EAOM General meeting

FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER
LEHRGEBAEUDE
CAMPUS VIRCHOW-KLINIKUM
CHARITÈ - UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN

EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL MEDICINE 
            Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences 
            University College London 
            256 Gray's Inn Road 
            London WC1X 8LD 
            www.eastman.ucl.ac.uk/~eaom 
                                                         
 
                                          GENERAL MEETING 
                                           Friday 24 September  
                                               Lehrgebaeude 
                                       Campus Virchow-Klinikum 
                                  Charitè - Universitätsmedizin Berlin 
 
 
     1.  The President address Prof C Scully (CS), at the end of the term, thanks all the Council 
         Members for the work of the past two years and Prof Reichart and his team for the organisation 
         of the meeting.  
     2.  2006 Zagreb Meeting CS introduces Dr Ivan Alajbeg, the representative of Croatian local 
         committee, who updates the Membership on the organisation of the next EAOM Meeting. Prof. 
         Joanna Zakrzewska asks to introduce in the Scientific Programme workshops and/or discussion 
         spaces. 
     3.  EAOM Web site The Secretary Dr Giovanni Lodi (GL) thanks the Eastman Dental Institute for the 
         hospitality given to the EAOM web site and presents the new features now available, including 
         the Oral Medicine Handbook, the members' directory and the National Oral Medicine Societies 
         page. 
     4.  Financial review The Treasurer Dr Tim Hodgson (TH) illustrates the financial resources of the 
         Society. At the moment there is a surplus that is expected to increase thanks to the present 
         meeting surplus. TH also recommends that all members check personal details, in particular 
         email address, in order to update membership database. 
     5.  Constitution modifications Prof Stephen Challacombe (SC) illustrates the new Constitution that 
         the whole membership will be asked to approve by an email ballot. The main changes include: 
         the introduction of Past President, Elect President and Regional Representatives, who, together 
         with President, Treasurer and Secretary, will form the Board. The final draft of the New 
         Constitution will be sent by email to all members, that will vote for its approval. 
     6.  Nominations for the new Board GL presents the nominations for the regional Representatives 
         that he received before the meeting. They include: Region 1 (Ireland, United Kingdom) Stephen 
         Porter (United Kingdom) and Penelope Shirlaw (United Kingdom); Region 2 (Denmark, Estonia, 
         Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden) Mats Jontell (Sweden) and Tuula Salo 
         (Finland); Region 3 (Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Luxemburg, 
         Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia) Johann Beck-Mannagetta (Austria) and Andrea Schmidt-
         Westhausen (Germany); Region 4 (France, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain) Jose M Aguirre (Spain), 
         Jose Bagan (Spain), Gianfranco Favia (Italy), Pedro Trancoso (Portugal); Region 5 (Bosnia 
         Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey) Gulsum Ak 







           EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF ORAL MEDICINE 
           Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Health Care Sciences 
           University College London 
           256 Gray's Inn Road 
           London WC1X 8LD 
           www.eastman.ucl.ac.uk/~eaom 
                                                      
 
        (Turkey), Marinka Mravak-Stipetic (Croatia), Ourania Nicolatou Galitis (Greece), Alexandra 
        Sklavounou (Greece) 
     7.  Other items Oral Medicine Diploma: CS refer about the project to adopt the Edinburgh RCSE 
        membership examination. A new Diploma Committee will be appointed to evaluate the 
        feasibility of the proposals. A new committee will be nominated by the new Board to examine the 
        possible solutions for the Oral Medicine Diploma issue. 
     8.  New President Address CS introduces the new President, Prof Antonio Carrassi, that thanks 
        CS for the excellent work he did as President of the Society and promises to carry on with the 
        same enthusiasm, starting from the election of the New Board and the preparation of a new web 
        site. 
 
We certify these minutes are an accurate record of this meeting 
    Professor Antonio Carrassi President EAOM 
    Dr. Giovanni Lodi Secretary EAOM