1. EABP/ISC Congress in Paris
2. EABP Meetings in Paris
3. General Assembly
4. Grey Book
5. Postal Voting Form
6. Extra: Motion 13 for EABP General Assembly Meeting
7. Resignation of EABP President Joop Valstar
8. Board Positions open
9. Committee Positions open
EABP EMAIL NEWSLETTER 14 October 2008
1. EABP/ISC Congress in Paris
The Congress promises to be an exciting event.
The schedule of lectures, round tables and workshops is up on the Congress website www.cipcparis2008.org. You will receive the full printed program on registration.
Over 600 people have registered from countries throughout the world including Japan, Brazil, Mexico, Israel, Lithuania, Russia, Iceland and of course the other countries in Europe.
The EABP will have a stand in Paris and a notice board for your communications.
We invite you to connect in with us.
2. EABP Meetings in Paris
Friday 7th November - 9-21 hrs FORUM Meeting, - 11-12.30 hrs EABP Board Meeting, - 14-18 hrs COUNCIL Meeting
Monday 10th November - EABP GENERAL ASSEMBLY Meeting 14.00 - 17.30 hrs.
3. EABP General Assembly
This meeting has been planned within the conference days in order to enable as many members as possible to attend. We look forward to your presence.
If you cannot attend then please register your vote by sending in the Postal Voting Form that is in the Grey Book. Your opinion is valued.
4 Grey Book
The Grey Book - the EABP General Assembly Book of Papers (Reports and Motions) - was mailed from Amsterdam last Friday. It should arrive in your mail-box any day soon. It will also be put up on the EABP website www.eabp.org.
Please note below the additional motion and change to the Postal Voting Form.
5. Postal Voting Form
On your Postal Voting Form please vote for both Motion 7 and Motion 8.
Delete the line in bold Only vote to motion 7 if you vote NO to motion 8.
Please see below Motion 13 and include this on the bottom of your postal voting form.
6. EXTRA MOTION for the GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING
MOTION 13
The Executive Board decided at the meeting on 12th October 2008 to put forward an extra motion to the General Assembly regarding the Italian National Association AIPC.
(This motion has been put forward since the printing and mailing of the Grey Book.)
The Board has tried for three years to talk with the AIPC about their commitments as a National Association of the EABP. These commitments include the payment of fees over three years, signing of the 2006 Agreement between AIPC and EABP, attending the COUNCIL meetings and supplying membership and financial information.
Time after time they have come up with answers that are too short, excuses or no answers.
The Board will bring the case to the COUNCIL meeting in Paris on Friday 7th November (14.00 - 18.00 hrs) with a recommendation to terminate the Agreement. The COUNCIL's decision about the matter is binding. If the COUNCIL agrees to propose the motion and if this motion is passed in the General Assembly then the AIPC will cease to exist as a National Association representing the EABP in Italy.
The Members in Italy will have the right to stay as EABP members.
MOTION: That the Agreement between the EABP and the AIPC be terminated. They will no longer be a National Association representing EABP in Italy.
7. Resignation of Joop Valstar
Joop Valstar has announced his resignation as EABP President after a term of two years. (He has been on the Board for six years). Please read his report in the Grey Book.
Joop has given many years of outstanding service since the beginning of the EABP. His hard work and his incisive mind have contributed to bringing a coherence and integrity to the work of the Board, which will be sorely missed.
8. Board Positions
Björn Ødegaard will not stand for a new term.
François Lewin is resigning as Treasurer but is willing to stay on the Board to ensure the continuity of Board functioning in the coming period along with Sean Doherty who is standing as Treasurer and Ingeborg Joachim who will stand as Membership Secretary.
Looking at the past years and at the work the Board has done they feel strongly that there needs to be a new generation of members in the board and on the various committees to share the vision and direction of EABP and to propose action - people who may be more connected to the actual developments in body psychotherapy and psychotherapy and willing to develop future perspectives on the profession.
The Board invites you to put yourself or others forward for the following Board positions.
President
General Secretary
Board Member
9. Committee positions
On the committees too the Board is looking to encourage a new generation of participants.
There are many new valuable projects, which can be undertaken and our wish is to see more EABP members coming forward to help us to ensure the continued diversity of EABP and its various functions.
Congress Planning Committee
Ethics Committee
Membership Committee
Professional Development Committee
Publications Committee
Scientific Committee
Auditors for 2010
The Professional Development Committee and the Scientific Committee need people with vision and initiative to get the committees off the ground.
There is more detail in the Grey Book and we will be on the stand in Paris in order to discuss these with you.
We look forward to seeing you.
EABP Executive Board
Joop Valstar
Sean Doherty
François Lewin
Ingeborg Joachim
