NOTE:  Changes to arrangements for Observers from January 2006

An increase in staff at the IASC Foundation and IASB means that we will require all of the area outside the boardroom as working space.   As a matter of courtesy to the staff, the IASC Foundation and IASB request that observers NOT congregate outside the boardroom.  Please respect our working environment by proceeding quietly from the reception area to the boardroom.  When they are in the IASB offices observers are asked to remain in the boardroom or the reception area (or downstairs on the ground level) should they wish to talk to others.   

1. Meetings of the IASB are held at IASB's offices in London, UK, unless otherwise advised. The number of seats that can be made available for public observers is limited. We try to accommodate at least 20 observers, and preferably more, but we cannot guarantee always to do so. Because of possible limits on capacity, we ask people who wish to attend meetings to notify us well in advance. Please advise IASB if you subsequently find you cannot attend, so that your place can be given to someone else.
   
   
2. Observers are asked to register on arrival at the meeting. Your badge will be given to you then. IASB Staff will admit people who have not given advance notification only if space permits.
   
   
3. Delegations of more than two people from the same organisation (including global affiliates) attending the same session will be admitted only at the discretion of IASB Staff and only if space permits.
   
   
4. The meeting agenda and timetable for individual agenda items will be posted in advance of the meeting on the IASB Web site at Meetings > IASB Meetings > Observer Notes. Observers are encouraged to check the Web site shortly before the meeting for last minute changes. IASB cannot accept any responsibility for losses or inconvenience caused by changes to timing or difficulties in accommodating members of the public.
   
   
5. Board agendas are divided into items that are discussed in private (generally dealing with administrative or personnel matters) and open items. Deliberations on technical agenda subjects are open items except in the rare circumstance that a matter involves material that the Board has agreed to receive on a confidential basis.
   
   
6. Board deliberations are conducted in English without translation into any other language.
   
   
7. Board papers will not be provided to observers. Summaries or slide presentations may be available at the meeting, or posted on the website.
   
   
8. Observers are asked not to participate in discussion at the meetings and not to take photographs or operate mobile phones, video cameras, or tape recorders in the meeting room.
   
   
9. Observers are asked to remain in the public seating area and not to enter the Board seating area.
   
   
10. IASB is not able to invite visitors to join Board Members for luncheon or dinner. Observers are requested not to bring food into the Board Room. There are many restaurants, bistros and cafes in the vicinity of the Cannon Street office, for example in Bow Lane and Watling Street.
    
    
11. Smoking is not permitted in the Board meeting room.
    
    
12. If demand exists, IASB may provide facilities for listening to Board meetings by telephone, at the listeners expense. Any arrangements that are made will be announced on the IASB Web site.
    
    
13. IASB does not make hotel arrangements for observers.
    
    
14. IASB does not have telephone, fax, or copying facilities available for observers.