Iaap newsletter 28 - The new Israeli Jungian society

THE PRESIDENT’S REPORT FOR 2008
By Hester Solomon
Since my last report, the Officers, Executive
Committee, and Committees, Sub-Committees and
Working Parties have been very busy with a number
of IAAP activities. I would like to bring you up to
date with recent news, and to give you an idea of the
work and activities, the planning and preparations,
that have been going on in the IAAP over the last
twelve months.
We have now settled into a rhythm of working, where
the five Officers meet three times per year, receiving
and responding to reports from the Sub-Committees and Working Parties,
answering other communications, and preparing for the yearly meeting of the
Executive Committee, which takes place in February each year. Many email
discussions are generated between our meetings. Nevertheless, we have
devolved much of the day to day work and special project responsibilities to
the Standing Committees, Sub-Committees and Working Parties. Responsibility
for each committee budget also has been devolved to the Chairs of each
committee, a system that is working very well. At the forthcoming meeting of
the Executive Committee, there will be an opportunity for each of the Sub-
Committees and Working Parties to meet and to bring their work forward, prior
to reporting to the whole of the Executive Committee. The devolution of the
workload has been a successful development, as decision making has been
extended throughout the Executive Committee, ensuring that the many talents
of our EC members are increasingly used, while each member is increasingly
engaged in the work of the IAAP.
As President, I, along with Joe Cambray, the new Finance Officer, am in regular
contact with Mr Amsler, the IAAP Treasurer and lawyer, and Mr Gubser, the
IAAP accountant, to keep a careful watch over the finances overall. We have
also worked out a revised system for setting out the finances that we trust you
will find more accessible. This will be fully explained at the Council of
Societies meeting in February 2010, and implemented at the Delegates’
Meeting in Montreal in August 2010. I believe that the greater transparency
and accessibility of the finances to the membership will be a significant
development for our organization as a whole.
The preparations for the Montreal Congress in August 2010 are going apace.
The Executive Committee will make a site visit during its forthcoming meeting
in Montreal, and will consider the other preparations that are underway. The
Program Committee has sent out a call for proposals, and at the time of the
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