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Minutes of Executive
Committee Meetings
held
at 4 The Stables, Walton, Wakefield on 10/12/06
Members present:
Bisalahalli Muddu, Babu Peravali, Ramachandra Nalla, Suresh Rao,
Amar Rangan, Ravi Kumar, Jay Sampath, Billy Ilango, Venu Kavarthapu,
Anand Arya and Murti Gollapudi
Apologies from:
Vinod
Shah, Raj Murali, Venkat Sengodan, Mak Srinivasan, Sanjay Sonanis,
Ravi Koka.
Items:
1. Murti
Gollapudi welcomed the members.
2. The
meeting began with an informal discussion on the aims and objectives
of the society; the need for improving the management structure to
deal with increasing numbers of members and to seize the opportunity
for expanding our educational activities in the future.
Reports
from various office bearers and individuals were then received.
3.
President’s report:
a) New
Structure of Executive Committee: Suresh Rao gave a
presentation on changes to the structure of the society with the
formation of a ‘Council’. It was proposed that the executive
committee will have 10 members: 5 appointed ex officio members and 5
elected members. Elections will be called early next year before the
hand-over in June 2007.
b) Fellowships
program: steps to improve the application and selection process for
Indo-British Travel and other Fellowships were agreed.
c) Dr
Arora arranged for our newsletter to be printed and distributed to
4000 delegates attending the IOACON meeting in Delhi resulting in
excellent publicity. It was agreed to pay £250 to Dr Arora to cover
his costs.
d) Discussions
with IOA: this was very fruitful. New awards and Fellowships were
discussed.
4).
Billy Ilango outlined the Fellowships that had taken place so far.
a)
Visits to India took place in Feb 2005 (Leo Jacobs, Len Funk, Muddu)
and March 2006 (Billy Ilango, Ed Jago). Visits to UK took place in
September 2005 (Vernon Lee, Anil Bhatia and Shreenivas Rao) and
September 2006 (Vijaya Raghavan, Anil Arora, Sridhar Murthy).
b) For
the visit to India in February 2007, a commitment had already been
made by Mr Muddu for guest lectures to be given at the KOA meeting
in Mysore on 9-10 Feb. There were 8 applicants and it was decided
that Suresh Rao and 2 more Fellows (names to be confirmed shortly)
should go ahead but try to include more centres in the North.
c)
Selection for future Fellowships: It was generally felt that the
selection process should be seen to be fair, consistent and should
be more widely advertised to attract a better response. The
application process from now on would be entirely web based. It was
agreed that visits to India should not be restricted to a few State
chapters but should coincide with the national meeting of IOA in
winter. Suresh was asked to explore the possibility of a second tour
to Calcutta (IOACON in Nov 2007) with Biomet, current sponsors of
the Fellowships. Nominations should be aimed at attracting eminent
British Orthopaedic Surgeons with a good track record of being an
ambassador for Indians. Names should be sent to the Fellowship
sub-committee for selection.
d) Billy
Ilango pointed out the need for a single person to coordinate
correspondence and dialogue between IOA, IOS (UK) and BOA. It was
agreed that this named contact should be Venu, the Secretary of the
IOS (UK) (from July 2007).
Fellowship Club:
Amar
Rangan suggested that an informal group should be created consisting
of all the past fellows from UK, to promote a sense of inclusiveness
with the mainstream British Orthopedics for exchange of views and
ideas.
Innovation Award:
The
selection process and criteria for this new award was presented by
Suresh Rao. This is supported by Biomet to the tune of £1,000 and
has already been advertised in the newsletter. The award will be
made at IOACON2007 in Calcutta and presented by the President of the
IOS (UK) or his nominee.
Registrar Fellowship:
Bisal
Muddu raised the concept of creating an “Educational Fund” for
supporting teaching courses in India and for Registrar Fellowships.
All agreed that this was a very good idea but would need further
discussion before continuing this scheme in the future. The
selection process and funding through sponsorship needs to be found.
Messrs Muddu, Suresh Rao and Ravikumar have agreed to contribute
£100 each towards an educational fund so that Miss Fox from
Manchester could be granted £500 as a one off in 2007 to visit
selected orthopaedic centres in India.
Permanent Secretariat:
Suresh
Rao broached the idea of establishing a permanent secretariat in
London to facilitate smooth running of the organisation. This is
deemed practical given that both the secretary and the treasurer
from 2007 will be based in London.
Accounts
from the 9th Annual Conference:
These
were presented by Ravi Kumar. Total raised was £18995. Expenditure
was £17557. The profit made was £1438. Ravi Kumar was congratulated
for the excellent meeting he organized in London.
In the
absence of Vinod Shah, the accounts of the society were presented by
Anand Arya. The society currently has funds totalling about £9000.
Next
Annual Meeting at Birmingham:
Shiv
Geeranavar was away in India but he conveyed through Suresh Rao that
the arrangements for the meeting on 30 June and 1st July
were well on course. The details of the delegate fees etc will be
given as soon as he returns in due course.
It was
agreed that HKT Raza, (President of IOA) and John Getty, (President
of the BOA) be invited for the meeting. It is understood that there
will be reciprocal arrangements for inviting the President of the
IOS (UK) to attend the BOA and IOA in the future. Dr Mayil Natarajan
has been invited to attend the Birmingham Meeting to deliver the
Belliappa Memorial Oration. All these trips will be self-funded and
arranged personally. Suresh Rao will write to them confirming the
above.
It was
proposed to have a Ceremonial ‘chain of office’ for the leaving
president to hand over to the new president at the Birmingham
Meeting. Also, all members will be given an IOS (UK) Tie and new
members will be formally introduced.
Membership Drive:
Everyone
agreed that this is a top priority. Ravi Kumar suggested conducting
local meetings to attract new members. Each Executive committee
member should recruit at least 10 new members.
Other
matters:
Venu
Kavarthapu was congratulated for successfully organizing an FRCS
Orth teaching course in London under the aegis of IOS (UK). Efforts
are being made to bring out an Indian edition of the JBJS and IOS
(UK) is fully behind this idea.
Date and Venue of next meeting: 30/06/07, Birmingham.
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