of Socio-Cultural Sports Studies (ALESDE) Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) World Congress of Sports Sociology 2020 (ISSA) October 14 -17, 2020 VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile MAXIMUM of 330 ABSTRACTS can be submitted

ISSA 2021 Ø ISSA 2021, Ottawa, Canada (August)

Call for Conference Hosts Ø Interested in an exciting opportunity to host a future ISSA World Congress and showcase your city and institution to sociology of sport scholars from around the globe? Ø We welcome discussions about collaboration with other sociology of sport associations to host the congress. Ø Please send initial expressions of interest to Brent Mc. Donald: conferences@issa 1965. org

ISSA Awards 2019 Graduate Paper Award Welfare and child rights of young commercially sponsored action sport athletes. Froujke Smits, University of Utrecht

ISSA Awards Many thanks to the 2019 GPA Evaluation Committee members: Ø Ø Ø Hélène Joncheray (France) Lee Thompson (Japan) Ramon Spaaij (Australia) Tamás Dóczi (Hungary) Sarah Gee (Canada) Tina Uys (SA)

ISSA Awards Honorary Member Award We invite nominations. Details in forthcoming ISSA Bulletin. Deadline for nominations is September 1, 2020

Update – ICSSPE Ø ICSSPE l l Restructure ISSA is represented on the development committee of ICSSPE

IRSS Editor’s Report (2018) Ø Editor: Dominic Malcolm (UK) Ø Book/Media Reviews Editor: Kass Gibson (Marjon University, UK) Ø 8 issues per year (2018 page count of 1024) Ø Research Article Acceptance rate (2017 = 30, 9%) Ø Average time to first decision in 2018 from receipt at SAGE to Online Publication is 26 days Ø Calculated as a percentage of all decisions, the IRSS general research article acceptance rate for 2018 was 25%

Communications www. issa 1965. org

General business l l Plan S and impact on IRSS ISSA has received a request to change the ISSA website: Category of countries and membership: from ‘Taiwan’ to “Chinese Taipei”

General business Send us an email to serve ISSA: Ø Graduate Paper Award Evaluation Committee l l Ø July-August awards@issa 1965. org Mentor l l Application for mentors December, 2020 January-February: Abstracts August-September: Power Point past. president@issa 1965. org

General business Ø ISSA/IRSS Archives: Call for past programmes and books of abstract, photos, documents and other materials that document the history of the association, congresses and journal. past. president@issa 1965. org Ø Members News: Bulletin and Website

Thank you Service on the Executive Board ISSA 2009 Utrecht Mary Mc. Donald (USA) Vice President (Communication) 2016 -2019 ISSA 2014 Beijing

Thank you Service on the Executive Board Cora Burnett (S. Africa) Vice President (ICSSPE) 2012 -2015 Vice President (ICSSPE & Awards) 2016 -2019 ISSA 2013 Vancouver ISSA 2018 Lausanne

Thank you Service on the Executive Board Elizabeth Pike (UK) General Secretary 2008 -2011 President 2012 -2015 Past President 2016 -2019 ISSA/ISA RC 27 2010 Goteborg ISSA 2015 Paris ISSA 2014 Beijing

General business Ø Announcements: l Ratbags/Innocent Bystander 11 the Octagon, upstairs