Elections for the Executive Committee will take place during the IPPA General Meeting.

Nominations have been received from the following Member Organisations:

These nominations were scrutinised by the Chairman and it was found that the nomination of Sally Catchpole for Chairman, though in order, was not able to stand. The Nomination was made correctly but if the election of the nominee were to succeed, it would not be possible to implement according to the IPPA Constitution. The clause that determines the necessity for this course of action is below:

7.1 The elected members of the Executive Committee of the Association will be Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer and one other. At least three (3) WCPT Regions shall be represented.

Physiotherapy Business Australia has been informed of this decision and understands the Constitutional reasons that require the nomination to be withdrawn for this particular post.

All other nominations for all other positions fulfil the conditions of the Constitution if the nominations were to be successful.

Nominating Committee: Full Nomination papers will be sent out to all Member Organisations and the election of the Nomination Committee will take place at the General Meeting.

The Executive Committee looks forward to welcoming you to the 7th. General Meeting of IPPA in June 2007

Change to the Constitution:

IPPA member Organisations have already been sent notice that there is a Motion to amend the IPPA Constitution. A reminder of this proposed amendment is outlined below:

Motion: To amend the IPPA Constitution

The following Motion is proposed by the IPPA Executive Committee:

Existing Motion 11.4:
11.4 In default of payment of the membership fee by the due date, all membership rights will be forfeited for that financial year, or until such time as the outstanding subscription is paid.

Amendments

In default of payment of the membership fee by the due date, all membership rights will be forfeited until such time as all the outstanding subscriptions are paid.

New Clause 11.4 will read:

In default of payment of the membership fee by the due date, all membership rights will be forfeited until such time as the all the outstanding subscriptions are paid.

Discussion Meeting Prior to the General Meeting:

Prior to the General Meeting, there will be a presentation by Hans Redeker from the Netherlands on how the Royal Dutch Association changed its direction in response to market pressures. This sharing of information is one of the key ways in which IPPA can help its Member Organisations to learn from the experiences of others. The experience of the Royal Dutch Association has much to teach us all.

A discussion will follow the presentation and Member Organisation Representatives will have an opportunity to ask questions and share their own experiences of managing change within their different healthcare systems.

Presentation Title:
"From Government to market regulation: Chance or Threat?"

At the beginning o the century, physical therapy care in the Netherlands was at a "dead-end" due to heavy restrictions implemented by the government and insurers. Far too low income (due to low chargeable rates for treatment) resulted in a lack of innovation and inspiration. The Royal Dutch Association for Physical Therapy decided to take a radical new approach and change their course.

Make sure you come to the session to find out what happened next!!!!!
IPPA Education Day at the WCPT congress 2007
As an official sub-group of WCPT, IPPA will hold an educational session during the WCPT congress.

The session is scheduled for:
Sunday 3rd. June 2007 at 16.15pm and will last two hours.

The title of the session is:
"The Use of Clinical Data for evidence-based practice"

The presenters will be Dr. Lesley Holdsworth and Dr. Valerie Webster who have both been working with IPPA on the IPPA Data collection project. They will present the results of the work to date and IPPA will be able to plan the future of the project after consultation with Member Organisations.

IPPA Congress 2009
Bids to hold this congress are welcomed from any Member Organisation.
Please contact Sally Roberts Hon. Secretary of IPPA to find our how you can submit your bid at:
IPPA@physiofirst.org.uk

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