Annual Conference 2002 - Los Angeles, CA

Providing Educational Opportunities for Health Professionals in Nepal
Current Status – Future Goals

Annual Conference, June 14-16, 2002, Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles, California

2002 Conference Report

Friday, June 14, 2002

5:30 pm - Registration and Gathering

6:00 pm - Welcoming Dinner catered by Gil's Indian Restaurant

With grateful appreciation for support to KLS Martin

7:00 pm - Welcome - Don Blair, MD, Chairman of the Board

Welcome and Introduction - Sanjaya Khanal, MD, President

Presentation – David Dingman, MD – Interplast

8:00 pm - Executive Committee Meeting

All ANMF members encouraged to attend discussion of Bylaws, ANMF Board, and legal issues

Saturday, June 15, 2002

8:00 am - Late Registration & Breakfast

8:45 am - Opening Remarks and Introduction - Libby Wilson, MD

9:00 am - Eloise Helwig, President of the Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation - Welcome

9:15 am - Medical Education in Nepal - Sanjaya Khanal, MD Moderator

Status of Medical Education in Nepal – Janak Koirala, MD

HealthNet Project – Sanjaya Khanal, MD

Medical Education in Nepal – Stanford Experience – Elizabeth Kwo

Neurosurgery Program at TUTH  - Arnold B. Calica, MD, Ph.D.

Discussion / Questions & Answers

10:25 am - Break

10:45 am - Kathmandu University Medical School - Julia Shepardson, Moderator

History – Gaury Adhikary, MD

Facilities – Shiva Gautam, MD 

Education – The Harvard Perspective – Christine Zanella, Ph.D.

Future and Goals – Don Blair, MD

ANMF & the ASHA Application – Julia Shepardson

Discussion / Questions and Answers

12:10 pm - KUMS Recruitment Video

12:25 pm - Lunch

Presentation – John Wood, Room to Read

1:35 pm - Inside ANMF - Don Blair, MD, Moderator

State of ANMF – Sanjaya Khanal, MD 

Financial Report – Kristin Stueber, MD

Projects Committee Report – Fred Shepardson

Membership Committee Report – Bhargab Dixit, MD

Educational Materials – Sunil Sharma, MD

CME Committee Report – Janak Koirala, MD

ANMF/ Nepal – Don Blair, MD / Shiva Gautam, MD

2:45 pm - Annual Meeting of Members - Sanjaya Khanal, MD, Moderator

Vote on Bylaws Amendment – Fred Shepardson 

3:15 pm - Break (Special meeting of Board of Directors)

3:50 pm - Annual Meeting of Members - Resumed

Election of Board – Don Blair, MD

4:40 pm - Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors 

7:00 pm - Dinner in Pasadena at the Tibet/Nepal Restaurant

Sunday, June 16, 2002

8:00 am - Breakfast

8:30 am - Annual Meeting of Board of Directors - Continued

Projects

New Scholarship Fund

ASHA Application 

Membership

Partnerships

Fundraising

Website

Budget

2003 Annual Convention

10:30 am - Meeting Adjourns

 Minutes of the ANMF Annual Meeting of Members 2002

Annual meeting of the Members (held during annual convention of ANMF) June 15, 2002, Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles.

Attendees

Members:

Gaury Adhikary, James Allen, Sharada Bhandary, Donald Blair, Arnold Calica, Bhargab Dixit, Shiva Gautam, Kamala Gurung, Sanjaya Khanal, Janak Koirala, Bijay Niraula, Subarna Pradhan, Ron Quenzer, Sunil Sharma, Fred Shepardson, Julia Shepardson, Rasu Bikram Shrestha, Ruchi Shrestha, Kristin Stueber, Brendan Thomson, Pavitra Man Tuladhar, Amrit Shova Tuladhar, Libby Wilson
 

Minutes

1. The meeting was called to order by Sanjaya Khanal at 1:15 pm.

2. Bylaws amendment:

• The members had reviewed the proposed Bylaws that were included in the registration packet.
• The change to Article II – Membership, Section 7 recommended by the Executive Committee to the proposed Bylaws was explained to the members. “Notice in writing (including electronic mail) of the time and place of any meeting of Members shall be sent to all Members not less than fifteen (30) days prior to such meeting.” The original draft had (15) days.
• There were no questions from the members.
• Fred Shepardson made a motion to replace the old Bylaws with the proposed Bylaws.
• The motion was seconded by Kristin Stueber.
• The motion to replace the old Bylaws with the proposed Bylaws was approved unanimously.
• Of the three Founding Members that signed the original Certificate of Incorporation (Gaury Adhikary, Donald Blair and Vijaya Sigdel), two (Gaury Adhikary and Donald Blair) were in attendance and voted unanimously in support of the motion to replace the old Bylaws with the proposed Bylaws.

3. The meeting was recessed at 1:35 pm.

4. The meeting resumed at 4:00 pm.

5. Nominations and Elections:

• The Board of Directors in a special meeting, having set the number of seats on the Board at 19, proposed the following slate of candidates for the Board for the 16 vacant and expiring seats:

1. Gauri Adhikary, MD - 3 year term
2. Donald C. Blair, MD - 1  year term
3. Bhargab Dixit, MD - 1 year term
4. Shiva Gautam, PhD - 2 year term
5. Robert Gerzoff - 3 year term
6. Sanjaya Khanal, MD - 3 year term
7. Janak Koirala, MD - 1 year term
8. Subarna Pradhan, MD - 2 year term
9. Sunil Sharma, MD - 3 year term
10. Fred Shepardson - 3 year term
11. Julia Shepardson - 2 year term
12. Roshan Shrestha, MD - 2 year term
13. Kristin Stueber,MD - 3 year term
14. Cliff Tabin, PhD - 1 year term
15. Brendan Thomson, MD - 2 year term
16. Libby Wilson, MD - 3 year term

• There was a call from the floor for additional nominations for vacant and expiring terms on Board of Directors.
• No other nominees were added.
• The 16 nominees were elected unanimously.
• These 16 members join the 3 Board Members in good standing whose terms had not yet expired:

17. James Allen, MD - 2 years remaining in term
18. Sharada Bhandary, MD - 1 year remaining in term
19. Khagendra Chetry - 1 year remaining in term

6. The Annual Meeting of Members was adjourned at 4:15 pm.