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President Howard Mark called the Management Committee Meeting to order with the Invocation given by President-elect William Winspear. The Minutes from the annual 2005 Board Meeting in Philadelphia were approved.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT

The President reported a slow but logical growth in the Academy that has stabilized us on a sounder basis. The Academy is on a more secure financial foundation than ever before due to better fiscal controls and a closer oversight on expenditures, while at the same time expanding its outreach. Most of this is due to the officers, who deeply care about the Academy and their performance as a team.

The implementation of the strategic plan will do more in establishing appropriate priorities for programs, Fellowship growth, and retention. Use of our Web site will increase internal communication as we go forward. More careful evaluation of committee functioning as it relates to our mission will enable us to proceed in a more functional manner. Fellowship and retention are the cornerstones of the Academy’s continuation as the premier international honor dental service organization. But much more needs to be accomplished to see that this happens. State and Regional components need to be assisted in every way possible and to insure that their leadership is addressing these goals. We need the reports and projected activities from our Section leaders to be able assess how the Management Team can react to their needs in sufficient time to review our suggestions for the Las Vegas Annual Meeting.

SECRETARY GENERAL’S REPORT

Secretary General Richard Kozal reported that 30 Dentist of the Year Awards were prepared for as many Section presentations, along with three outgoing Section Chair plagues. A joint mailing by the Academy and the Foundation went out to 54 dental schools for the individual student awards and scholarships.

Membership dues notices for 2005 had been sent out with a very good initial response. Delinquent members will be turned over to requesting Section Chairs for follow up.

The Web site continues to be modified and improved. The articles on the history of dentistry are very successful and attract many visitors to our site. The information in our online Membership Directory is updated routinely.

Quarterly Management Team Conferences to review the budget and the finances are held regularly in conjunction with the Budget and Finance Committee.

PFA has filed all the necessary paperwork with the State of Nevada to act as a foreign corporation operating in Nevada.

The Central Office has requested that we stay in the Four Seasons Hotel for our Meetings and social functions for the annual 2006 Meetings in Las Vegas. Notices have been sent out to the officers and a schedule of our activities has been regularly posted online and in Dental World.

Life Member letters were sent out last January. Subscribing to DW is optional for them.

Voluntary donations for the Foundation have risen, mostly from Fellows in the United States.

The current PFA pamphlet has been updated with new information cards.

The printing bill for DA/DW has been paid through last year. Our publisher has informed us that our subscription rate to Dental Abstracts will go up for next year by 4%.

Dues notices to the lock box have been very effective in having them deposited daily and accounted for with updating regularly.

The yellow nomination card, mailed with the dues statements, has netted nearly 300 nominees.

All outstanding invoices are reviewed and paid in a timely fashion. There are currently no outstanding invoices as of this date. The financial statements and bank reports are included in this meeting packet for Committee review. Our accountant Dan Jonker prepares our PFA financial report. The CPA Company of John Kopczyk, Ltd. of Chicago reviews that report.

AUDITOR’S REPORT

The Financial Report was reviewed by our accountant, line for line. Some line item slots were questioned and either combined or initiated new ones to better display our financial picture. Dan Jonker expressed praise for our successful financial picture, after some years of financial struggling. Everything was in perfect order.

Management Team in session

WEB SITE

Our Web site has demonstrated continual growth and interest. Traffic has grown 40% in the last two years alone, with a constant upward trend. The most visited sites are our “publications”—Dental World and the Journal of Dental History. Then comes “inquiries” and thirdly “awards.” New editable pages for all the Officers and Trustees enable almost instantaneous communication to our Fellows. Immediate past President Michael Perpich has been working on this and can assist in introducing these sites to the Officers.

Language translations are now being tested with French being the first attempt. Spanish will follow. English continues to be the language of international business. While the usage of computers has reached over 1 billion people who spend an average of 30 hours a month online, the largest percent of population usage by continent are North America and Australia—both English-speaking areas.

More forms are able to be downloaded off our Web site.

FOUNDATION REPORT

President Mark had attended their Interim Meeting in Chicago earlier in the month and discussed the progress of their plans, particularly those regarding their fund raising. The Committee reported what they had done with the Foundation 2005 grants for the Web site, the Academy Museum, and Dental World. The Secretary General noted that the voluntary dues contributions to the Foundation had been coming in well, particularly from the United States Fellows. The Academy Grant requests for 2006 were discussed.

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS

The changes made at the Philadelphia Meeting were integrated into the legal documents for further review. Some suggestions were made for Chapter VIII—Nominations and Elections.

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Secretary General Richard Kozal commented that the yellow nomination cards had been coming in with some nominations for 38 States and Canada. The membership goals for next year ought to be the same, with emphasis on retention to stop the bleeding from that source.

NOMINATION COMMITTEE

Immediate past President Michael Perpich presented the candidates for election/ moving up for the Las Vegas Annual Board Meeting. They are:

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE

Chair James Englander presented an in-depth report suggesting some guidelines for discussion. The main gist of the report was to break down the Publications Committee into three subcommittees: Publications, Publicity, and Web site. Also direction was requested as to whether a long-range plan be established for the future that our publications should take. The last one drawn up was in 1999.

AWARDS COMMITTEE

Chair James Englander reported that the Board of Trustees had ratified the Awards Committee’s Award recommendations:

HALL OF FAME COMMITTEE

Chair Kevin L. Roach reported that the Harris National Museum in Baltimore has space for 20 more plaques. Currently, there are 16 distinguished dental individuals, including Drs. McKay and Chiwaki. The main venue is in the Paris Dental Headquarters. But our Hall of Fame is also featured on the PFA Web site as well as online at the ADA Headquarters Building in Chicago. The next Hall of Fame Installation visit to Paris is scheduled for 2007 in conjunction with a major dental meeting being organized by International Trustee Hubert Ouvrard.

Those Honourees, approved by the Board and awaiting formal induction are:

Additional names for future approval that have been suggested and need Board approval and full committee support are:

PRESIDENT-ELECT’S REPORT

Dr. William Winspear attended the Formal Dinner of the Australasia Section in Adelaide, South Australia, which was organized by Dr. Richard Sawers. Dr. Winspear has also been working on the Constitution and ByLaws Committee as well as helping to establish criteria for the Hall of Fame Committee procedures. The Strategic Planning Committee proposes no action to the document but will continue to monitor the need for such. The Budget and Finance Committee is about to commence preparation of the 2007 Budget.

VICE PRESIDENT’S REPORT

Dr. James Englander has served six years as Trustee and 10 years as Chair for the dynamic Wisconsin Section before being elected to start in the Executive Officers’ Chairs. He currently has served for many years on the Awards Committee and this year on the Publications Committee. "I have been encouraged to become more involved after past President Gary Lowder redirected our mission to service and recognition, past President Kevin Roach redefined the Academy structure while setting new objectives and goals, past President Mike Perpich created the atmosphere for moving ahead with projects that fulfill the Academy’s purpose, and President Howard Mark with President-elect William Winspear have initiated the leadership to begin the journey with enthusiasm and renewed energy."

EDITOR’S REPORT

Editor Jim Brophy and his photographer Shirley Brophy have become familiar faces at many PFA events to chronicle our happenings for posterity through pictures and the written word. Besides editing our Dental World, Jim has been working with the Foundation in their fund-raising campaign and with other Academy and Foundation committees. He and Shirley, like Richard and Judy Kozal, serve as ambassadors for our PFA projects. In 15 years of service to the Academy as Editor, Dr. Brophy has collected the experience and history of our organization to be of contributing value to all Fellows who request his help. As new innovations are available to expand our message, our publication has adopted them to make our primary means of communicating both informative and interesting.

FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE

International Trustee for Latin America, Dr. Ernesto Acuna E. has been actively filling the shoes of our late departed Trustee Bernardo Levit. In chairing the Fellowship Committee, he and his group have delineated several points to consider:

• Clarification of the present criteria for the selection of new Fellows

• Appropriate steps to discover dentists worthy of the honor of our Fellowship

• Providing assistance to our Section Chairs to enable them to reach a goal of five to 10 new Fellows annually

• Develop means and guidelines to retain our present Fellows and get them involved.

The concept of recruiting new Fellows and retaining them is the work of all Fellows from our top Officers down. Each of these activities is interdependent on the others to insure success.