Business Meeting: Report

The Business Meeting of the IPA convened at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel on Wednesday 2nd August 1995, from 09.00-18.00. The meeting was chaired by the President of the IPA, Dr R. Horacio Etchegoyen.

In welcoming colleagues to the meeting, Dr Etchegoyen observed that they had all been provided with up-to-date information on the finances of the IPA Trust which he hoped would be helpful to them in reaching decisions. The President expressed his appreciation of the hard work over the previous two-year period of both the Council and members of the House of Delegates.

Members accepted the report of the previous Business Meeting held in Amsterdam in July 1993 and, at the request of the Secretary, stood for a minute in silent tribute to those colleagues who had died since the last Congress.

Dr Etchegoyen asked the Meeting to ratify the Council's decision at its meeting in July 1994 to appoint Drs Limentani and Rangell as Honorary Vice-Presidents, explaining that the Council had taken the decision subject to approval by the Business Meeting because of Dr Limentani's illness. The meeting enthusiastically endorsed the Council's decision.

The President formally announced the results of the recent elections to the Executive Council for the 1995-97 term: Dr Otto Kernberg as President-Elect, Dr Stephen Firestein as Treasurer and Drs Blum, Person and Sachs as Vice-Presidents for North America. The Vice-Presidents for the other two regions of the IPA were returned to office unopposed, as was Dr Etchegoyen, as President.

The attention of the meeting then focused on the recent electoral campaign for the office of President-Elect. Dr Etchegoyen said that as many members had expressed concern over the conduct of the campaign, the Council had decided to set up an Ad Hoc Committee to review electoral procedures. This announcement was welcomed. Members felt that there was a need to ensure that proper electoral procedures governed conduct in future elections, and spoke of the importance of