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International College of Dentists
Minutes - International Council Meeting
Friday 15 June,
2001
1. The meeting of the International Council of the
International College of Dentists was held at the Hotel
Bayerischer Hof, Munich, Germany, on 15 June 2001. President
Richard Schoessler called the meeting to order at 7:50 AM.
President-Elect Vic Lanctis offered the opening prayer.
2. The roll was taken by Secretary General Robert Brady.
Present were:
| President |
Richard
J. Schoessler, USA |
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| President-Elect |
V. J.
Lanctis, Canada |
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| Vice
President |
Minoru
Horiuchi, USA |
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| Immediate Past
President |
Sydenham
Dobbin, Australia |
(Excused)
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| Treasurer |
James P.
Kerrigan, USA |
(Excused)
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| Editor |
William
E. Hawkins, USA |
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| Secretary
General |
Robert E.
Brady, USA |
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| Deputy-Secretary
General |
George D.
Selfridge, USA |
(Excused)
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Councilmen:
| R. K.
Bali |
India |
(Absent)
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| Antonio
Bello |
Mexico |
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| Lon D.
Carroll |
USA |
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| Ramon
Castillo |
Peru |
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| Chao Chang
Chan |
Taiwan |
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| Donald E.
Compaan |
USA |
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| Thomas E.
Emmering |
USA |
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| Cyrill
Gaum |
USA |
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| B. David
Glynn |
England |
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| Tatsuya
Ishikawa |
Japan |
(Excused)
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| Donald E.
Johnson |
USA |
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| Levon
Karjian |
Lebanon |
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| John B.
Lathrop |
USA |
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| Gordon M.
Marshall |
Canada |
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| Emanuel W.
Michaels |
USA |
(Excused)
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| Norinaga
Moriyama |
Japan |
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| Luis F.
Orosa |
Philippines |
(Excused)
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| Lloyd J.
Phillips |
USA |
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| George
Read-Ward |
UK |
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| Richard A.
Shick |
USA |
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| Choo Soo
Teo |
Singapore |
(Excused)
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| Andreas
Tsoutsos |
Greece |
(Excused)
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| Woong
Yang |
Korea |
(Absent)
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A quorum was present.
Others in attendance:
| Gerrit van
der Harst |
Netherlands |
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| Manfred
Seidmann |
Chile |
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| Richard
Smith |
USA |
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Dr. Woong Yang arrived late afternoon as a result of
aircraft problems.
3. The corrected and approved minutes of 12 October 2000
were opened for discussion.
| A) Dr.
Lanctis discussed 4.E.iv of the minutes. It was left
as written.
B) Dr. Lanctis
discussed 7.C.ii. Dr. Read-Ward moved to charge for
the ICD History. Dr. Lanctis seconded the
motion. The motion was defeated.
C) Dr. Lanctis
discussed 8.D.i.c. The word "request" will
be removed.
D) Minutes should be
made available as soon as possible. Dr. Lanctis moved
that the draft should be produced in 45 days if
possible and the final minutes in 90 days, if
possible. Dr. Marshall seconded and the Council
approved. Dr. Lanctis moved to buy a recorder for
recording minutes and Dr. Marshall seconded. The
motion was approved.
E) Dr. Carroll moved to
approve the minutes. Dr. Glynn seconded the motion and
the Council approved the motion |
4. Officers' Reports
| A)
President Schoessler: He opened with the quote,
"If you were born before 1962, you can consider
yourself an immigrant to today's society."
His travels have taken
him to Toronto for the Canadian ICD meeting where he
also met with the Registrar-Secretary General
Committee and Dr. Brady to discuss the Secretary
General contract. He will go to the Charleston, South
Carolina and Kansas City, Missouri meetings with the
USA Section. Kuala Lumpur will see him in September,
and in November he will go to Buenos Aires, Argentina
for Section IV (South America) meeting.
Dr. Schoessler talked
about Immediate Past President Dobbin of Australia. He
is doing well but was not up to the trip to Munich. He
requested the By-Laws Committee add a provision to the
College By-Laws for the Nominating Committee so that
the next senior past president is utilized as a member
if one of the current members is absent.
He (Dr. Schoessler) is
excited about our website because it will give us
international exposure and potentially allow each
Section to display what it wants under the umbrella of
the College. We will see a demonstration later in the
meeting.
B) President-Elect
Lanctis: He read his report and submitted it in
writing (addendum1).
C) Vice President
Horiuchi: He went to the Japanese Section meeting this
year. He wants to explore the following with the
Constitution and By-Laws Committee: every other year
the Council meets in the USA with the USA Section at
their annual meeting. Therefore, every other year the
Council meets outside the USA. A USA Section Fellow is
the President of the Council every other year. Every
other year a Section other than the USA has a
President. The objective is for the Council meeting to
be held in the Section whose Fellow is President of
the International College of Dentists that year.
D) Treasurer Kerrigan:
Secretary General Brady gave His report. All aspects
of the report are included in the Council Book. At the
bottom of page 31 (disbursement of funds) net increase
for 2000 and not 2001 as indicated. Dr. Lathrop moved
to accept the Treasurer's Report. Dr. Johnson seconded
the motion and the Council approved.
E) Editor Hawkins: He
made an oral report and submitted his written report.
His four motions will be deferred until after the web
site report.
F) Dr. Schoessler
announced that past president Gerrit van der Harst had
joined us at the meeting. |
5. Secretary General Brady: His report was provided in the
Council Book.
6. Standing Committee Reports
| A) Awards
Committee - Dr. Loflin: Secretary General provided
report that no awards were recommended.
B) College Growth and
Development Committee -Dr. Castillo: There was no
activity so no report was given.
C) Constitution
Committee - Dr. Carroll: The Committee moved and
seconded acceptance of the Constitution and By-Law's.
Under discussion, Dr. Johnson requested to delay the
motion until after Resolution # 1 (realignment
presented by Councilman Teo Choo Soo in 1999).
President Schoessler deferred with the Constitution
Committee's agreement. Dr. Shick had several minor
editorial changes and he asked for and was given
permission by the Council to mail them to Dr. Carroll
for his consideration.
D) Finance Committee -
Dr. Schoessler: The Finance Committee will meet during
the lunch hour and report back after that.
E) Rehabilitation and
Appeal Committee - Dr. Dobbin: Dr. Dobbin was excused
absence but there was no activity therefore there were
no reports. |
7. Special Committee Reports
| A) Projects
and Funding Committee - Dr. Phillips: The written
report was filed and Dr. Phillips moved for approval.
Dr. Carroll seconded the motion and the Council
approved.
B) Long-Term Investment
Committee - Dr. Johnson: Currently there are no funds
available for long term investment. Secretary General
Brady explained that the current bank used for the
checking account has been closed and a new account at
First Union National Bank has been opened. The
advantages were explained.
Dr. Glynn moved that
for long-term investing we should use the same
guidelines as the USA Section. Dr. Shick seconded the
motion and the Council approved.
President Schoessler
directed a letter be written to each Secretary
General/Registrar of each Section explaining the
action.
C) History Committee -
Dr. Shaffer: Secretary General Brady presented the
History report. Each Section will be given 40 copies.
Dr. Phillips moved to have the Secretary General write
a letter of appreciation to Dr. Shaffer for a job well
done. Dr. Moriyama seconded the motion. In discussion
a request was made to defer the motion until Section
IV makes its report. Dr. Phillips agreed. |
8. Section Reports
| A) Section
1 - USA: Written report submitted. Nothing to add.
B) Section 2 - Canada:
Annual meeting was held in Toronto. Written report was
submitted. Newsletter was passed out.
C) Section 3 - Mexico:
Dr. Bello talked about President Sakar and President
Elect Zeron. Written report was submitted. |
The Council recessed at 9:27
AM.
The Council resumed at 9:37
AM.
| D) Section
4 - South America: Dr. Castillo presented the report
that was submitted. He introduced Dr. Seidemann who
thanked the USA Section Foundation and the Richard
Molton Fund for providing a speaker each year to South
America. Over 6,000 dentists in South America have
learned more about dentistry because of this. He
thanked Drs. Aronson, Brady, Johnson and Shaffer for
their help. This project was started ten years ago
when Dr. Loflin came to South America to lecture.
Dr. Castillo directed
the Council to page seven of the Section IV report and
moved that motions 1, 2, and 4 be forwarded to the
Constitution and By-Laws committee for their
consideration. Dr. Johnson seconded the motion and the
Council approved.
| Motion
1: Article VIII of the Constitution shall be amended
to add: Section 3.
Reporting Fees.
Rosters indicating the names and addresses of
the Candidates or Fellows included in the
payment must accompany all payments. This
applies to Annual Capitation Fees as well as
Induction Fees. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary General of the College to enforce,
requirement.
Motion 2: The
Constitution, Article VII, Section 6, shall be
amended to add a Standing Committee entitled
History Committee. Motion: The By-Laws, Article
IV, Section 1, shall be amended to add the
following duties under History Committee:
Annually record the History of the College and
provide this information to the membership at
least every five years either via published
document or over the world wide web.
Motion 4: The
By-Laws, Article III, Section 1, C,
"Councilmen," shall be amended as
follows:
Add Section 6. It shall be considered a conflict
of interest for a Councilman to accept or hold a
similar position on any other
"International Honorary Dental Organization
while serving the International College of
Dentists." |
Dr. Castillo moved
motion 3 from page 7 of the Section IV report. This
was the same motion that Dr. Phillips deferred
earlier. This motion was again seconded by Dr.
Moriyama and the Council approved.
| Motion
3: The International Council hereby expresses
sincere appreciation to Fellow Richard G.
Shaffer for his efforts and commends the quality
of the publication "From Founding to the
New Millennium, 1920-2000." The College
President shall transmit such Commendation. |
Dr. Bello requested
that Section IV report page 2, last paragraph be
charged from "Latin America to "South
America." Dr. Castillo agreed. Dr. Johnson
requested (that the web site in South America have
English on it, because it is the language of the
College. Dr. Castillo agreed.
A discussion occurred
because Section IV is deleting Bolivia, Colombia,
Ecuador and Venezuela as districts. Dr. Lanctis wanted
more information as to why they were being dropped. If
it was money, perhaps the fees could be changed. Dr.
Marshall said we should leave the decision to Section
IV who has said those districts were not interested.
E) Section 5 - Europe:
Dr. Read-Ward informed the Council he is resigning
from the Council at the conclusion of this meeting
because he disagrees on many subjects. The History and
Globe costs concern him. He feels the Council does not
discuss important issues at the meetings and there is
lack of subcommittee time and discussion.
The written report was
submitted. Dr. Read-Ward then provided a video
demonstration of where the European web site is
currently. He believes it has great education
potential and there can be day to day use of the web
site. He also believes this would enable us to reach
the less fortunate colleagues and, as an example, the
Ukraine who was added this year.
The European Board of
Regents gave 1,000 pounds to the project this year.
Dr. Lathrop was sorry
to hear Dr. Read-Ward felt that way about the Council
and asked him to reconsider his resignation.
F) Section 6 - India:
Dr. Bali was not here so no report was submitted.
G) Section 7 - Japan:
Dr. Moriyama presented a report orally and the written
report was filed in the Council book.
H) Section 8 -
Australasian: Dr. Dobbin could not be here so no
report was given.
I) Section 9 -
Philippine Islands: Dr. Orosa could not be here so no
report was filed.
J) Section 10 - Middle
East: Dr. Karjin presented an oral report. Written
report was filed.
K) Section 11 - Korea:
Dr. Woong Yang was unable to attend the meeting
because of airline problems so no report was filed.
L) Section 12 - Chinese
Taipei: Dr. Chan gave an oral report.
M) Section 20 -
International Section: Dr. Teo could not be here but
his report was passed out and filed. |
9. The Council went into Executive Session at 11:20 AM to
discuss the Secretary General's Contract. At 11:40 AM they
asked for the Secretary General to come into the room. At
11:55 AM they came out of Executive Session and returned to
General Session.
Dr. Glynn moved that the contract discussion was agreeable
to the Council and Dr. Brady, and should now be forwarded to
the USA Section for their discussion. Dr. Lathrop seconded
the motion and the Council approved.
When Mary Jo and Dr. Brady return to the office they should
request from the officers of each section their correct
address, phone number, fax number and email address.
10. Miscellaneous Business:
| A) Future
Council Meetings: Dr. Brady discussed what was known
about each city and country and date. In 2002, the
Council meeting will be one and one-half days
(Wednesday and Thursday, 16 and 17 October).
B) Master Candidates:
| 1)
Dr. Brady nominated Richard C. Rice of Section
I. Dr. Phillips moved for acceptance and Dr.
Johnson seconded. The Council approved.
2) Dr. Castillo
nominated Walter Lieber Bielli of Section IV.
Dr. Castillo moved for acceptance and Dr.
Carroll seconded. The Council approved.
3) Dr. Brady
nominated Diampo J. Lim of Section IX because
the Councilman from the Philippine Islands
Section was an excused absence. Dr. Johnson
moved for acceptance and Dr. Phillips seconded.
The Council approved.
A discussion
occurred about the number of Master Fellows
different Sections have in relation to the
number of Fellows in the Section. Dr. Phillips
explained the process. |
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The Council recessed for lunch and photo at 12:21 PM.
The Council reconvened at 1:30 PM.
During the lunch break the Finance Committee reviewed the
year 2000 financial records. They found everything in proper
order and Dr. Schoessler moved for acceptance. Dr. Lathrop
seconded and the Council approved.
C)
Secretary General
| 1) In
1999 Section IV made two proposals which were
sent to all Sections for response (pages 55-58
of 2001 Council Book). In the 2000 Council
meeting the Secretary General had asked to defer
definitely until the 2001 Council meeting. The
Council had agreed. At this meeting Section IV
agreed that the Motto and Mission statement
adopted at the 2000 Council Meetings satisfied
the two proposals and no other response was
necessary.
2) At the Council
meeting in 1999 the Secretary-General was
requested to identify by numbers the Active
Fellows, Life Fellows, Master and honorary
Fellows for each Section and Regions of the
International Section. The Secretary General
asked the information be definitely deferred
until the 2001 Council meeting. The information
is displayed on page 59 of the 2001 Council
book. Members of the Council were then asked to
verify the numbers so the Central Office could
be more accurate.
3) Resolution #1
postponed until after the web site demonstration
under New Business.
4) Dr. Chandna,
Secretary General of the India Section has once
again requested the Council allow Section VI to
make a one time payment for induction and all
capitation fees for each Fellow (a lifetime
payment). Dr. Bali, the Councilman for Section
VI, was not available to discuss this request.
Dr. Phillips moved that Dr. Brady send a letter
again to Section VI explaining the Council
cannot accept their request. Dr. Carroll
seconded the Motion and the Council approved. |
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11. New Business:
| Dr.
Johnson, Councilman of the USA Section, and Dr.
Richard Smith of the USA Section presented a
demonstration of the web site they created to be used
as the web site of the International College of
Dentists. A great deal of discussion ensued and Drs.
Johnson and Smith demonstrated how it could be an
umbrella site whereby the click on a country flag
would put you into that Section's web site.
Dr. Johnson moved that
the International Council adopt the domain name
http://www.icd.org and authorize the Information
Technology Committee to make a final preparation for a
permanent web site for the International College of
Dentists and approve an amendment to the budget to
support the same. Dr. Lathrop seconded the motion and
the Council approved.
Dr. Johnson informed
the Council that when the USA Section meets in July,
they would be requested to relinquish the domain name
that the College wishes to adopt. He also mentioned
many things that could be placed on the site. Dr.
Brady requested that the toll free number not be
published.
Dr. Johnson told the
Council that $3,000.00 (US) would be needed is funds
for 2001, and $3,000.00 (US) would be needed in the
budget for 2002.
Dr. Glynn moved to
increase the 2001 budget by $3,000.00 (US) for the
website and increase the 2002 budget by $3,000.00
(US). Dr. Marshall seconded the motion and the Council
approved.
Dr. Read-Ward suggested
the European flag use a blue field with gold stars in
the circle. He also suggested that the updated date be
placed on each page. |
The Council now took up the motions of the Editor's report
(4E).
Dr. Hawkins offered the first motion: increase the funding
to the College from the Sections in the amount of $5.00 per
active member. Dr. Shick seconded the motion. Dr. Lanctis
and Dr. Read-Ward offered discussion. Dr. Hawkins offered an
amendment to the motion to refer the original motion to the
Sections so they can report to the Council at the 2002
meeting. Dr. Shick seconded the amendment and the Council
approved. The Council then approved the amended motion.
Dr. Hawkins withdrew motions B and C.
Dr. Hawkins offered motion D: Reimbursement for travel and 2
days per diem for the Editor of the College to the Council
Board meeting, and the supervising of the publications and
the placement of the materials on the web. Dr. Read-Ward
seconded the motion. The Council did not approve. The
Council approved the motion being referred to the Finance
Committee for consideration.
Resolution #1 from Miscellaneous Business was brought forth.
| In 1999,
Dr. Teo Choo Soo, the International Councilman, asked
for three changes to the Regions of the International
Section. The Constitution and By-Laws Committee
deferred until 2000 because Dr. Teo was not present.
Dr. Teo was unable to present in 2000 so the
resolutions were deferred again to the 2001 meeting.
Due to Hong Kong being returned to China, Dr. Teo was
requested to redefine his resolution. He did as the
following indicates:
a. Vietnam, which is in
Region 23, could be relocated to Legion 31.
b. Malaysia, which is
in Region 25, could be relocated to Region 33.
c. China and Hong Kong
should remain in Region 22 but be identified as 22a
and 22b.
Dr. Glynn moved to
accept the Section 20 changes as proposed by Dr. Teo.
Dr. Carroll seconded the motion. During discussion Dr.
Hawkins moved an amendment to the motion to divide the
proposal into 2 parts: Vietnam and Malaysia considered
together and China and Hong Kong considered together.
Dr. Phillips seconded and the Council passed the
amendment.
As further discussion
occurred, Dr. Glynn moved to reconsider the amendment
just passed. Dr. Shick seconded the motion and the
Council passed.
The prevailing thought
is that Dr. Teo is the Councilman and he is the one
who made the proposal. He is more familiar with the
area than the rest of the Council.
The Council then passed
the original motion on the floor, which is what Dr.
Teo proposed. |
12. Budget Approval: Dr. Brady presented the budget because
Dr. Kerrigan was excused. Dr. Lathrop moved to pass
the budget as amended earlier to increase the Internet
Project to $3,000.00 (US). Dr. Phillips seconded the motion
and the Council approved (addendum 2).
13. Nominating Committee Report: Dr. Glynn moved to accept
the report and Dr. Johnson seconded. The Council approved.
When asked if there were any nominations from the floor Dr.
Phillips moved to close the nominations. Dr. Carroll
seconded the motion and the Council approved. Since there
were no other nominations, the Nominating Committee's report
stands and Dr. Horiuchi is elected as President-Elect, Dr.
Castillo is elected as Vice President and Dr. Kerrigan is
elected as Treasurer. Dr. Hawkins is appointed as Editor and
Dr. Selfridge is appointed as Deputy Secretary General.
Dr. Horiuchi moved that the Council meeting be held in the
country of the sitting president. Dr. Hawkins seconded the
motion. Under discussion Dr. Carroll opposed. The Council
approved and sent the motion to the College Growth and
Development committee.
Dr. Carroll moved to accept the Constitution and By-Laws as
amended by Resolution #1. Dr. Read-Ward seconded and
the Council approved.
Dr. Castillo mentioned the College Growth and Development
Committee has 2 proposals that they will discuss and present
at the Council Meeting in New Orleans 2002.
14. Dr. Schoessler thanked the Council for having been
nominated to be the President of the International College
of Dentists. He and Dr. Lanctis exchanged the gavel.
Dr. Lanctis expressed personal congratulations to Dr.
Schoessler for his competent chairmanship of this meeting as
well as the Council meeting in Chicago where he had to stand
in for Dr. Dobbin. On behalf of all Council members, he
wished him well on the remainder of his tenure as President
and on his upcoming visits to various Sections. He informed
Council that the usual Committee roster could not be
finalized at this juncture because of upcoming retirements
on Council and the fact that replacements were not yet
known. He thanked members of Council for their past support
and, in soliciting their continued understanding and
patience, he likened the College to fine rare wine which
likewise requires attentive care as well as adequate
maturation in order to reach its full potential!
Dr. Lanctis adjourned the meeting at 3:55 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Robert E. Brady, D.M.D.
Secretary General/Registrar
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