EAG 32nd SYMPOSIUM, 23-25th SEPTEMBER 2004, OSLO, NORWAY
Minutes of the Annual General Assembly (25/09/04)
Members present:
Profs. Engedal, Ihl, Mateos, Mendonca-Lima, Dr.s Calabrese and Grass-Kapanke,
and 12 other members of the Association.
Apologies
Profs. Kiejna, Camus and Dr. Rymaszewska.
1. Opening of the Assembly
Carlos Mendonca-Lima opened the assembly at 3 p.m.. He noticed that
the invitation for the general assembly, including the agenda item “Alterations
of rules” was sent out in due time and form. Thus, the assembly
has the quorum to elect new members of the board of directors as well
as to vote about changes of the rules of our association.
2. Minutes of meeting held on 25.09.03 in Wroclaw.
The minutes were accepted as a true record of the meeting.
3. Report by the members of the Executive Committee
Prof. Kanowski is going to write down the history of the EAGP.
Prof. Mendonca-Lima announced, that he has to give up his position
as president of the EAGP to become the 1st Brasilian Professor of Old
Age Psychiatry.
There have been three meetings of the board of directors since the
last congress:
in Berlin, Dec – 11 - 2003, subsequent to a meeting of the EAGP
with the Hirnliga
in Geneva, Mar – 18 - 2004, while the AGP congress
in Oslo, Sep – 23 - 2004, in the run-up to the EAGP-congress
Subject of the board meeting in Oslo was to prepare future issues of
the EAGP as:
New strategies for the enlargement of our membership. In the future
there will be a Nations Board, where contact-persons for each country
of the EAGP will be nominated. The Speaker of the Nations Board is Prof.
Alistair Burns.
The board plans to issue a journal, called “European Journal of
Geriatric Psychiatry”. There have already been negotiations with
Elsevier that seems to be promising. Nevertheless, other publishers will
be contacted as well. Alistair Burns and Martin Orrell – members
of the Board experienced in this field – will be involved.
The new adress of our website is www.eagp.com .
There was a meeting concerning a master degree in Old Age Psychiatry
before the congress. This will be a cooperation between Basel (Profs.
Krebs-Rubiczek, Stoppe), Wroclaw (Prof. Kiejna), Kent/London (Prof.
Katona), Düsseldorf (Prof. Ihl), Tours (Prof. Camus) and Santiago
de la Compostela (Prof. Mateos). Articles about this subject will be
published on the website.
The newsletter changed charge from Christel Kretschmar to Raimundo
Mateos. It will be published twice a year (August + Feburary) on the web-site,
in the Journal and distributed by e-mail.
4. Financial Status
Prof. Ihl presented the actual financial status. Before the congress
there was an amount of 17.000 € available, after costs for the congress
approximately 7.000 € will remain. There has been a cash audit by
Dr. Mendonca Lima. A request for membership fees will be send soon.
The east-fund ended. Therefore all members from the eastern part
of Europe have to pay the regulary fees beginning with 2005.
5. Alteration of rules
The draft of the new rules for our association was presented via
beamer and each target was open for discussion.
There was a change in the bodies of our society including now the
new Nations Board with its speaker Prof. Alistair Burns. The Nations Board
will consist of persons / representives of national federations with the
aim to enhance the international exchange in old age psychiatry.
Members expressed their concern about the selection rules for the
representatives. Especially in cases where there is more than one association
in a country, difficulties may occur. Furthermore, it should be ensured
that the chosen associations are not influenced by the pharmaceutical industry.
These issues will be transmitted to Prof. Alistair Burns who will take
them into account when inviting potential representatives.
Otherwise there were only minor changes in the rules, mainly necessary
for legal reasons. All attendees voted in unison for the new rules.
6. Election of new Board members.
Dr. Mendonca Lima had to quit his position as president due to his
new professorship at the University of Rio de Janeiro.
It was proposed that Prof. Ralf Ihl became Chairman (President).
As a new member in the board of directors Prof. Vincent Camus was
nominated.
Both nominations were fully approved by the members and all were
elected unopposed.
The elections resulted in the following board of directors:
Chairman / President Prof. Ralf Ihl
Vice-Chair / Vice-President Prof. Raimundo Mateos
Secretary Dr. Joanna Rymaszewska
Treasurer Dr. Brigitte Grass-Kapanke
Liaison Officer Dr. Pasquale Calabrese
Speaker of the NB Prof. Alistair Burns
Special tasks: Prof. Andrzej Kiejna
Prof. Knut Engedal
Prof. Martin Orrell
Prof. Vincent Camus
7. Future meetings
a) Basel 2005
Prof. Krebs-Rubiczeck and her local committee are well on track with
regard to planning the 33rd Symposium which would be held in Basel between
Oct. 27-29th , 2005. Main topics will be “Diversity and Commonality
of Geriatric Psychiatry in Europe” and “Telematics”.
In addition, educational courses with CME credit will be offered.
b) For 2006 the board will try to find an organiser in Eastern Europe.
c) In 2007 the congress will be held in Santiago de Compostella (Prof. Mateos) in Collaboration with the Sociedad Española de Gerontopsiquiatría y Psicogeriatría and the Associação Portuguesa de Gerontopsiquiatria.
8. Date of next meeting
This would be held during the course of the Basel meeting. Members
would be sent the agenda, time and venue by mail.
9. Any other business
Thanks to Prof. Engedal for the organisation of such a successful
congress.
Good by, thank you very much for the successful work as president
of our association and best wishes to Prof. Mendonca Lima.
Dr. Brigitte Grass-Kapanke
25.09.04