7-10 May 2009
Hotel Del Coronado, San Diego, California
President Chuck Eller called the Meeting to order to establish a quorum with Immediate past President James Englander,President-elect Steve Hedlund, PFA Acting Secretary General Judy Kozal, Auditor Dan Jonker, Editor James Brophy, and PresidentChuck Eller in attendance. Vice President Hubert Ouvrard of Paris was excused. Editor Brophy gave the Invocation. AndDr. Eller held a moment of silence for our fallen Secretary General.
The PFA Constitution & By-Laws were reviewed led by Steve Hedlund. No substantial changes were noted, but a reworkingof the Policy Manual was deemed necessary.The Foundation contract was reviewed and finalized.
The Hall of Fame and its deposition were discussed. The plaques have been removed from the National Museum ofDentistry in Baltimore and have been returned to the Central Office. Former Hall of Fame Chairman Joseph Cappuccio'ssuggestion to relocate them at the new addition at the University of Maryland's Baltimore School of Dentistry was discussedawaiting further information.
The Awards for the Annual Meeting Awards Banquet presentations were discussed and agreed upon with the PFA GoldMedal being presented to Dr. Eugene Sekiguichi of California, a past ADA President. The Certificate of Merit will be conferredupon General Dr. Robert E. Brady, the outgoing Executive Director of the International College of Dentists. The 2009 ElmerS. Best Award is being presented to Dr. Zbigniew Janczuk of Poland. The Dental Trade & Industry Award has been selected tobe presented to Gilles Pierson of the Acteon Company of France.
The 2010 Elmer S. Best Award nominee has been named as Dr. Jose Carlos Elgoyhen of Argentina.Correspondence with the Canada PFA was reported. The President will continue the discussion, but as of that moment,no Canadian Trustee had been nominated for Board approval.
The Hawaii agenda was determined. Dress code for men was suggested as white slacks, blue blazer, Hawaiian shirts.Dress code for women was suggested as appropriate Hawaiian-style clothing.
The finalizing of the 2009 Budget was tweaked in this uncertain time of finances. Cost of securing Dental Abstracts hasgone up and that needed to be factored into the budget. The PFA Web site costs for the coming year were proposed by ourWeb master Mark Stanley and discussed.
L-R, Editor Brophy, President-elect Steve Hedlund, past President James Englander, Chris Hedlund, Carole Englander, Judy Kozal, Elaine and Dan Jonker
NEW BUSINESS
Central Office Report
The past two months without Secretary General Richard Kozal's guidance has been a time of great sadness and anguish for us all. President Chuck Eller, President-elect Steve Hedlund, and Accountant Dan Jonker attended the Central Office in Mesquite, Nevada, to map out a plan for the continuation of the Central Office to ensure no interruption of the day-to-day Academy business. One hundred fifty-four new U.S. Fellows and 49 International Fellows have been processed with 45 more awaiting induction. The 2009 dues notices have been sent out. Twelve Distinguished Service Awards have been requested; 26 Senior Student Awards have been prepared and mailed.
The online Dues Payment Program has not been successful, and only some 10% of our 4,000 members have used it as opposed to using the more successful Lock Box collection system. Another program is being tried for next year.
Richard Memorial
This item was discussed with many suggestions forthcoming--all evidencing the fervor that everyone feels for our former Secretary General Richard Kozal. The ideas were all outstanding and funds were allocated for establishing the Richard A. Kozal Memorial Scholarship at the University of Las Vegas, Nevada, School of Dentistry. Other ideas were open and will be discussed further by the entire Board at the Hawaii Meeting.
The Executive Board held nominations for the coming 2009-2010 PFA Officers
- Dr. Steve Hedlund of Iowa, as President-elect, will automatically become President;
- Dr. Chuck Eller of California, as 2008-2009 President, will automatically become the Immediate past President;
- Dr. Hubert Ouvrard of Paris, PFA Vice President, has been nominated for President-elect; and
- Dr. Joseph Harris of Michigan has been nominated for Vice President.
Ernesto Acuna E. Latin America Trustee Report
It is very important to consider our appearances at the following activities in South America.
The first would be the PFA Paraguay Section Meeting and Induction Ceremony in Asuncion, Paraguay, 17-18 July 2009 sponsored by Section Chair Dr. Emilio Kegler. The next would be the Latin American Odontologic Seminar where the Mexico Section, Pacific Chapter, would be hosting their Induction Ceremony in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on 3-5 September 2009. And the 2nd Latin America Academic Meeting and PFA Induction Ceremony along with the FDI World Dental Congress in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, on 2-5 September 2010. The Management team then went into Executive Session at which time President Eller announced that they had unanimously accepted Judith Kozal as "our new Executive Director" with a three-year contract. "She will have two assistants--her close friend Louise and her son Michael," Dr. Eller said.