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1. Opening remarks by President
The
meetings was presided by President Prof. S.R. Tambwekar who welcomed
all the members. The President informed
that he had a telephonic talk with Dr. S.K. Bhatnagar that he was
indisposed and hence wouldn't be able to attend
the meeting.
2. Reading
the notice of the meeting
The notice
of the meeting was considered read as circulated in the November
199 Newsletter of the Association.
3. Confirmation
of the minutes of the last GB Meeting held at Goa.
The minutes
of the General Body Meeting held on 7.9.99 at Goa and circulated
vide November '99 was confirmed as read.
Prof. Sam C. Bose who attended the meeting on behalf of the Trustees
pointed our that the minutes of the last GB meeting
held at Goa did not have the resolutions moved by the Trustees.
The Secretary informed that he had written several
times to Dr. Jaju requesting help with the same since the resolutions
were moved at a time when the General body was
getting restless because of late hour, but perhaps he couldn't attend
to it due to a bereavement in the family. The same
concern was also expressed in a letter received from Dr. K.S. Goleria.
It was decided that the resolutions moved by
the Trustees and printed in the accounts (1998-99), circulated by
the Treasurer, would be incorporated verbatim in the
minutes of the GB meeting of Goa.
The following
resolution was therefore adopted.
"Resolved
that the minutes of the GBM held at Goa be taken as read and are
hereby approved and adopted". Proposed by
Dr. Sam C. Bose and seconded by Dr. Bimal Mody.
4. Secretary's
report and matters arising out of Executive Meeting held on 27th
December, 1999
Secretary
welcomed members to the General Body Meeting and informed them about
decisions that were taken at the Executive
Committee meeting held earlier in the day.
At
the last GB Meeting in Goa Secretary was asked to take legal opinion
on certain issues. The legal opinion besides other things
included an opinion on the issue of quorum for General Body meeting.
This General Body meeting at Madurai is being
held according to the registered constitution of APSI as per guidelines
now provided by the advocate. In view of the legal
opinion on the issue of quorum. The executive committee decided
to hold a GB meeting even in the absence of quorum
(60 members) and recommended that subsequently an amendment can
be moved on this issue following a discussion
by the Constitutional Committee.
Secretary
informed that he had also completed the listing of the amendments
to the constitution for the purpose of Registering
them with the Register of Societies and the Charity Commissioner,
as requested by the General Body in the last meeting.
The legal opinion furnished by Mr. P.C. Khanna, Senior Advocate
of Delhi High Court was read.
The
queriest is an Association of Plastic Surgeons of India (hereinafter
referred to APSI for short). The queriest Association has
created Chapters in various States for performance of functions
of the Queriest Association having regard to the local needs
of the area. Thus Chapter are of two types - Association's chapter
already registered as Societies prior to the creation
of the Chapters and local Association which were registered subsequent
to the grant of the Chapter. It is not easy to
define a Chapter but it is akin to a Branch thought not a Branch
completely and is less than an independent organisation. It,
however, cannot be said in respect of Chapters which were created
subsequent to the local Associations being registered under
the Societies Registration Act. In those cases it appears that the
Chapters have to subordinate their existence as an Association
by complying with the requirements of the Constitution of the Queriest
Association APSI and by acting in harmony
with the same and complying/obeying directions which are issued
by parent Association (APSI) from time to time.
The
Queriest wants to know:
Whether
the Chapters which came into existence after the parent Association
got itself registered as a Society are themselves permitted to register
independently with the Registrar of Societies?
For
answering this question it is necessary to note that the Societies
are registered under the Societies Registration Act (XXI) of 1860.
The various States have issued their own amendments to the parent
Act which is applicable to Associations which are registered in
their respective States. It is relevant to point out that under
Schedule VII to the Constitution of India, Societies fall within
the list of III of the said Schedule and consequently both the Centre
as well as the State Legislatures have the power to frame laws in
respect of the Societies.
A
Society can be registered under the parent Act of 1860, Section
1 whereof provides that any seven or more persons associated for
any literary, scientific or charitable purpose etc. may be subscribing
their names to a Memorandum of Association and filling the same
with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies form themselves into
an their States by the Registrar of Societies. Thus seven persons
are therefore independent persons who can form a Society. Once a
Society is formed various obligations are required to be complied
with prior to the registration. The Memorandum of Association has
to be framed by the persons seeking registration of the Society.
This Memorandum of Association is dealt with in Section 2 which
gives name of the Society, objects of the Society as well as Rules
of the Society etc. A copy of the Rules and Regulations of the Society
is required to be filled alongwith Memorandum of Association.
Therefore,
if the Society includes in its objects that it will be a Chapter
of APSI and its objects will include the objects of APSI and will
dominate the other objects given in the Memorandum and that under
its rules provides that APSI will have the right to control the
activities of the local Society seeking registration then no problem
will arise. The extent of the domination which the APSI can exercise
over the local authorities can be made flexible and contained in
the Rules but the objects of the Society have unnecessarily to be
stated in the Memorandum as including the objects of the APSI except
in so far as they cannot be applicable to the local Association
because unavoidable the parent Association will have broader objects
having regard to the needs of the country while the State Association
will have its objects keeping in view the needs of the persons and
beneficiaries in the State.
If
the above mentioned requirements are complied with then there can
be no difficulty in having a separate Association registered in
each State even though the registration has taken place after the
grant of the Chapter. But if this is not done a strange and contrary
position will be created.
The
answer to the query raised by the Queriest therefore is that the
above mentioned requirements are complied with, there can be no
objection of separate registration of Association which are Chapters
to the parent Body, that is APSI, but not otherwise.
The
second question of the Queriest is that if the Chapter which came
into existence after the parent Association got itself registered
as a Society could be registered as separate registered Societies,
then is it mandatory for such Chapters to submit an audited Statement
of Account to the parent Association and to avail of 80G benefit
obtained by the parent Association. As I find, the position is clear.
The Income Tax Authorities allows the benefit under Section 80G
to the assessee. If the assessee is parent Association then there
is no mode of giving that benefit to the Chapter of the parent Association
registered as a separate Society. But if the Chapter is registered
as the parent Society it is free to directly avail of the benefit
under Section 80G. To repeat, once benefit has been availed by the
parent Association it cannot be transferred to the Chapter as if
the benefit had been given directly by the Income Tax Authorities
to the Chapter.
The
third question asked by the Queriest is whether the Chapters functioning
as affiliations without an independent registration with the Registrar
of Societies are to submit an audited Statement of Account to the
parent Association for inclusion in the annual audited report of
the parent body (APSI).
The
answer is yes. It is mandatory for the Chapter to submit an audited
Statement of Account to the parent Association, the reason is that
the Chapter not being separately registered as an independent Association
has no existence in law. It is only a Branch of the parent Association
and the account of the Chapter will be merged in the same manner
as in the Balance Sheet of the parent Association as if it was an
account of a Branch and the parent Association opened an Association
concerned. The reason is simple. If a Chapter is not registered
as an independent Society then it has no existence in the eye of
law. It is part and parcel of the parent Association to the extent
that its existence cannot be acknowledged except as a Branch.
By
the fourth question the Queriest wants to know whether there are
any suggestions that may be useful in regularising the status of
Chapters.
It
is stated that the opinion given above is an answer to this query.
The same is being summed up below:
Chapter
which is not independently registered is nothing but a Branch of
the parent Body and part and parcel of the same. It has no independent
legal entity.
Chapters
who were registered prior to the formation of the parent Body APSI
and the Chapter which have been registered after the formation thereof
are on the same level except that there separate existence will
be from the date of their respective registration as a Society.
They can directly avail of any benefit under Section 80G or deal
with all things independently as if they were a separate legal entity.
Having
status of a Chapter the obligations of the Chapter registered as
separate Societies will be as incorporated in the Constitution of
these Societies registered as a separate Bodies. All dealings between
the States Association and the parent Association will be on the
basis of the Constitution of the State Association.
The
Queriest has further questions:
The
Queriest states that certain Resolutions of the General Body was
passed at its Annual meeting. The same have not been sent for registration
to the Co-operative Societies and consequently the same have not
been registered. The Queriest therefore wants to know whether the
passing of the Resolutions by themselves makes them effective or
that the same will be effective from the date when the application
was made to Registrar of Co-operative Societies or whether the same
will become effective when the same are registered by the Registrar
of Societies.
The
Societies Registration Act does not throw any light on the subject
but one thing is very clear from this Act that it provides for the
Office of the Registrar of Societies. The function of Registrar
of Societies are broadly the same as that of Registrar of Companies
or the Registrar of Co-operative Societies. It may be added that
registration that is maintaining the record of a Society and containing
its Constitution Bye-laws and changes made in it from time to time
as well as other record prescribed in that Section.
From
perusal of these provisions of the Companies Act, it becomes clear
that unless and until the amendments to the memorandum and Articles
of Associations are registered the same will not have any effect.
This principle will also apply to a Society and, therefore, even
when Resolutions have been passed amending the Bye-laws which are
equivalent to Article of Association, the same will be ineffective
until the same have been registered. If even the same have not been
sent for registration to the Registrar of Societies the same obviously
have not become opeative. The same will become opertive after the
Registrar of Societies registrar the same. The reason why the amendments
becomes operative under the Companies Act on Registration is that
the Registrar of Companies has the power to reject an alteration
on adequate grounds. This is a matter of principle and in my opinion
this principle is equally apply to a Society. Thus till the amendment
is made the mere passing of the Resolution is of no effect and does
not make the same operative.
Another
question being asked by the Queriest is that the Queriest Society
is a Chapter of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India which is
a Society. The Plastic Surgery is also a surgery though of a specialised
type. Whatever may be the position a decade or two ago this profession
has now very much developed that it has become an independent profession
has now very much developed that it has become an independent profession
and necessities of organising themselves into a Society to protect
their interest. The Society wants to separate from Association of
Surgeons of India by deleting the words to the effect that it is
a Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India. One of the reason
for this separation is that apart from the one stated above a person
seeking to become a member of the queriest organisation of plastic
surgeons has also to become a member of the queriest organisation
of plastic surgeons has also to become a member of Association of
Surgeons of India. This puts a double burden on a person seeking
to be a member. A Resolution has been passed. Under the present
system the Association of Plastic Surgeons of India as Chapter of
Association of Surgeons of India has the benefit of Section 80G.
The Queriest wants to know whether it will have to be re-registered.
In my opinion there should be no need for re-registration with Income
Tax Authorities and a communication to the Commissioner of Income
Tax will suffice. However, in the event the Commissioner of Income
Tax does not agree the reasons given by him will have to be examined
and if no writ can be filed to correct his erroneous opinion then
re-registration may become necessary.
Another
important question asked by the queriest is what will be the proper
Rules and Regulations on quorum by which the Association of Plastic
Surgeons of India be governed. For answering this question a reference
will have to be made.
Memorandum
of the Association contains the clause regarding the holding of
general meeting and quorum for passing the Resolution. This clause
appears to be resulting in dissatisfaction amongst the larger section
of members of the Association. Article III deals with holding of
Annual General Body Meeting. Clause 1 of Article III provides that
there shall be the Annual General Body Meeting once in a year between
30th June and 1st October, unless the dates are specifically walved
at a previous General Body Meeting. Clause 2 of Article III states
that an Ordinary General Body Meeting would also be held every year
in December at the Annual Meeting held in common with that of the
Association of Surgeons of India. Clause 5 of Article III provides
that quorum for General Body Meeting shall be of 20 members, if
no quorum is present within 15 minutes of the time announced for
the meeting, the meeting shall be adjourned for 1½ hours and held
at the same venue thereafter, whether the quorum is present or not.
These
provisions are now resulting in flouting the wishes of the majority
of the members of the Association. The members of the Association
are spread all over India and it happens that on occasion they cannot
attend the General Body meeting. Quite some times the result is
even the quorum of 20 members is not present in the December General
Body Meeting. Under clause 5 of Article III important decisions
relating to the Association including modifications of its Constitution
were decided by just a few members, binding the entire General Body
of the members of the Association, Clause 5 of Article III was therefore
amended by putting a provision to this effect that in any such an
eventually the General Body can pass all routine matters, but will
not deal with matters. Such a proviso will allow the Association
to deal with day to day matters without making fundamental alterations
or taking decisions on basic issues. In my opinion such a proviso
should read as under.
The
quorum for General Body Meeting shall be 60 members. If no quorum
is present within 15 minutes of time announced, the meeting shall
be adjourned for ½ hour and held at the same venue thereafter whether
the quorum is present or not and this General Body Meeting shall
only deal with routine and day to day matters and shall not deal
with any matter related to the Constitution of the Association or
any matter which basically affects the Association or its members.
In the event of any dispute as to what is the important or basic
matter effecting the Association or its members the decision of
the next General Body meeting, of which specific notice in this
respect has been given, and at which the minimum quorum of 60 members
is present will be final and binding and any Resolution passed contrary
thereto will be null and void.
It
was unanimously approved that a bill for Rs 11450/- submitted by
the Advocate for legal opinion be paid by the Association.
The
listing of the amendments to the Constitution since 1988 were tabled
by the secretary. The are as under :
Amendments
circulated in March, 1984 & July, 1994 Newsletter
Article
I, Clause C, Eligibility, Conferment, Obligations, Rights &
Privileges. Sub clause (b) (i) Full Member: Eligibility
Old
A full member of the ASI who has obtained a recognised Postgraduate
qualification in Plastic Surgery and who us actively involved in
the practice of plastic surgery.
New
A full member of ASI / Life Member of ASI / Associate Life member
of ASI who has a recognised Postgraduate qualification in Plastic
Surgery and who is actively involved in the practice of plastic
surgery.
Article
VIII-B . Trustees, sub clause (1)
Old
There shall be two trustees of the APSI elected by the Council.
The assets and properties of the APSI shall vest in such Trustees
who shall execute a declaration of Trust with regard to any property
vested in them.
New
There shall be 3 to 5 Trustees of the APSI elected by the Council.
Number will be decided by the
Council
from time to time. The assets and properties of the APSI shall vest
in such Trustees who
shall
execute a declaration of Trust with regard to any property vested
in them.
Above
resolutions were passed in September, 1994 at Lonavala.
Amendments
circulated in November, 1994 Newsletter
Article
VIII-B . Trustees, sub clause (1)
Resolved
that the sub-clause 1, of clause B, of Article VIII of the Bye laws
of APSI be deleted and be replaced by the following.
1. (a)
A Minimum of 2 and a maximum of 5 Trustees would constitute
the Board of Trustees
(b)
Each trustee would be appointed for a term of 5 years
on the suggestions of the existing Trustees, with the approval of the
Executive Council and the General Body.
(c) The
Board of Trustees will elect a Chairman and an Executive Trustee.
(d) The
assets and the properties of the APSI shall vest in the Trustees
who shall execute a declaration of Trust with regard
to any property vested in them.
(e) All
the instruments of investments would be signed by atleast 2 Trustees,
one of whom would be the Executive Trustee.
Further
resolved that the following sub-clauses be added after sub-clause
4, of clause B, of Article VIII of the Bye laws of APSI.
5. (a) The
Board of Trustees shall meet atleast once in a year at the time
of the National Conference.
(b)
The Board of Trustees is authorised to take decisions by circular
resolutions.
6. Any
member who has been a Trustee will be debarred from holding any
elected office in the APSI thereafter.
7.
The Executive Trustee would be an Ex-officio
member of the Executive Council and in his absence could be represented
at the meeting of
the Council be his nominee from among the Board of Trustees.
Article
II, Clause D, Eligibility of Election to the Executive Council
Further
resolved that at the end of Clause D, of the Article II of the Bye
laws of APSI dealing with Eligibility of election to the Executive
Council be amended by adding the following clause as sub-clause
4:
A
member who has held the office of the Trustee shall be debarred
from contesting and holding an elected office.
Article
I-Membership, Clause C, sub clause b (i) Full Member
Further resolved that section 1 of sub clause b(I), of Clause C,
of Article 1 of the bye laws of ASPI be replaced by the following.
Old
A full member of the ASI who has obtained recognised post graduate
qualification in Plastic Surgery and who is actively involved in
the practice of plastic Surgery or who has gained proficiency and
status in the art, science and practice of plastic surgery as judged
by his / her participation in the scientific program of the APSI
and his / her publications on the subject of plastic surgery in
recognised journals and publications.
New
"A full member of the ASI, a life member of the ASI or
an associate life member of the ASI, who has obtained ....(rest
same) ..............publications.
Article
I-Membership, Clause C, sub clause b(i) Full Member : Obligations
Further
resolved to add point 6 after point 5 under Obligations of Full
Member in sub clause b(i) of clause C of Article 1 of the bye laws
of APSI.
It
is obligatory for the Vice President and President of APSI to be
full / life Member of ASI to avoid constitutional crisis for that
year.
Above
resolutions were passed in December, 1994 at Cuttack.
Amendments
circulated in July, 1988 Newsletter.
Resolved
that Association of Plastic Surgeons of India will no longer be
a section of Association of Surgeons of India.
Resolved
that appropriate amendments be made in the bye-laws of APSI to effect
the separation from ASI.
Article
III-General Body Meeting, -No.5
It
was resolved that No.5 of Article III-General Body Meeting will
be deleted and replaced by following.
Old
Quorum for General body meeting will be 20 members. If no quorum
is present within 15 minutes of the time announced for the meeting,
the meting shall be adjourned for ½ hour and held at the same venue
thereafter whether the quorum is present or not.
New
Quorum for General Body Meeting shall be 60 members.
Above
resolutions were passed in the Calcutta meeting in September 1998.
Constitutional
amendments circulated in the July 1999 Newsletter, were passed unanimously
at Goa in September 1999. They will take effect upon separation
from ASI.
Resolved
that the words "(A section of Association of Surgeons of India)",
be and are hereby deleted from the Name and Title of the Association
as it appears in the Memorandum of Association and in the Bye-laws-Rules
& Regulations.
Resolved
that the words "members of the ASI" and the words "in
general" appearing in the paragraph 'C' of Objectives in the
Memorandum of Association be and are hereby deleted.
Resolved
that item 2 of objectives in the Memorandum of Association be and
is hereby deleted. Further resolved that the subsequent items labeled
3,4,5,& 6 be and are hereby labeled as 2.,3.,4., & 5 respectively.
Resolved
that in Article 0-Activities, Clause c) 1, The words "Interact
with the Association of Surgeons of India (hereinafter referred
to as ASI and" be and are hereby deleted.
Resolved
that in Article 1- MEMBERSHIP, Clause C, ELIGIBILITY, CONFERMENT,
OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS & PRIVILEGES; under Sub-clause b) (i) FULL
MEMBER: under the heading Eligibility: 1. The words "A full
member of ASI, a life member of the ASI or an associate life member
of the ASI" be deleted and be and are substituted by the words
"A surgeon".
Further
resolved that under the heading 'Obligations': A full member shall:-
The sub-clause"1. Continue to be member of ASI," be and
is hereby deleted and the subsequent sub-clauses 2.,3.,4., &
5. be renumbered 1.,2.,3., & 4. respectively.
Further
resolved that section 6 under Obligations, "It is obligatory
for the Vice President and President of APSI to be full / life member
of ASI to avoid constitutional crisis for that year' be deleted.
Resolved
that in Article 1- Membership, Clause C, subclause b(iv) OVERSEAS
MEMBER and the subhead 'Rights & Privileges'- in the last paragraph
the words " on becoming a life member of the ASI " be
deleted.
Resolved
that in Article II-executive Council, Clause E-ELECTION, item 1.
the words 'however be inducted at the conclusion of the annual meeting
and the phrase" held together with the ASI' be deleted.
Resolved
that in Article III-General Body, the "Clause 2." be and
is hereby deleted and the subsequent clauses 3 to 8 be numbered
2 to 7 respectively.
Resolved
that in Article IV - FINANCE, Clause A, ACCOUNTS, the subclause
3.' Should this not be possible for any reason ........." be
and is hereby deleted.
10.
Resolved that Clause No.2 of Article III-General Body of our bye
laws - Rules & Regulations - 'An ordinary general body meeting
would also be held every year in December at the Annual meeting
held in common with that of ASI' is and hereby deleted and the remaining
paragraphs renumbered.
Resolved
that Article II-Executive Council, Clause E, subclause No.1 should
be amended to : The election to the executive council shall be held
during the Annual General Body meeting as specified in Article V,
clause (a) of this constitution. The newly elected members will
be inducted at the conclusion of the meeting and shall hold office
for their term from 1st January of the following year.
President
informed that he had attended the Governing Council meeting of ASI
on 26th Dec. at Madurai and it was approved in that meeting that
APSI be allowed to separate while retaining a section of Plastic
Surgery in scheduled for 29th Dec. '99. In order to encourage ASI
to follow up their action the President agreed to give them a sum
of Rs 100,000/- from the savings of Goa conference, subject to approval
of APSI General Body, to help ASI establish their Plastic Surgery
Section. Once the General Body of ASI passes the resolution of separation,
APSI will receive a letter from ASI opinion and the list of amendments
be sent to the Constitutional committee with a request to convene
an early meeting to resolve the issue of separation and Registration
of amendments to the constitution. Dr. S.K. Bhatnagar, incoming
President, would now be part of the Constitutional Committee.
Dr.
S.K. Bhatnagar conveyed to Secretary that he required more time
to finalise the name of the Godrej Professor.
The
following names were approved for Membership in various categories.
Fresh
Applications for Full / Life Membership without ASI Membership (
'X' Category )
Name
- Charudatta
Yeshwant Sathe Full Life
- Neeta Patel
Full Life
- Barahmbhatt
Jayesh
Full Life
Fresh
Applications for Full / Life Membership with ASI Membership
Name
- Pawan Agarwal
Full
Life ASI
No. FL - 10707
Secretary
informed that the incoming President, Dr. Bhatnagar had already
written to the Convenor of IXth IPRAS Fund regarding the distribution
of a tentative amount of Rs. 1 Lakh for year 2000. This included
the fellowships awarded at the Goa meeting and Rs. 50000/- for workshop
during APSICON 2000 at Agra and Rs 20000/- for Rhinoplasty workshop
at Delhi. A request was also made for releasing another Rs. 40000/-
from the unutilised amount of 1998. In case this is agreed, Rs 10000/-
would be made available for workshop at Madurai in year 2000 and
the amounts for APSICON 2000 and Rhinoplasty workshops would stand
augmented to Rs. 60000/- and Rs 40000/- respectively.
Secretary
was received from some members of Madhya Pradesh to form the Central
Zone Chapter of Association of Plastic Surgeons of India. The request
letter has signatures of very few members and it is also not clear
what States will fall under the Central Zone since there already
exists the Maharashtra State Chapter. It was decided to write to
these members to clarify the situation, and also to send to them
a copy of the legal opinion on the matter of Regional Chapters obtained
by APSI, so that guidelines may be followed while forming the Chapter.
A
letter was received from Mrs. Kathpalia w/o Late Brig. Kathpalia
that she wished to donate a sum of Rs 1 Lakh to APSI to start a
Fellowship in hand Surgery to prepetuate the memory of her husband.
This was agreed unanimously and it was decided that the Fellowship
would be governed by the rules and regulations of the Association.
The Fellowship would start from year 2001.
A
letter was received from Dr. Karoon Agrawal stating that he may
not be willing to give up the copyright of the 'Manual for Parents
of Cleft Lip & Palate Patients' (Venture fund project sanctioned
at Goa meeting) if he is sanctioned only Rs 5000/- for the entire
project. It was decided that the award amount would remain the same,
however, after submission, if the Manuscript is accepted by the
Executive Committee for publication, a higher award from the venture
fund for the year may be considered.
A
letter was received from Dr. Sadashivmurthy that Prof. C.P. Sawhney
who proposed the name of Dr. Bilwani for Presidentship at Goa meeting
was not a member of ASI and hence not eligible to propose a name
for candidature. This made the candidature of Dr. Bilwani invalid
and hence Dr. Sadashivmurthy should be declared the President elect
since he polled the next higher number of votes. It was clarified
by the secretary that Dr. Sawhney was a Senior member of ASI, as
published in the 58th Annual report of ASI. Therefore, according
to constitution he is allowed to propose the name of a candidate
for election.
A
letter was received from Dr. Sadashivmurthy that a karnataka State
Chapter of APSI had been formed. The letter was on a formal letter
head and it stated that the rules & regulations were being framed
for submission to the Registrar to Societies. It was discussed that
the Karnataka State Chapter of APSI was never sanctioned by the
APSI and hence its formation was illegal. What was sanctioned in
Goa meeting was the Southern Zone Chapter of APSI comprising of
States of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Pondicherry.
It was decided to inform Dr. Sadashivmurthy about this and also
to send to him a copy of the legal opinion obtained by APSI on the
matter of Regional Chapters.
The
following resolutions were passed.
"Resolved
that a bank account in the name of 'Editor APSI' be opened at Manipal
and it will be operated by DR. Pramod Kumar."
"Resolved
that a bank account in the name of 'Editor APSI' be opened at Manipal
and it will be operated by DR. Bimal Mody."
5.
Editor's report.
Editor
was absent from the meeting.
6. Treasurer's
report
The
treasurer informed that there was no further development after the
Goa meeting. The total membership as on 30.11.99
was
Associate 49
Associate
Life 28
Full 153
Full
Life 465
Overseas
Full
2
Overseas
Life 18
Senior 3
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Total
718
_____
Treasurer
was requested that IPRAS dues for the next two years be paid so
that we are not defaulters when we are making the bid for Asia Pacific
meeting for year 2005. It was suggested that we could pay one installment
now and the other in April 2000. Treasurer was further requested
to write to the organising secretaries of the past 5 Annual conferences
to close the accounts in the name of APSICON if the same were still
operational.
7. New
Memberships
As
in item 4 above, Sectretary's report.
8. Self
introduction of New Members
There
were no new members in the General Body.
9. Any
other matter with the permission of the chair
As
in item 4 above, Secretary's report
10.
Installation of the new President
Dr.
S.K. Bhatnagar was absent. Past President's Medal was provided by
Dr. Ahuja, Hon. Secretary, and given to Dr. S.R.
Tambwekar by Prof. Sam C. Bose.
11. Adjournment
The
meeting adjourned with thanks to Chair.
sd/-
Dr.
Rajeev B. Ahuja
Secretary
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