Notice of Biannual Meeting to be held on June 11th,1996 at 12.15 noon in Bruges.Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the above assembly will be held to discuss the following agenda:

1. Welcome and introduction by the President Prof Goran Koch
2. Apologies for absence
3. Minutes of the meeting held in Athens, June 8th,1994
4. Matters arising
5. Secretary’s Report Prof Martin Curzon
6. Treasurer's Report Dr John Roberts
7. Committee Reports
   a. Constitution Prof Olafur Hoskuldsson
   b. Membership & Credentials Prof Martin Curzon
   c. Education Prof Luc Martens
   d. Scientific Committee Prof Goran Koch
8. Election of Officers
   Nominations Committee Prof Martin Curzon
   President-Elect
   Secretary/Treasurer
9. Future Congresses1998, 2000, 2002
10. Any Other Business

All members are encouraged to attend Any other matters of business should be notified to the ,Secretary at least 30 days before the Assembly.

94.1 Opening
The Assembly was opened at 12.05 pm by the President Prof. Martin Curzon who welcomed all delegates to the second Congress of the Academy. He particularly wished to thank Prof. Constantine Oulis and his committee for the organisation of the Congress in Athens which had been a great success. Over 350 delegates had attended the Congress which was a great tribute to the organisers and a measure of the growth of the Academy which now numbered over 200.

94.2 Apologies for Absence
There were none to report.

94.3 Matters Arising from the Minutes
Constitution. It had been drawn to the attention of the Council that while the present Constitution was functioning well, experience, as the EAPD had grown, showed that alterations to the Constitution would be needed. Council therefore proposed that the Constitution Committee be kept in its present form and that it would continue a review so that alterations could be made as needed. This was accepted by the Assembly. It was noted that, as a result of the experience of the Greek Group, during the organisation of the Athens meeting, changes were needed in the method of review of scientific abstracts. This would be reviewed.

94.3 Secretary's Report
The Secretary reported that the membership continued to grow and the overall membership was close to 200. It was expected that this would continue. During the 1993 and 1994 several Newsletters had been issued.It was felt that there should be at least four issues a year.However more material for each issue was needed and members were encouraged to submit letters, conference reports or notices of meetings in Paediatric Dentistry. Each issue consisted of four pages at present but it was hoped to increase the size and quality of the Newsletter. The Secretary's Report was accepted.

94.4 Treasurer's Report
The Treasurer reported that the finances of the EAPD were sound. Subscription income continued to be in excess of expenditure. The latter consisted of mainly office expenses and the costs of production of the Newsletters. There was some difficulty with members paying their subscriptions but these were being sorted out.
In a discussion of the report it was noted from the floor that it might be better to be able to pay by credit card. The Treasurer said he would look into this. The Treasurer &127s Report was accepted.

94.5 Committee Reports
Constitution. The new edition of the Constitution was presented and accepted by the Assembly. Comments made earlier, under Matters Arising, about changes were re-emphasised.

Membership. The membership continued to grow very satisfactorily. There continued to be problems with applications not being in the correct format and the time taken to process them was felt to be too long. It was requested from the members that the process should be speeded up.Under the Constitution the Chairmanship of the membership and Credentials Committee was the responsibility of the Immediate Past President which would now take effect.
As Dr Morand was now completing his term of office the President recorded the thanks of the membership for his efforts.

Education. The Education Committee had been most active in the past year in preparing the draft documents on guidelines for Postgraduate Training in Paediatric Dentistry. A draft set of guidelines had now been prepared which was being discussed in a Work- shop at the present Congress. It was planned that any suggestions, additions and changes would be incorporated in a final set of

guidelines to be issued later in 1994.
The President commented that the hard work of the Education Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor Martens was very much appreciated by the membership.

Other Committees. The President drew to the attention of the members that the Constitution called for a number of Committees other than those already in existence. The Council suggested that the Assembly should approve of the formation of a Nominations Committee so that in 1996 there should be a proper nomination and election of offecers.
This was agreed and, following nominations from the floor, the following were appointed:
Chair, Past President
Dr Ulla Schroder (Sweden)
Dr Billy Fenlon (Ireland)
Dr Damaso Caprioglio (Italy)
Dr Franz Frankenmolen (The Netherlands)

94.6 Election of Officers
The President informed the Assembly that an election was required for the posts of President-Elect and Secretary / Treasurer. One nomination had been received for President-Elect, that of Professor Constantine Oulis.
There were no other nominations and Professor Oulis was elected on a show of hands.

Secretary - Professor Martin Curzon was also nominated to continue as Secretary
This was also approved.

Treasurer - It was noted that there was now a separateTreasurer, Dr John Roberts.
He was also appointed for a further term of two years.

Installation of The President. Professor Koch took over the Presidency from Professor Curzon who handed him the President's `Gavel of Office'. This had been made of pieces of wood from all the representative countries of Europe. President Koch thanked Professor Curzon for his work during his term of office and, together with President-Elect Professor Oulis, presented him with a plaque commemorating his Presidency. Professor Curzon thanked the Assembly for their support and encouragement and wished Professor Koch success in the coming two years.

94.7 Future Congresses
The 1996 Congress was to be held on June 8-11th in Bruges, Belgium. Professor Martens, Co-President, gave a presentation on the site and program for the 3rd Congress of the EAPD. This was received with great interest and promised to be a very successful meeting. Scientific Abstracts would be requested from members and other delegates in due course and an abstract form would be issued to members late in 1995. The themes for the Congress would be "Connective Tissue Disorders in Children", "Fluoride Releasing Dental Materials" and "Dental Care of the European Child".

Congress 1998. No definite plans had yet been made for the venue of this Congress. The Council would be considering proposals in due course and hoped to report to the membership at the next General Assembly in 1996. Members wishing to propose sites for future Congresses in 1998, 2000 and 2002 should contact the Secretary.

94.8 Any Other Business
There was no other business and therefore the President, Professor Goran Koch announced the closure of the Assembly. He thanked those present for attending and making the Congress such a success. In particular he acknowledged the support of those companies who had provided such generous finance for the Congress. He also thanked the members of the Greek organising committee for all their hard work in making the Second Congress such a success. He finally wished all members a safe journey home and looked forward to meeting everybody again in Bruges in 1996.

94.9 Date of the Next Assembly
The next General Assembly would be held in conjunction with the Congress in Bruges on a day and time to be set.

See also:
GUIDELINES FOR MEMBERSHIP

Nominations are requested from the membership for the positions of:
President-Elect, SecretaryTreasurer

Nominations must be sent to members of the Nominations Committee at least 60 days before the General Assembly, must be signed by at least two Active members and should have the agreement of the person nominated.

This small friendly meeting was held at the desert resort of La Quinta. Lectures were held throughout the mornings, leaving the remainder of the day for sport, socialising and sightseeing.

• Breakfast With The Experts' was a well-attended session covering a wide variety of subjects. The small group format of informal seminars resulted in much lively debate.

• Several mini-clinics and table clinics were also given.

• Three long lectures were given - by Dr Joe Camp: "Management of Traumatic Injuries to the Primary and Young Permanent Teeth", Dr Martin Rayman: "The Doctor Will See All of You Now or Working with Children and Parents in Dentistry" and Dr Richard Mungo: "Selection and Use of lasers in Dentistry for Children and Young Adults".

A most enjoyable conference!

John Roberts - London