The WCC-Asia Pacific Region held its 5th Executive Board Meeting on 10th March 2015, in Chennai-India. The meeting was hosted and organized by the Crafts Council of India. The Executive Board Members who attended this meeting were: WCC-APR President, Dr. Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi, Senior Vice President, Mr. Edric Ong, the two VPs of West Asia, Dr. Bahman Namvar Motlagh and Mr. Ahmed Al-Farisi (the Representative of H.E. Shaikha Ayisha al-Siyabiyya), the two VPs of Central Asia, Ms. Dinara Chochunbaeva and Ms. Aizhan Bekkulova, the two VPs of South Asia, Ms. Manjari Nirula and Mr. Pushkar Man Shakya, the VP of East Asia, Ms. Hisako Sumi, and the two VPs of South Pacific sub-region, Dr. Kevin Murray and Ms. Lindy Joubert. The Honorary Members and Advisers who attended the meeting were: Mrs. Usha Krishna, IPP of WCC, Y.M. Raja Datin Paduka Fuziah Binti Raja Tun Uda, Ms. Sayyada Ruby Ghuznavi, Dato Adlan bin Hj Mohamed Daud, and Ms. Vijaya Rajan.
There were two major topics on the agenda of the meeting: 1) the revised guidelines of the Encyclopedia of the Crafts in the Asia Pacific Region Project, and 2) the Jurying of the WCC-Award of Excellence 2016 for Asia Pacific Region.
Other proposals from members were presented to the Board. The Executive Board Members attended the Opening Ceremony of a Natural Dye Exhibition organized by the Crafts Council of India on 11th March, where WCC-APR President Dr. Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi was invited to inaugurate it.
This was followed by a trip on March 12th, to Mamallapuram to be evaluated, for the WCC Crafts City for stone carving. The jurors were: Dr.Ghada Hijjawi-Qaddumi from Kuwait, President of WCC-APR, Ms.Ruby Ghuznavi, from Bangladesh, Honorary advisor of APR Executive Board, and Dr.Kevin Murray, Vice President of South Pacific sub-region. They were accompanied by Ms.Usha Krishna IPP of WCC, & members from CCI, as well as a high government officer Dr.Santhosh Babu & his team from Tamil Nadu State & Archaeological specialists from Mamallapuram. Presentations on Mamallapuram history and present crafts activity were offered, as well as visits to the archaeological site, and the Government College of Architecture & Sculpture as well as a number of Workshops were organized.