world federation of societies of anaesthesiologists annual report 2006

7.3 STATUTES: Page 8; Art 4.05 Nomination of President, Secretary, Treasurer, DeputySecretary and Deputy TreasurerThe Executive Committee shall make nominations for the posts of President, Secretary, Treasurer,Deputy Secretary and Deputy Treasurer and communicate these nominations to all Member Societies atleast four months prior to the General Assembly. Counter nominations may be made by any threeMember Societies and must be received by the Chairman of the Executive Committee at least one monthbefore the meeting of the General Assembly.STATUTES: Page 8: Art 4.05 be renumbered 4.06.7.4 BYLAWS: Page 23; 3.01 Composition (Executive Committee)The composition of the Executive Committee is laid down in Art 4.02 of the Statutes. The Chair ornominee of the Foundation is a non-voting member of the Executive Committee.To delete: The President has no vote except as provided in Bylaw 3.15. The Deputy Secretary andDeputy Treasurer have no vote unless they are also elected members of the Committee.7.5 BYLAWS: Page 26; 4.02 Finance Committee (Composition)The Management Group of the Executive Committee plus at least one other person with appropriateknowledge and skills.7.6 BYLAWS: Page 26; 4.03 Statutes and Bylaws (Composition)The Management Group of the Executive Committee plus at least one other person with appropriateknowledge and skills.7.7 The Statutes and Bylaws Committee shall be charged with the responsibility of modifying theBylaws after consultation and approval to be in compliance with these changes in the Statutes andBylaws until such time as a constitutional review is completed.All these proposals were unanimously approved.8. Report of the Finance CommitteeR.Walsh and J.Fontenot explained to the General Assembly the reasons to increase the annualsubscription. They put forward again the motions that:a) the annual subscription for 2005 and 2006 be US$2.00 per ordinary member of each national societyb) the annual subscription from 2007 be US$2.50 per ordinary member of each national society.Both the motions were passed by a majority vote.9. Reports of the Special Committees9.1 The General Assembly accepted the written reports of:a) Obstetrics Committeeb) Paediatric Anaesthesia Committeec) Pain Relief Committeed) Resuscitation, Critical Care and Trauma Committee9.2 The General Assembly received the verbal reports of:a) WFSA Foundation (Michael Rosen)b) Safety and Quality of Practice (Alan Merry)The General Assembly accepted the recommendations of the Executive Committee that these twocommittees be made into Standing Committees of the WFSA.10. Report of the 2012 Venue CommitteeA.Enright announced that the Venue Committee has selected Argentina as the host country for the 2012World Congress of Anaesthesiologists.16