Association of Southern Urologists

MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEETING OF ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN UROLOGISTS

15.7.2006, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

The Annual General Body Meeting was held on 15 July 2006 at Hotel Mascot, Thiruvananthapuram.

The meeting was presided by Dr. R.Shivashankar, President, Association of Southern Urologists.

The General body paid respects to Dr. Jeyasekaran, Surgeon from Nagercoil who passed away. Dr. Nalini Venugopal, wife of Prof. P.Venugopal passed away after a brief illness. The General Body stood in silence to pray for the departed souls. The General Body authorized the Secretary to send the condolences to the bereaved family.

Meeting was called to order. Sufficient quorum was found to conduct the General Body. Dr. R.Shivashankar, President welcomed the members to the Annual General Body Meeting at Thiruvananthapuram.

The minutes of the previous General Body Meeting at Bangalore was approved unanimously by the General Body which was proposed by Dr. Nitin Kekre and seconded by Dr. Ganesh Gopalkrishnan.

Dr. R.Keshavamurthy, Secretary, ASU read out the Annual report of the activities of ASU for the year 2005-2006. The report was passed which was proposed by Dr. D.Ramesh and seconded by Dr. T.R.Murali. There was discussion regarding the rules of MIUC traveling fellowship. It was decided to approach the donors of the traveling fellowship to explore any possibility in the modification of the rules.

The Secretary informed the General Body that Dr. Devaprasath Jeyasekaran had proposed to contribute an additional sum of Rs. 1,50,000.00 for the Ideas and Innovations Award in the name of his father Dr. Jeyasekaran and a Gold medal would be given as award every year from the interest accrued. The General Body approved this and appreciated the gesture of Dr. Devaprasath.

Dr. Pitchai Balashanmugam, Treasurer tabled the audited statement of accounts for the year 2005 - 2006 which was printed in the newsletter. The Treasurer report was passed unanimously which was proposed by Dr. G.K.Venkatesh and seconded by Dr.Sanjay Sinha.

The Secretary read out the list of new members enrolled for the Life Membership and Associate Life Membership which was approved by the General Body.

Elections were held to the posts of President Elect, Hon. Secretary and Treasurer of ASU. The Secretary informed the General Body that for the post of President Elect, Dr. T.R.Murali from Madurai was the only applicant and it was found valid by the Returning Officer. Dr. T.R.Murali was elected unanimously which was approved by the General Body. For the post of Hon. Secretary, Dr. Pitchai Balashanmugam was the sole applicant which was found valid and he was declared elected unanimously. For the post of Treasurer Dr. Ravikumar from Chennai was the sole applicant and the General Body approved his nomination. The General Body ratified these elections and congratulated the newly elected members.

Dr. C.S.Ratkal, Organising Secretary of SZUSICON 2005 placed the accounts before the General Body and presented a cheque of Rs. 1,25,000.00 as the profit from the last SZUSICON at Bangalore. The draft was received by Dr. R.Shivashankar.

Dr. Raveendran Nair announced that the accounts of USICON at Kochi had been finalized. The share of the profit to ASU of Rs. 1,53,000.00 was handed over to President, ASU.

Dr. Ramalingam, Organizing Secretary of SZUSICON 2007 at Coimbatore made a brief presentation of the conference at Coimbatore and welcomed the members to Coimbatore for SZUSICON 2007.

Dr. O.Ramesh, Secretary of APSOGUS informed the General Body that APSOGUS would host the SZUSICON 2009. He informed the AGM that the place would be decided and communicated to the Secretary.

The Orator for the Prof. H.S.Bhat Oration for year 2007 was awarded to Prof. S.Varadarajan from Chennai.

The moderator for the Khivraj Memorial symposium for the year 2007 was awarded to Prof. A.S.Albert from Kottayam. The topic for the Symposium is "Ejaculatory Dysfunction".

The Secretary informed the General Body that the students and well wishers of Prof. P.B.Sivaraman have proposed to donate a corpus of Rs. 3,00,000.00 to name the guest lecture as Prof. P.B.Sivaraman Endowment Lecture. This was deliberated in the Council Meeting and the General Body approved this and it would be instituted from the coming year.

Dr. Mallikarjuna Reddy from Hyderabad was of the opinion that the ASU should elect the two members to the Council of USI unanimously henceforth. Dr. Sanjay Sinha and others felt that it would not be fair to do this as the voting for election to the Council of USI is at national level. The General Body resolved to continue with the current practice of elections.

Dr. R.Shivashankar thanked all the members and concluded the Annual General Body Meeting.