DRAFT AGM AGENDA

• WHEN:
  Sunday July 8, 2007
  7 pm EST – 4 pm Pacific (duration 90 minutes)
  
  Skype conference room +990008276483781
  
  RSVP (drsean@canartscene.com)
  
  Please use head set with ear phones and mike to avoid reverb for others
  
  Welcome 2007
  Approval of 2006 AGM minutes
  Approval of financial statements: 2005-2006; 2006-2007
  Motion to change fiscal year to calendar year
  Approval of budget 2008
  Appointment of Auditor:
  2006 - 2007
  2008
  Review of Standing Committees: (reports for electronic distribution by 24 June)
  Nominations (Nick Walker)
  Membership (Shawn Jennings)
  Advocacy ( Sean McHugh)
  Motion to accept reports of Standing Committees
  Motion to approval revision to vision statement (McHugh)
  Motion to propose development of strategic plan (Ellingsen)
  Discussion Monthly Skype meetings, Google chat, Blog
  New directions (McHugh / Ellingsen)
  Motion to adjourn
  
  Note: If you have not used this Skype conference call format, please e-mail Nick Walker (n.walker@telus.net) to ensure you are able to logon and not left behind.

Minutes B of D 13 May 2007 (Skye Conference) - Ulla Nielsen

Present: Sean McHugh, Emily Ellingsen, Lia MacDonald, Nick Walker, Jane Baldock, Ulla Nielsen

1. Call to Order: 4:32 Pacific Time
2. Items required for AGM

• Financial statements: Treasurer MacDonald stated that she the statements for 2005-06, 2006-07 and budget 2007 - 2008 will be presented to the AGM.
• Reports to the AGM will be prepared by the President, Regional representatives, Treasurer, and chairs of the Standing Committees – Nominating, Membership, and Advocacy - and submitted to McHugh by 24 June 2007 so that they can be distributed prior to the AGM.
• A motion appointing the Auditor for the next year will be required.
• Appointment of the Auditor
  Because of the timing of the AGM and the need for the organization’s endorsement of the Auditor for

Approval of expenditures: MOTION ( MacDonald / Baldock ) that expenditures over $50 require Board authorization before payment. Carried.

AGM - Date & Time of next AGM – Sunday, 8 July, 2007 at 4 PM Pacific Time on Skype.
b) Meeting in person
Those who can will meet in person at the home of Nick Walker to participate there on Skype.

Agenda items:
i. Google chat group
ii. Vision statement
iii. Strategic plan

Change to the fiscal year – MacDonald commented on the confusion that seems to arise with the current June 30 year-end. She will investigate the reasoning behind the current June 30 year-end. A decision as to whether this item will go on the AGM agenda will be made closer to the time of the AGM.
6. Adjournment – 5:32 Pacific Time

Can Disabled Doctors Work?

At our January 2007 online meeting it was suggested that the CAPD was an organization for physicians who were no longer able to work. This sentiment ignores that we have a number within our ranks who continue to work or are currently in residency programs with the clear intent to work. My own thought is that the organization should support any physician-in-training or physicians facing barriers in continuing to practice. I think this is reflected in our recent attempt to modify our vision. One of the difficulties is that there are no standard criteria that medical schools, postgraduate programs or regulatory colleges use to determine an individual's fitness to practice. There are well developed criteria that consider an individual's ability to drive safely. Surely, it cannot that difficult to develop a fitness-to-practice model that could be uniformly applied across the country. For physicians previously in practice, the issue is to determine they have the ability to practice within the limitations of any disability including that they have appropriate accomodations. This group also has to be current regarding CME activities. For physicians-in-training the task is a bit more onerous in that they have to demonstrate the competencies that enable the practice of medicine including a particular speciality. Thoughts anyone?

Canadian Association of Physicians with Disabilities

Vision: A future where Canadian physicians with disabilities do not encounter barriers to realize a professional life that maximizes their skills and aspirations