PFA Dental World Newsletter — January/February • 2004

Table of Contents - January/February • 2004

Dental World

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	January/February • 2004		Page 2
	PFA Annual Board Meeting cont'd
	Membership Chairman Charles Eller reported that the current total Academy membership as on 15 October 2003 is 7661 Fellows. This is a fluid number as some pass away, drop membership, or new Fellows are inducted. California leads the country with the most members of 481, but that is divided into two Sections (northern and southern). Ohio (275), New York (208), Virginia (179), Wisconsin (175), Georgia (170), Michigan (163), Florida (160), Pennsylvania (134), Arizona (133), Connecticut (132), South Carolina (125), Maryland (120), Louisiana (110), and Washington State (109) round out the top 15 State Sections. Internationally, India leads with 398 Fellows, followed by Canada (274), Australia (222), Argentina (137), Japan (131), Spain (120), and the Philippines (100). The suggested percent of the professional population in the Section to be members is merely a benchmark. We should still focus our direction to recruiting quality Fellows. Constitution & Bylaws Committee Chairman Mike Perpich presented the copy of his Committee’s efforts. The Secretary/Treasurer position has been renamed Secretary General. And “shall” was changed to “will” in the copy, along with other housecleaning measures. Trustee William Winspear moved their adoption, seconded by Howard Mark, and passed. Copies of the new Constitution & Bylaws will be available from the Central Office after they have been printed. The next effort by the Committee will be to work on the Policy Manual. Foundation Report Foundation President Carl Lundgren gave his report to the Academy Board. He discussed the final weeks of Dr. Kishi’s suffering and yet his continual devotion to completing the Foundation’s work right up to his final days. The Foundation has established a Dr. Shig Kishi Memorial Fund to receive tax-deductible contributions in his name from all the many Fellows that the enormous work of this great man has touched. Contributions may be sent to PFA, P.O. Box 80330, Las Vegas, NV 89180-0330. Past PFA President Fred Halik (1999-2000) has accepted the position of the Foundation’s Executive Director. His address for the Foundation is 30 Spruce Ridge, Fairport, NY 14450-4278. The phone number is 585/218-9393; the fax is 585/387-9519; and his e-mail address is FPFA@Rochester.rr.com to reach Dr. Halik. PFA President Gary Lowder has accepted a position on the Foundation Board and will be taking over the duties of Dr. Halik as Grants Committee Chairman. Foundation Executive Director Fred Halik and President Carl Lundgren address the Academy Meeting This year, grant requests have increased substantially. There are over 50 dental foundations with ours being among the largest, and it operates internationally. Grant inquiries quadrupled from previous years. Of those, 160 qualified and were replied to. As a comparison, 90 were sent out in 2002. Repeated recipients were requested not to apply to give other needy projects an opportunity for funding. The most common reasons for rejection were (1) a lack of detailed line item budget for what the award was intended to be used for; (2) a lack of detailed accounting of a previous award’s use; and (3) requests that fall outside the guidelines of the Foundation’s funding. Using those parameters, about one half fail to comply. Prioritizing the final requests narrowed that down to another half for the Grants Committee review. After review, that left grant requests totaling $147,056.		The Academy’s requests have always been top priority but must follow the same grant procedures, so the Foundation cannot be accused of self-serving. The proper paper trail by the Academy has been shown including line item accounting of last year’s grants. The Foundation Treasurer has indicated that the annual income from judiciously placed investments is about $389,000 of which $288,000 is budgeted for grants and scholarships, $100,000 for expenses, and $1000 for the reserve. Added to that are small amounts left over from the 2002 unclaimed scholarships. Then there is the $10,000 to Costa Rica for maintenance of the Brenes Multimedia Center equipment upgrades. The Samuel Harris National Museum of Dentistry requested a $50,000 grant to establish a display for Dr. Robert Shira. The maximum request amount is established at $10,000 and the museum could not provide a suitable display that fit that award amount. Because of this, the matter was dropped. Foundation Board member Bill Kort reconstructed the New Orleans Meeting Minutes for 2002. Since its inception, the Foundation has awarded the Academy $356,000 for its combined projects. Membership contributions for the Foundation through the Academy have totaled $181,237, or about $20,000 per year. The annual scholarship awards are proportioned by Section membership numbers, thus 54 of them are given to the students in the United States dental schools with 27 being awarded to international schools upon the recommendation of that Section Chair. This is done on a rotating basis to Sections containing more than 10 Fellows. Sections with 10 to 30 members are awarded in alternate years. Canada and India divide up their scholarship amounts to make presentations of smaller amounts to more schools. Some years, a few dental school deans fail to supply a name for a student to receive the scholarship, and those funds are then rolled over to the following year for use. Priority considerations are given to (1) International PFA programs; (2) PFA Section programs ($5000 maximum); (3) service projects that provide needed services to the public ($10,000 maximum); (4) Educational programs such as CE courses, faculty development ($5000 maximum); and (5) miscellaneous, also with a $5000 maximum. The Humanitarian Award of $5000 is optional and presented to the most meritorious of the grants-at-large. Academy grants will now be paid in the year they were authorized, instead of the following year, as has been done. This will allow the budget to reflect the spending in the same year it was authorized. A Memorial and Tribute Fund program will be established by the Foundation to receive additional contributions for a specific purpose. In Costa Rica, home of our benefactor Fernando Brenes-Espinach, all the holdings there have been divested as of last year. The jewelry shop was sold; the flower shop was donated to Fundacion Piadad for their charity purposes. We have a current ongoing commitment to help support the Brenes Multimedia Center, and the biannual Loader-Espinach Award program. The Foundation overhead is budgeted at $100,000, but it actually comes in at $85,000. The expenses are the stipend to the Executive Director, the annual meeting expenses, and the costs of postage, duplication, etc. The absolute deadline for completed grant applications for every year is June 30. This year it is 30 June 2004. Executive Director Fred Halik addressed the Academy Board about the calendar of events his committee must go through annually to present the Foundation Board the completed list of scholarship recipients and approval for grants. Treasurer George Higue gave a glowing financial report of our Foundation’s current status in weathering the poor economic times and of his ability to keep the principal investment intact, generating in excess of the $300,000 needed for the Foundation’s scholarship and grant activities.

	PFA Annual Board Meeting cont'd
	Section Chairs’ Caucus
	Section Chairs Caucus Chairman Ray Maddox reported that the areas of Chair concerns were (1) individual Section dues collection by the Central Office; (2) Mentoring Programs; (3) Section Annual Meetings; (4) formalized Induction ceremony; (5) New Member Recruitment; (6) Foundation grants; (7) Organizational publicity; and (8) Section information sharing. Trustee Charles Eller presided over this year’s Section Chairman’s Caucus noting that the Board felt that the input from them was far more effective than hosting a Leadership Conference every three years. The Board had postponed the scheduled Leadership Conference to concentrate their efforts and funds on the Section Chair Caucus, which produced better results. Our Web master Mark Stanley took the Caucus through the new improved PFA Web site to demonstrate how to use it and how it would be effective for them in leading their Sections. Later, Mark Stanley did the same for the Academy Board at their final meeting session and answered any questions anyone had pertaining to the site. Mentorship Program The Board discussed the various different mentorship programs being undertaken or participated in by the Academy Fellows. Such programs were tailored to the needs of the local dental school or Section. But the overall consensus was that of support for them. Hall of Fame Committee Chairman Ray Klein has secured an ADA site for our Hall of Fame in the ADA Library with the help of International Trustee Pierre Marois. It is an interactive site with a television monitor linked directly to our site where visitors can read the life story of all our famous dentists.		As President of ODA, Dr. Roach represented Ontario dentists in Toronto during the revision of the dental section of the Ontario Health Insurance Plan Fee Schedule (dealing with provincial government coverage for selected dental services). He also represented Ontario dentists in Ottawa as the national government was developing the Canada Health Act (which sets out the conditions for federal insurance coverage in health care). During this era, many committee/board meetings were held in smoke-filled rooms. Dr. Roach led the movement for “cleaner air in dental meeting rooms.” At both the Ontario and Canadian Dental Associations, he presented successful motions that smoking not be permitted during meetings. Although he was first elected as Governor to the Canadian Dental Association in 1979, Dr. Roach stepped down in order to become ODA’s President. After his term as President, he was again elected as a CDA Governor, and he subsequently became CDA President in 1989. During his ascendancy to the CDA Presidency, he served as liaison to a multitude of committees, including a Task Force that led to the creation of the Council on Education and Accreditation of Canada. Other significant achievements during his term as CDA President included extensive negotiations to launch electronic data interchange (EDI)—a computer network to allow dental offices to submit claims to third party dental insurance carriers—and the complete renovation of the CDA headquarters building in Ottawa. Dr. Roach subsequently served as a member of the CDA Nominations and Awards Committee. On completion of his term in 1990, he was recognized for his achievements by his local peers with a lovely artwork, which he proudly displays in his dental office in Pembroke.

	PFA Annual Board Meeting cont'd
	Awards Committee Report Chairman James Englander had announced the committee’s nominees for the various PFA recognition awards, which were approved and presented. Dr. Gunnar Carlsson of Sweden received the Elmer Best Award in Berlin. Dr. Harald Loe received the PFA Gold Medal at the Awards Luncheon. The Dental Trade & Industry Award went to the Patterson Dental Company. (CEO Peter L. Frechette received the award for the company at the Awards Luncheon.) Honorary Fellowship was presented to Ms. Helen Cherrett of the ADA. Associate Fellowship was presented to Judith Kozal at the Awards Luncheon. Honorary Fellowship was awarded to Dr. Melvin Malmstrom at the Utah Section Meeting. Honorary Fellowship was granted Professor Noel Martin at the Australasia Section Breakfast in Sydney during the FDI Congress. ADA President T. Howard Jones received the President’s Award at the Georgia Section Meeting. The Board adopted Trustee Englander’s suggestion that the nomination process for the Gold Medal Award include members of the Academy’s Board of Trustees as well. Dr. Englander urged that more Sections should consider presenting the Section’s Distinguished Service Award locally. The Central Office asked that this be done by April so the plaques could be processed in time for the event.		Nominations Committee Chair Scott Welch reported his committee’s nominations for the 2003-2004 year: • Dr. Kevin Roach of Canada for President • Dr. Mike Perpich of Minnesota for President-elect • Dr. Howard Mark of Connecticut for Vice President • Dr. Richard Walsh of Rhode Island as Region 2 Trustee Section Chair Appointments • Dr. Guy Ribando for the Louisiana Section Chair • Dr. Kirk Norbo for the Virginia Section Chair • Dr. James Cerny for the Alaska Section Chair • Dr. William TenPas for the Oregon Section Chair • Dr. Burt Winterholer for the Montana Section Chair • Dr. Jose M. Aguirre for the Spain Section Chair • Dr. Eugeniuz Spiechowicz for the Poland Section Chair

Table of Contents - January/February • 2004

Presidents Message

PFA Foundation Board Meeting

2003-2004 Calendar

Dr. Higue Honored

PFA Annual MTG: Committee Reports

77th PFA Gold Medal Awards

PFA Annual MTG con't: - Reports 2

Foundation News

PFA Annual MTG con't: - Reports 3

Section News- International

PFA Annual MTG con't: - Reports 4

Section News- United States

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