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The Annual Meeting of the Presidents of Component Societies with the IPA President and Secretary, together with members of the Executive Council, was held in Amsterdam on Sunday 25 July 1993. This meeting was particularly important in that the restructuring of the IPA and amendments to the Constitution were to be discussed. It was also the last meeting chaired by Joe Sandler, during whose administration the practice of a full day's meeting
between the IPA Executive Council and Presidents of Societies was introduced. Professor Sandler's brief introductory remarks were followed by the Treasurer's Report, which included discussion of the existing 'three tier' structure of dues payments. The Treasurer reported a proposal to abolish Tier 3, although cases of special hardship for individuals and for certain Component Societies would be considered. There was no proposal to modify the dues for Tier 1, but a slight increase of dues for Tier 2 was proposed.
Gunther Perdigao raised the question of why the IPA accounts did not reflect profits from the International Journal of Psycho-Analysis. The President clarified that the Journal is not a publication of the IPA, but is the property of the British Society. The IPA receives no income from the International Journal.
The Proposals of the Working Party on IPA Restructuring: Henk Jan Dalewijk (President of the Dutch Society and a member of the IPA Working Party on Restructuring) spoke on the meetings of the Working Party and reminded those present that the functions of the proposed House of Delegates have to be worked on further by the Executive Council and by the House of Delegates once that body has been established.
André Alsteens (President of the Belgian Society) remarked that the creation of the House of Delegates constituted an important step toward recognising the role of the Presidents of Societies in the I