Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010

Time: 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm [Board Members]  2:45 pm. To 5:00 p.m. [Members & Potential Members]

Venue: Law Offices of K&L Gates*, 1601 K Street NW, 9th Floor room 9a, Washington, DC 20006-1600

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Agenda

2:00 p.m. Board Meeting (Executive Session)**

1. Financial Report and Prospects

2. Review and Approval of Budget for 2010

3. Review of Board Members terms of office

2:45 p.m. Activity Report 2009: Highlights of the Year:

1. IMF Reform: the 4th Pillar process and report

2. South-South Sharing of Successful Tax Practices (S4TP): Precedents set with the UN Tax Committee

3:15 p.m. Plans for 2010 and Beyond!

1. The IMF-G20-FSB Nexus

The Financial Stability Board: Adam Hersh, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Evaluations and Alternatives: projected work with Brazil, China, and Non-G20 countries

2. Ex-Ante Poverty Impact Assessment and the IMF

Dr. H. David Evan, University of Sussex (by phone)

3. S4TP Plans

4. Derivatives Regulation for Commodities: Dave Kane, Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns

4:00 Your input requested—a Guided Brainstorm

What are the connections between the Financial Crisis and the Climate Crisis?

What is/are the points of entry, the leverage points for New Rules?

* Thanks to Richard Kirby, New Rules Board Member and Partner at K&L Gates, for providing this space.

**The Executive Session of the Annual Meeting is for Board Members only.