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Dr.
Argirios Pissiotis
Registrar
14
Pavlou Mela Street
Thessaloniki 54 622
Greece
Tel:
+ 30 2310 234655
Fax:
+ 30 2310 239980
E-Mail:
apissiotis@hol.gr
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Secretary
General Termed Registrar
By
a decision of the Board
of Regents in Lisbon last June 2009, the term Secretary General
of the European Section is changed to Registrar of the European
Section in accordance to the International Council decision
that there will be only one Secretary General of The College
at Large and the Sections will from now on have Registrars.
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Registrar’s Report
A year of Changes
Dr. Argirios Pissiotis, Registrar ICD-Europe
2009 was a year marked by many changes. For me, it was the commencement of my service as the new Registrar at the 54th Annual Meeting in Lisbon last June organized by District 11 under the presidency of Dr. Antonio de Vasconcelos Tavares. Observing how my mentor, former Secretary General and now President of the European Section Dr. Frans Kroon, was orchestrating the Board Meeting and the Induction Ceremony with the skill of a virtuoso conductor I wondered…will I ever come close? I will try my best.
I consider myself lucky to have Frans and the rest of the Board as guides and advisors.
The name Secretary General has been changed to Registrar. The International Council ruled that the term Secretary General is to be used only by the Secretary General of the College at Large. All Sections’ Secretary Generals are now termed Registrars.
The Annual Meeting was a perfect integration of high level scientific information exchange and social interaction under the wonderful settings of Lisbon on the banks of the Tagus River, the University and Mafra Palace.
The entire Board of Regents met twice in 2009: first during the Lisbon Annual Meeting and second in Paris in December. Minutes of the Board meetings are available in the members only section on the website. Most of our Districts report annual gatherings of District Fellows, in an effort to maintain high levels of interest in the goals and mission of the College.
The Information Brochure joins the other publications of the European Section, the ICDIGEST and the ICD Eurogram. Developed by our former Editor Dr. Cecil Linehan, it is available on our website in PDF form, through the Regents and the Registrar and is to be used by Regents especially to inform future Fellowship candidates about the history, mission and goals of the ICD.
The agreement with the Academy of Medial Sciences, Institute of Stomatology, Odessa, Ukraine was renewed for another three years. The keen interest of the Board of Regents in Flexible Learning methods led the Advisory Group to hold a special session during the Lisbon Meeting. Our President is planning an afternoon in next year’s Maastricht Annual Meeting, devoted to Flexible Learning Platforms (Distant Learning).
The Board of Regents' interest in the Central & Eastern Europe District is high. We continue to seek individuals to enrich the number of Fellows who will bring the mission and goals of the ICD to these communities.
The Philip Dear Foundation provided two grants this year; one entitled “Expanding Potentials Providing Access” provides access to Ukraine's faculty members, staff and students to one of the world’s largest collections of biomedical literature, and the other entitled “Program For Dental Skills For Medical Primary Health Workers” will provide a laptop, a series of educational CD-ROMs and technical support that will teach medically trained health care workers to recognize and treat simple dental conditions and the ability to refer the more complex ones.
Separation of the Central Office from the USA Section has begun and the location of the new Central Office will be one mile from the current office. A Chief Officer Administrator was selected and Secretary General Designate Dr. J. Terrel (Terry) Hoffeld will replace Dr. Robert Brady, who is retiring.
There are also two changes in the European Section's Board of Regents: Dr. Juan Salsench is the new Regent of Spain, replacing Dr. Jaime Gil and Dr. Christian Robin takes over from Dr. Philippe Hediger for Switzerland.
I hope these changes will improve the communication and functioning of the European Section's Board of Regents.
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