Australian Hand Surgery Society
Official Delegate: John Buntine (Vice-President of the Australian H.S.S.)
Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate: Wu Wing Cheung (President HKSSH), Chow Yuk Yin (President-Elect)
Editor in Chief of the Journal: S.P. Chow
Indian Society of Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate: G Balakrishnan (President ISSH)
Indonesian Society for Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate: Djoko Roeshadi (President Indonesian S.S.H.)
Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate: Moroe Beppu (Congress Chairman, 5th APFSSH Congress)
Organizing Committee Member of the 5th Congress:
Muneaki Abe (Vice President, 5th APFSSH Congress)
Yoshitaka Minamikawa (Executive Secretary, 5th APFSSH Congress)
Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate: Soo Kyun Rah (President, KSSH)
Korean Society of Reconstructive Hand Surgery
Official Delegate: Woo Kyung Kim (Secretary General, KSRHS)
Congress President of the 4th Congress: Suk Joon Oh
Malaysian Society for Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate: Tunku Sara Ahmad (Committee Member, MSSH)
New Zealand Society for Surgery of the Hand
Not attending the 6th Council Meeting
Philippine Society for Surgery of the Hand
Not attending the 6th Council Meeting
Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate: Fok Chuan Yong (Committee Member SSHS)
Republic of China Society for Surgery of the Hand (Taiwan)
Official Delegate: Hung Chi Chen (President, HST)
The Thai Society for Surgery of the Hand
Official Delegate:Panupan Songcharoen(Vice-President, TSSH)
3. Minutes of the 5th Council Meeting
Passed without amendments.
4. The 6th Council Meeting
Annual dues have been collected for the year 1999 and 2000 for the following societies.
Australian Hand Surgery Society
Hong Kong Society for Surgery of the Hand
India Society for Surgery of the Hand
Indonesian Society for Surgery of the Hand (also year 2001 and 2002, paid in advance, $200.00 immediate after Council Meeting)
Japanese Society for Surgery of the Hand
Korean Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Korean Society of Reconstructive Hand Surgery (also year 2001, paid in advance, $100.00))
Malaysian Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Philippine Society for Surgery of the Hand
Singapore Society for Surgery of the Hand
The Thai Society for Surgery of the Hand
Annual Dues unsettled for the following member Societies:
New Zealand Society for Surgery of the Hand
Republic of China Society for Surgery of the Hand (Hung Chi Chen promised to settle soon)
Pakistan Society for Surgery of the Hand
The budget and spending was reported by the executive secretary.
A total balance of approximately $1000.00 is to be expected at the end of the term, taking into account that the organizing committee of the 4th meeting compliment expenses for the current council meeting. It was pointed out (Michael Tonkin) that expenses relevant to the scientific meeting be handled by budget of the respective organizing committee. Indian Society of Hand Surgery (G. Balakrishnan) promised a contribution of US $ 500.00 to the federation. This is following hosting of the 3rd congress in Chennai.
The domain of the APFSSH
Internet URL Domain for the APFSSH http://www.apfssh.org was authorized and registered. After completion of the 4th APFSSH Congress, the Domain will be forwarded to the next Councilfs Secretariat.
The next and future congress
Japan will be hosting the 5th congress of the APFSSH in Osaka, year 2003. Thailand proposed to be the host of the subsequent congress (late in 2005 or early 2006), and this was passed with unanimous support. Hong Kong Society expressed wish to host the congress following the one in Thailand (year 2007 or 2008). Thailand expressed thanks to the Hong Kong Society for the thoughtful consideration in not having competed for the subsequent congress.
Election of office bearers for the 4th executive committee (2002~2004)
The following office bearers were proposed and elected with unanimous support. A motion was made and seconded (Tonkin, Sara) that the automatic ascent from vice-president to president be put down in the charter. However, this rule should not necessarily apply to that ascent from secretary general to vice-president (Sara, Balakrishnan). The next committee should therefore, see to that this amendment be made and be approved at the next council meeting.
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