Executive Committee Meeting
7 th Asia-Pacific Congress of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology
8-10 October 2006
Dusit resort beach hotel , Pattaya city, Thailand

Chairman: Professor Sanjiv Sharma

The meeting started at noon on October 9, 2006.
Agenda and Conclusion:

1. Professor Sharma welcomed all the members and suggested that all members introduce them selves, beginning with him self.
2. Following the introductions, he read out the listed agenda and suggested that after conclusion of the listed items, there may be a call for open agenda.
3. Approval of minutes of the previous meeting in India , and the special gathering in Hong Kong : These were read and approved.
4. The venue of the next meeting: It was decided to provisionally approve Malaysia to be a next host in 2008. However, Malaysia has to first form the national society of Cardiovascular & Interventional Radiology (whatever the name) as soon as possible. Dr BJ informed that this may take a year to register. It was decided that the APCCVIR meeting must be held under the umbrella of the national society of interventional radiology in Malaysia . The brochure for the meeting must mention the sponsoring national society, logo of APSCVIR and the office bearers of the APSCVIR prominently on the cover page or its underside.
5. Registration of members of APSCVIR for identification: At this time, we are saddled with the problems related to opening of an account for APSCVIR. Hence, until this is sorted out, it has been suggested and approved that the membership of APSCVIR will be for each member country in the Asia-Pacific wherever the national society for interventional radiology exists. The members of the national societies will automatically become members of the APSCVIR. They shall be allotted a membership number with initial of the country followed by a serial number. Information after completion of this process must be sent with details of the members by the member countries to the Secretary of the APSCVIR so that it can help the future organizing secretaries during the planning of their meetings. Those countries where a national society does not exist at this time will continue to be observer members until a maximum period of five years during which they must form their own national society so that they can become full members of APSCVIR. In case they are unable to do so in the allotted time period, their observer status will be withdrawn.
6. APSCVIR web site which is posted and maintained at present by Professor Sanjiv Sharma: It was decided that he continue to maintain it. It's URL is www.apscvir.org . Professor Sharma has requested for content from each country, including the following
   (a) History of the society
   (b) Name and e-mail of members
   ©Link to each country member's website (if available)
   (d) Any other pertinent information on the activities
7. Changing the name of APCCVIR:- There was disagreement and finally it was decided that APCCVIR still remain the name of the meeting. The main reason is to expand the scope and will include cardiovascular imaging which are rapidly expanding at this time.
8. Approve Republic of Korea to be the host in 9 th APCCVIR 2010: approved.
9. Professor Gao Jun Teng from Republic of China proposed to be the host for 10 th APCCVIR in 2012. However, the committee agreed that there will not be any decision until the next meeting in Malaysia . Since New Zealand may want to host this meeting as they have not yet done so in the first round of allotments, Dr Pong will inform Dr Holden from New Zealand and check with him whether New Zealand would like to be the next host or not. This information will be placed before the members in the next executive committee meeting before a decision on the hosts for 2012 is made.
10. Dr BJ Abdullah Malaysia proposed that electronic journal “Biomedical imaging and Interventional journal” may be adopted as the official journal of APSCVIR. There was disagreement as it was felt that the time was premature as we still need to evaluate this journal. It was decided that Dr. BJ should circulate this journal to all member countries of APSCVIR and its members for the period until next APCCVIR meeting so that the evaluation can be done by the members to help reach a decision.
11. It was proposed by Professor Jae Hyung Park and Professor Sanjiv Sharma that the proceedings of the next meetings must have the names of APSCVIR executive committee members printed. This was accepted by the house. The example for Malaysia is :-
    Past President: Professor Sanjiv Sharma , India
    Present President: Professor Emeritus Nara Vaeusorn, Thailand
    Secretary General: Group Captain Pongdej Pongsuwan , Thailand
    Treasurer: Professor Kyu Bo Sung, Republic of Korea
    In addition, there will be two delegates from each country as members of the committee. These will be nominated by the member country societies. The first member should be the President from each country member society or some one endorsed by the President and another nominee of the national society. Dr Pong has to send e-mail to each member country and request for the names of 2 representative as soon as possible.
12. Proposal of Advisory Committee: It was proposed to have an advisory committee for the society with the past presidents as its members. They will attend the executive committee meetings but will not have the right to vote. The following were accepted as the Advisory Committee members, Man Chung Han, K Hiramatsu, Ken Thomson, Lenny Tan, Dai Jian-Ping and Sanjiv Sharma
13. The formation of sub-committee board to change the constitution or the position of advisory board. The decision to appoint the members of this sub-committee was not made. This will have to be discussed again in the next meeting.
14. Proposal from Professor Nara Vaeusorn about nurse as a nurse member of APSCVIR: There is still no agreement how to do next.
15. Constitution of APSCVIR: Since most members were still not aware of the constitution of the APSCVIR, it was decided that a copy of the constitution will be mailed to each member. Dr. Pong will interact with Prof. Park to obtain a copy and send to each member.
16. Finally, the chairman thanked all members and the meeting was closed around 2 PM. A group photograph was taken. It was decided to post it on the website.