Minutes of the IFALDA Toronto, Canada  Board Meeting    May 6, 2002  PDF

HELD ON 6^TH MAY 2002 TORONTO

Present          James Ford, President
                    Adrian Sandziuk, VP West
                    Aidan Fox, VP East
                    Kathy Warner, VP Admin
                    Rick Ketchersid, VP Finance
                    Gerald Clifford, Director Membership
                    Brad Rasmussen, Director Regulatory Affairs
                    David Porter, Director Government & Industry Affairs
                    Raul Aguirre, Director Latin America
                    Flemming Loevenvig

Harmonization

The next JAA Harmonization meeting will be held in PHX June 3-7 and it is expected that this will be attended by Brad Rasmussen and Jan Hoehne.  The meeting is expected to be very costly and Flemming Loevenvig offered to investigate the availability of cheaper accommodation.

Brad Rasmussen brought the meeting up to date with the latest position regarding JAA/EASA.  It will be necessary to decide upon IFALDA’s level of involvement with EASA.

YYZ AGM/Summit

James Ford ran through the proposed agenda.        

It was decided that members of the Board would be present at both the ADF and EUFALDA business meetings and the importance of maintaining IFALDA’s profile was stressed – i.e. visible presence wearing polo shirts provided etc.

Question was asked regarding availability of further IFALDA logo polo shirts.  Possibility to obtain a few more but entering into merchandising should be avoided in order not to jeopardize our tax position.

James Ford announced that May 7^th will begin with a presentation covering the major events of the last twelve months.

Clarification was given on certain business agenda items.  Clarification was also given regarding the system for collection of dues.  

The following order was decided upon for Board member presentations –

          VP West
          VP East
          VP Admin
          Director Latin America
          VP Finance

There was some discussion regarding individual membership with regard to amount of annual subscription.  It was decided that this subject should be deferred until the next Board Meeting.

Election of Officers – Three positions up for re-election, President, VP West and VP Finance.  Election will be run by VP Admin.  In addition, the proposal to appoint James Ford as Director of IT will be ratified.

It was decided that Brad Rasmussen would lead the open discussion on Advancements in the Profession.

Membership

There was some discussion regarding the declining numbers of members within EUFALDA.  It was announced that there were representatives from the Netherlands attending this year’s meeting and that new contacts were once again being sought in France.

Next Year’s Summit

There was some discussion on the subject of next year’s AGM/Summit.  It is proposed to hold this in the Shannon area of Eire and it was agreed that the problem of re-establishing IFALDA in its role of “umbrella” organization needs to be addressed.

Web Site

James Ford reported that the web site is currently attracting some 5,000 hits a day.

Next Board Meeting

Tentative date of 17^th August with possible venue of Florida.  

Kathy Warner
VP Admin 26/5/02