Wishes From The President of ISGE
Bari, 25th February 2010
Dear ISGE Members,
Approximately one year of my Presidency is over and during that time evaluation of the possibility of merger with the AAGL was discussed in details. This issue is now over.
Valuable time has been wasted implementing my goals during my presidency. During the prolonged negotiation with AAGL we lost unity between our Board members and now it is time to proceed together in an united manner for the future wellbeing of ISGE.
During my election’s manifesto I put forward my vision for the forward ISGE development
a) The establishment of an independent multifunctional PCO that will handle the duties of the Secretariat, Treasurer, Conference organization and Web-Site maintenance and update. The PCO will also handle the teaching programs. Now that the issue with AAGL has been resolved and we have been already trough the process of choosing one, we have to proceed to formally appoint it and sign a detailed contract
b) The actual structure of our Board is clearly unsuccessful and has to be reviewed for active participation of Board Members in a constructive way. After having evaluated the latest experiences (see “AAGL issue”) I would reconsider my original idea to reduce to max. 14 persons the number of Board Members following this scheme: past, present and future President, Secretary, Treasures + 9 representative of the major geographic areas. With each one of these we will have 2/3 non-voting supporters of the same geographical origin
c) I am working very hard with the Companies to re-establish our independent image in the Endoscopic World. We need new sponsors and the help of all the Board Members is mandatory
d) There is a desperate need to put all our efforts in recruiting new members and keeping the old ones with us. Certainly part of this job will be one of the challengers of the PCO but nevertheless it must be a mandatory mission for all the elected Board Members
e) We have to review the benefits we offer to our members in a more constructive way such as a new Journal and more efficient didactical activities
f) The so called Hi-Tech Program will play an important role in our future life and it is mandatory to apply as soon as possible
g) The sub-committees created by Peter must be re-established and they have to start working in order to reduce the amount of work for the President and all the Board.
h) We must establish an “independent” connection with the major Endoscopic Societies in the World with for reducing costs and risks
i) Our contract for Conferences is not “well tolerate” and maybe in this economical downturn is unrealistic. It must be reviewed by the Board as soon as possible
I hope my attitude towards next important steps is clear in this letter that wants to be just a primary summary of my projects. To starts and…
