Association of Southern Urologists

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

12.7. 2008, TIRUPATI

38 members attended the meeting. The meeting was called to order by the President Dr. T.R.Murali. The house paid homage to 2 of its members, Dr. V.Subramanian and Dr. Kamalakanthan who died recently. Dr. RM.Meyyappan remembered the former, while the latter was remembered by Dr. Thanikachalam in their condolence speech. The President remarked the progress made by the Society in the last few years. The minutes of last AGM was passed. Hon. Secretary's Annual Report (2007-2008) was passed. Hon. Treasurer's Annual Report (2007-2008) was also passed, subject to the Auditor finalizing and signing the audited statement of accounts. Dr. Nerli presented a report of SZ-USICON to be held at Belgaum in July 2009. The house suggested that proper conveyance including chartered flights be arranged for the attending delegates. Dr. H.Krishna Moorthy briefed the facilities for conduct of SZ-USICON at Thrissur in 2010.

The following Office Bearers of Association of Southern Urologists were elected for the year 2008 - 2010

Dr. Ramesh D, Bangalore - President (for 2008-2009)
Dr. Pitchai Balashanmugam, Chennai - President Elect (for 2008-2009)
Dr. H.Krishna Moorthy, Kochi - Hon. Secretary
Dr. S.Ravikumar, Chennai - Hon. Treasurer

Since Dr. H.Krishna Moorthy resigned from his post as Council Member to accept the post of Hon. Secretary, Dr. Syam K Ramesh from Thiruvananthapuram was elected as Council member from Kerala for the next 2 years.

The following decisions were also taken.

Dr. Ravindranath Travel Fellowship 2008-2009
Dr. Ravi, Post Graduate Student, Department of Urology, Madras Medical College, Chennai
Prof. A.P.Pandey Travel Fellowship 2008-2009

No Applicants

MIUC Travel Fellowship for alternate years

No Fellowship for 2008-2009

Khivraj Memorial Symposium 2009

Moderator: Prof. Jeyaram Reddy, Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad

Topic: GUTB

Prof. H.S.Bhat Oration, 2009

Orator: Dr. Srithar, Bangalore

Prof. P.B.Sivaraman Endowment Guest Lecture, 2009

Dr. Rupin Shah, Mumbai (subject to his concurrence)

Prof. K.Ravishankar Uro-Radiology Quiz, 2009

Quiz Master: Dr. Keshavamurthy, Bangalore

Prof. N.Krishnamurthy Gold Medal for Point-Counter Point Debate, 2009

Moderator: Dr. Prakash Prabhu, Mysore

The names of 30 new members were approved by GB and they were admitted as members of the society.

The following amendments to bye laws were approved by the GB unanimously:

The activities of the association would be purely charitable in nature and not motivated for profit.
The funds of the institution would be utilized only towards the objects and no portion of it would be distributed in any manner to the trustees or persons defined in section 13(1)(c ) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
The benefit of objects would be available to the general public irrespective of cast, creed, religion or sex.
Not more than 5% of the income of the society/trust/institution would be applied for any religious purposes or given to religious institutions.

The suggestion of Dr. Venkatesh Krishnamurthy to enroll non medical personnels (such as MSc Microbiology, Nurses, Biochemistry Graduates etc) as members of the society was discussed in detail. It was decided not to enroll this category of research workers as members of Association of Southern Urologists presently. However they may be permitted to attend the Annual academic meetings and be co-author for papers presented during the conference. They will also not be eligible to present papers during the Conference.

Hon. Treasurer briefed the house regarding the suggestions of Auditor & Income Tax Commissioner for registering the society under Charitable Trusts Act. The amendments suggested by Auditor in this regard were approved by General Body. For the purposes of submitting papers / documents with the Registrar of Societies / Income Tax Authorities, any one of the following is authorized to affix his/her signature:-

1. President

2. President Elect

3. Honorary Secretary

4. Honorary Treasurer

Finally the President thanked all members for attending the meeting.