Dear friends,
The BDS executive meeting has been scheduled on sunday 8th
july at 11.15 am at The Ebony hotel,
Barton Center on M.G.road. The meeting will be followed by
lunch. The agenda is as follows:
1. Scheduling Bds meetings on Sunday mornings at central venue.
2. Drawing a time table for the meetings.
3. changes in constitution.
4. newsletter
5. utilisation of funds
6. website
7. dermacon 2009 discussion
8. miscellaneous
please do attend wtthout fail.
The meeting is sponsored by sanofi aventis makers of allegro.
Satish & reddy
President & sec of BDS
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B D S Executive committee
meeting, Held on -08 -07 -07, 11-15 AM - 1-30 PM
At Ebony Restaurant, Borton Centre, M G Road, Bangalore.
Dr D A Satish, president B D S, Presided over the meeting.
Members attended were
Dr Raghunatha Reddy R, Secretary
Dr S C Rajendran, Dr H V Nataraj, Dr B S Chandrashekar, Dr,
S D N Guptha, Dr K Srinivasa Murthy, Dr Anil Abraham, Dr Krupashankar,
Dr Elizabeth Jayasheelan, Dr T K Sumathy, Dr Nataraj Hiremat,
Dr Wg Cdr Rajagopal, Dr A C Ramesh, Dr H C Hanumanthaiah,
Dr Mysore Venkatram, Dr B Leelavathy, Dr G S Asha.
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THE AGENDA WAS:-
1) Shifting B D S meetings to a central venue, on Sunday mornings
2) Drawing a time table for the meetings
3) Changes in B D S Constitution
4) News letter issues
5) Better utilization of funds
6) Web site up gradation
7) Dermacon – 2009 discussion
8) Any other agenda
Resolutions of the E C meeting:-
1) Shifting B D S meetings to central venues, on Sunday mornings
and Drawing the time table Reg.
The E C decided to hold the BDS monthly clinical meets on
the 3rd SUNDAYS morning, between 11 am and 1 PM, at centrally
located venues, the schedule is as follows
Bangalore Medical College – MARCH- 2008
K I M S Hospital - AUGUST -2007
St. Johns Hospital - SEPTEMBER-2007
Command Hospital - December - 2007
The other meeting will be held at centrally located venues,
probably NAHAR HERITAGE, St, Marks road. Sponsored by GSK.
The meetings will be organized by
1) Manipal Hospital - on 29TH JULY -2007
2) MSRMC - OCTOBER - 2007
3) Dr B R AMC - JUNE – 2008
It was decided to have B D S annual family get together in
the month of November every year, subjected to availability
of sponsorship
2) Changes in B D S Constitution. Reg.
The responsibility of amending the constitution has been bestowed
on Dr D A Satish and Dr K Srinivasa Murthy. The amendments
would be sent to the E C members through E- mail, the same
would be resolved in the next GBM.
3) BDS News letter issues:-
It was decided to bring out four issues per year, July –
July
In the months of July, October and December, for the year
2007
4) Better utilization of funds reg.
Dr SDN Guptha suggested to utilize only the interest money
on FD and not to utilize the F D money for any BDS activities
and it was accepted by all
It was discussed to subscribe for online journals in the
BDS name for the utilization of BDS members, the matter would
be decided after discussions on the same and the responsibility
was entrusted to the Editor Dr Anil Abraham.
The issue of research grant was discussed but not resolved.
It was decided to institute cash prizes for the best papers
presented in the BDS meets on yearly basis, in the categories
of 1) P G Residents, 2) Consultants (private) and 3) Faculty
from institutions. The best papers would be decided by four
selected judges on rotation every month, and they would be
informed in advance.
Dr Satish discussed about investment of funds in mutual funds
for better earnings, it was decided to discuss the same with
the auditors for feasibility.
It was decided to contribute part of savings, if any, from
the BDS meetings, CME’S and conferences to the Host
departments.
It was decided to institute a cash prize for publications
from BDS members as Rs. one thousand for international journals
and Rs. 500/ for publications in IJDVL.
It was proposed and approved to provide a Lap top computer
and printer to the secretariat, and also decided to pay secretarial
services.
It was decided to utilize the funds for patient education
leaflets.
It was decided to keep the savings of Rs. 64036/ from International
Dermatopathology symposium held at St Johns, Organized by
Dr Elizabeth Jayasheelan, as a separate fund for utilization
towards future Dermato-pathology events.
5) Web site up gradation reg.
Dr Srinivasa Murthy has been entrusted the responsibility
of updating the Web site,
He has been working towards the same.
6) Dermacon – 2009 discussion:-
The discussion was post phoned
7) The other issues discussed were as follows:-
It was decided to honor senior dermatologists every year during
Annual get together
The responsibility of preparing the patient education leaf
lets was bestowed on Dr Krupa Shankar, Dr Venkatram Mysore,
Dr B S Chandrashekar, and Dr H V Nataraj.
It was decided to have a poor patient fund toward providing
services to poor patients, for example, Thalidomide for ENL
patients, it was decided to keep the drug Thalidomide at Victoria
Hospital BMC, to be provided to the needy poor patients.
It was decided to organize a Public awareness programme on
the BDS Day (27-Aug).With a press meets. It was decided to
organize the same on 26th Aug 2007 for this year. The organizing
Committee for the same would be Dr Srinivasa Murthy, Dr Anil
Abraham and Dr Venkatram M. The same would be coordinated
by Dr Raghunatha Reddy R.
It was decided to constitute a BDS Building committee, consisting
of Dr Narayana Reddy (BMC), Dr SDN Guptha, Dr S Sacchidanand,
and Dr H M Srinivas.
The committee will work toward getting a building to BDS from
the govt.
It was decided to constitute a BDS legal cell
The members of the Legal cell are Dr K H S Rao, Dr T K Sumathy,
Dr S C Rajendran, Dr D A Satish and Dr S Sacchidanand.
The meeting was followed by lunch.
The E C meeting was sponsored by SANOFI AVENTIS, The makers
of ALLEGRA.
