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PIERRE FAUCHARD ACADEMY

	New Orleans Board Meeting New Orleans Hilton Hotel, 18–20 October 2002
	Trustees and Officers assembled for the annual Board Meeting The annual Meeting of the Pierre Fauchard Academy Board Meeting was opened by President Scott Welch at 8 a.m. on Friday, 18 October 2002, in the Marlborough B Meeting Room at the Riverside Hilton Hotel. The Invocation was given by Immediate past President M. David Campbell.		A quorum was established by Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal with all present except for President-elect Gordan Stine of South Carolina and Australasian Trustee William Winspear. President Welch called for approval of the meeting agenda as distributed by the Secretary/Treasurer on a motion by Dr. Campbell, seconded by Richard Kozal, and passed by the Board without additions. President Welch then called for approval of the Report of the 13 March 2002 Las Vegas Executive Board Meeting as distributed by the Secretary/Treasurer and reported to the membership in Dental World. The motion was made by David Campbell, seconded by Vice President Robert Friedman, and accepted by the Board without additions or comments. President Welch then gave his opening remarks about his year as PFA President. President Welch thanked the Board for permitting him the privilege of serving as the Academy President for the past year.
	Secretary’s Report Secretary Richard Kozal gave his annual report in which he described updating and modernizing the PFA Web site. (The in-depth report on the Web site appeared in the last issue of Dental World.) He noted that since the site was established 15 January 1997, the amount of members and visitors to the site has increased monthly. He also noted that Dental World and Dental Abstracts have been taken over by Harcourt Brace-Elsevier of Philadelphia. The moving of the production from St. Louis to Philadelphia has caused some problems, but the Central Office was working them out. The Section dues statements had been mailed out in March; second notices were sent in August. Some Sections have been slow in remitting their dues. They have been notified. Individual dues statements are being printed for 2003 and will be mailed out in November. Dues for the year 2003 will be $95 and are being routed to a bank lockbox that tabulates them daily, supplying a list of the paid members to the Central Office for processing. The one-time Initiation fee will remain at $100. The Central Office prepared 22 Outstanding Service plaques for the requesting Section Chairs. Four Outgoing Section Chair plaques were also prepared and sent out. Fellowship Certificates for Induction ceremonies were prepared with the new neck ribbons and Fellowship keys. The Central Office also supplied the new Fellowship keys to requesting members. All Chairs have been requested to hold an Induction Ceremony, no matter how basic.		In January, 63 letters were sent the dental school deans and 77 student dental award certificates were prepared and sent out (57 to U.S. schools, 10 to the Canadian schools, 8 to Australia, and 2 to Ireland). Fifty-three Life Member renewals were sent out and the current list of 1148 Life members will be sent a donation statement. The Executive Committee and the Budget and Finance Committee continue to hold quarterly conference calls with our accountant Dan Jonkers to review the current financial information of the Academy. The annual review by the independent accounting firm was completed last March, stating that the Academy’s books are in proper order. This statement was copied to the Academy President and the Chairman of the Budget and Review Committee. The annual Corporate Report has been filed with the State of Illinois and all fees paid. We operate in Nevada as a foreign corporation, and all that necessary paperwork has been completed. By law, we have published our financial statement in the Las Vegas Review Journal. The delinquent dues statements were sent out to 269 U.S. Fellows who are still in the arrears for 2002. At the end of October, we will send out the international delinquent dues notices. The PFA Museum, located currently at the Community College of Southern Nevada, continues to grow, with more antique dental items being donated. Funds to support this effort have been contributed by the Foundation. A museum pamphlet is currently being prepared that will feature the dental museum in Las Vegas.

	New Orleans Board Meeting (continued)
	Treasurer’s Report Treasurer Richard Kozal presented the Academy’s financial picture to the Board, stating that all invoices have been paid as of 30 September 2002. The next major expense will be this meeting and the remaining Mosby bill for Dental Abstracts/Dental World. A review of the Mosby bill is currently being handled to certify our balance. To date, 407 new Fellows have been processed with 30 more coming in after the 1 September 2002 date and will be processed for the 2003 year.		The 2002 voluntary donations for the Foundation collected so far amount to $18,473 for the year. The independent review was conducted in March in accordance with the Constitution and Bylaws and it was favorable. The Budget & Finance Committee Report noted the quarterly conference calls, approved financial statements, the 2002 budget, the proposed budget for 2003, the set meeting per diem, and the dues increase of $10 to $95.
	Foundation Report by Vice President Carl Lundgren Foundation Vice President Carl Lundgren presented their report to the Academy, noting that their deep concern has been over the illness of President Dr. Robert Shira, who was not able to attend this meeting. The Foundation is now in its seventh year since the receipt of the Brenes-Espinach estate and has reached the $2.25 million level in presenting grants and scholarships. We are being universally recognized as a leading dental philanthropic organization, ranking with ADAHF, except that ours is international. The Costa Rica situation has been resolved with the liquidation of all the Brenes’ holdings there. The Santa Catalina Corporation had been founded to handle the estate under the leadership of Drs. Kozal, Shira, and Lundgren. The last two properties have been liquidated and our responsibilities toward the legacy defined in the Brenes’ will have been completed. New Foundation President Carl Lundgren and Treasurer George Higue Treasurer George Higue has invested the Foundation funds wisely to insure that we have the interest needed to provide funding for the grants and scholarship programs. The Foundation Board will be discussing modifications to their Constitution and Bylaws to address some small adjustments that are felt to be needed. The Academy Dental Museum is being funded through the Foundation. It currently is not a tax-deductible for donors, but steps are being taken to qualify it for this and to comply with the Foundation requirement that it be educational. The Foundation has also supported the dental museums in St. Louis and in Baltimore.		A proposed PFA Grant Awards Oversight Committee is being established to provide further information to grant reviewers to make an educated decision on Academy requests. A resolution has been placed before the Foundation Board to decide if such a committee is necessary. Last year, the Foundation did not hold their annual meeting in Kansas City due to the disruptions of the 9/11 situation. But the business to carry on the grants and scholarship programs was completed and in place for phone/mail agreement by the Board. Guidelines for accepting non-cash donations are being investigated. In the past, such donations have been more trouble than they were worth, but estate bequests are encouraged. Since Grants Committee Chairman Carl Lundgren has been elected to serve as President of the USA Section of ICD for 2003, Foundation President Robert Shira has appointed Dr. Fred Halik as Grants Committee co-Chair in 2002. In Dr. Shira’s absence from this year’s meeting in New Orleans, Dr. Halik will make the grant presentations to the Foundation Board, while Vice President Carl Lundgren will officiate in conducting the Foundation Board Meeting. The publicity over our grants program has been very good. From this we expect more grant applications. But the Foundation will strictly abide by Dr. Brenes’ wishes that the funds from his estate not be used for “undue bureaucracy” such as supporting organizational budget shortfalls. Seven resolutions have been submitted to the Foundation by Vice President Carl Lundgren for consideration by the Foundation Board. They are: (1) Representation: That no member of the Board is authorized to speak for the Foundation without specific written authorization to do so by the President, Executive Director, or Executive Committee; (2) Channel of Communication: All contacts relative to the operations of the Foundation shall be routed or copied to the President and/or the Executive Director; (3) President Emeritus: Shall be a past Foundation President, hold Executive Committee status with full voting rights, and remain as a member of the Foundation Board without term limits; (4) The officers of the Foundation shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and President Emeritus; (5) Three members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum; (6) Change Article VII, line 1 from $6,000,000 to read $5,000,000; (7) Past Academy Presidents will be added to the Foundation Board as a result of a majority vote by the Foundation Board from the “Available Past President List.”

	New Orleans Board Meeting (continued)
	Foundation Report by Executive Director Shig Kishi Dr. Kishi’s report commenced with an explanation of why the Kansas City Foundation Board Meeting was cancelled last year due to the 9/11 disasters and its aftermath. The dishonesty bond insurance policy was renewed and is separate from those policies of the Academy. The Costa Rica Dental School Multimedia Teaching System has been totally funded over the last five years at $104,500 and was concluded in 2001. An additional $450 was sent to the university to cover the cost of shipping equipment in 1997. The Loader-Espinach Award for 2002 was presented to Dr. Benjamin Herazo Acuna last March. The Award has been presented in 1999, 2000, 2002 and the next one will be in 2004. Each is funded at $7500 per year. The last of the Espinach property in Costa Rica has been cleared of lawsuits, liquidated, and we have no further legal obligations there. There were 27 approved grants in 2001 for 2002 with seven others being disapproved. The New York State Dental Association Disaster Assistance Fund received the 2001 PFA Humanitarian Award for $5000. Since October 2001, 93 grant applications have been mailed, 36 completed grant application were received, 18 were returned, leaving 18 for Board consideration.		Dr. Kishi then went over the history and amounts of money funded for the 2001 and 2002 projects, the donations made to the Foundation through the Academy, and the progress of the scholarship program. Dr. Larry Barrett is Chairman of the Foundation’s Publicity Committee. He has accepted the position to help raise funds for the Foundation and will be making a presentation to the Academy Board later in the Meeting. At this Meeting the Foundation Board will act on the new proposed amendments, review the request from the dental school in Costa Rica, and hold election of new officers. Academy President Gary Lowder with Foundation Executive Director Shig Kishi
	Constitution & Bylaws Report Chairman Robert Hart presented his report in which President Welch had asked his committee to consider some additional Constitutional changes concerning representing the Academy and information channeling. It was determined that the Committee’s suggestions, as presented, needed to be woven through the entire Constitution, with some being established in the Policy Manual. These were referred back to Committee to work with out with our legal counselor John Howe to go over our documents and bring them into line. Nomination Committee Chairman Malcolm Campbell reported that the committee had withdrawn the Committee’s recommendations made at the Executive Board Meeting in Las Vegas on 13 March 2002. President Welch then opened the floor for nominations for the offices for the 2002-2003 year. There were three nominations for President with Trustee Gary Lowder being elected President. Trustee Kevin Roach was elected President-elect. Trustee Mike Perpich was elected Vice President. Secretary/Treasurer Richard Kozal was re-elected Secretary/ Treasurer. Drs. Barry Dolman of Canada, Charles Eller of California, and Steve Hedlund of Iowa were selected as new Trustees to replace the newly elected Executive Officers.		Publications Committee Report Editor James Brophy reported that the rough spots in the transition between Mosby-Year Book publishers of St. Louis and Elsevier of Philadelphia were being worked out. We have been informed by the publisher that the subscription rates for Dental Abstracts for 2002 will be $20 U.S. and $24 international. Dental World has been receiving more international articles suggesting that our publication is being read globally. The Section Editor’s Handbook had been handed out at the Kansas City Meeting and to the Publicity Chairman for consideration of printing it for all the Sections to initiate a Section Newsletter. No response has been forthcoming. Membership Report Secretary Richard Kozal presented the membership statistics showing our current membership at 7847, which demonstrated a growth of 500 new Fellows from 1 January 2000 to 1 January 2002. The report was broken down into individual countries and Sections.

	New Orleans Board Meeting (continued)
	Hall of Fame Report Chairman Ray Klein reported that he was applying to the Board for guidance. There are currently 14 inductees in the Hall of Fame. There were 10 names already inducted when the Board limited the Inductions to two a year, one international and one U.S. Drs. Terence Ward (U.K.) and Frederick McKay (U.S.) are still awaiting Induction. The Chair suggested inducting Dr. Ward at the Oral Surgery Society of Britain and opened the floor for ideas for Dr. McKay, who started out discovering the value of fluoridation in Michigan and ended up in Colorado. Other names awaiting consideration were Drs. Rafiuddin Ahmed (India), Morinisuke Chiwaki (Japan), Edward Angle (U.S.), and Maynard Hine (U.S.). Dr. Roach suggested awaiting the Inductions due to costs until there were convenient venues in which to do them, but we can approve further names and wait for the right times to do them. In a subsequent letter from Dr. Ruperto Gonzalez-Giralda, he noted that Dr. Ward should be noted as Sir Terence Ward, O.B.E., as he was knighted by the Queen of England for his services to Oral and Maxillo-Facial Surgery in the United Kingdom. Dr. Gonzalez-Giralda knew “Terry” very well and that he was really proud of his well-deserved knighthood. Chairman Ray Klein Chairman Ray Klein continued with his report concerning the retention of the venues for the Hall of Fame itself. The Paris venue was ideal and well maintained and visible. The Harris Dental Museum in Baltimore has them on the third floor where even the museum tours are not brought to see them. Drs. Klein and Campbell agreed that there was PFA exposure there and to get them down to the first or second floors would cost the Academy more money with doubtful results. With the help of Bud Tarrson, the Academy funded the museum $50,000 in 1997 for the current location.		The ADA Building would be an ideal U.S. venue. At the Kansas City Meeting, the Board had authorized continuing to discuss this matter with the ADA, so Dr. Klein had met with the ADA Committee of three Trustees chaired by Dr. James Branson. The ADA Committee had approved the concept, but were renovating the ADA Building (Chicago) of the asbestos and restructuring the floors. Their plans were for moving the library from the 19th floor to the 6th floor and establishing a museum of the donated dental artifacts. Their suggestion was a TV monitor with punch buttons to call up the names and histories of the Hall of Fame members located in the ADA library. Pierre Marois addressed the importance of the internationality of this project. A motion was passed that we (1) proceed and finalize the work on Dr. Terence Ward’s Induction—time and location; (2) bring prior documentation forward to the Board of Trustees for approval by the Board in San Francisco on Dr. Frederick McKay for Induction into the Hall of Fame; (3) bring proper documentation forward to the Board on the other names in San Francisco for Board acceptance into the Hall of Fame, but await for a proper and timely venue for Induction. Chair Ray Klein noted that there was some discussion of making the Harris Dental Museum part of the Smithsonian. He also had asked about placing the Hall of Fame plaques on the walls on the second floor of the ADA Building, but this was denied. A motion was passed to continue to negotiate with the ADA. The Hall of Fame Committee would then report back the cost, annual maintenance, and any additional expenses that might be incurred in locating the Hall of Fame at the ADA Building. Dr. Kozal noted that cost of the plaque is about $250 with one placed in Paris, one at the Harris Museum, and another given to the family of the Inductee. A motion to have the rest of the matters brought before the Board in San Francisco was made by Dr. Campbell, seconded by Dr. Lowder, and passed.

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	Table of Contents- January/February 2003
	Presidents Message		Board Meeting-Second Session cont'd
	Dr. Robert B. Shira		Board Meeting-Unfinished Business
	Support		Board Meeting-New Business
	Awards Luncheon		2003 Calendar
	Awards Luncheon con'd		Fauchard Volumes now Online
	New Orleans Board Meeting		Shortage of Dentists
	New Orleans Board Reports 2		Foundation News
	New Orleans Board Reports 3		Give Kids a Smile
	New Orleans Board Reports 4		Foundation News 2
	Board Meeting-		Foundation News - United States
	Board Meeting-Chair Caucus		Section News- International
	Board Meeting-Second Session		Section News- United States
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