SMISS AP committee formation

Membership committee

Chairperson

Yu Liang

Vise Chair

Seong Yi

Vise Chair

Jacob Oh

Activities

A) SMISS membership payment verification and notification

  • Unpaid or lapsed member resigns the director or faculty

B) Director and faculty update and evaluation

  • Correction of CV and deliver them to directors
  • Management of voting and notification

C) Annual meeting review work evaluation and notification of alert according to by-laws

Education committee

Chairperson

Raymond Yip

Chairperson

Arvind Kulkarni

Vise Chair

John Choi

Vise Chair

Mitchell Hansen

Activities

A) Webinar planning and execution

B) Coordination with Ortho TV management company

C) Advertisement of webinar via email and website

D) Planning and support of workshop in the annual meeting

General affairs committee

Chairperson

Warawat Limthongkul

Vise Chair

Ayush Sharma

Vise Chair

Yoshihisa Kotani

Activities

A) Director meeting management

  • Schedule management with directors (w/ AP office)
  • Creation of Agenda and deliver previously
  • Creation of Minutes and deliver after

B) Management of questions from external societies and doctors to SMISS AP office

  • Membership query
  • Annual meeting schedule and paper submission issues
  • Collaboration request from local societies

C) Verification and revision of several notification emails created by SMISS AP office

Travelling fellowship committee

Chairperson

Seong Yi

Vise Chair

Yu Liang

Activities

A) Creation and revision of travelling fellowship guideline

B) Notification of fellowship recruitment to members via emails and website

C) Request CV and other required documents to candidates

D) Evaluation and voting of fellowship winners

E) Announcement of fellowship winners at the annual meeting

F) Determination of fellowship sites and announcement

G) Preparation of traveling fellowship sessions next year’s meeting

Advertisement committee

Chairperson

Jacob Oh

Chairperson

Ayush Sharma

Vise Chair

Warawat Limthongkul

Activities

A) Website update

B) Poster and brochure creation

C) Advertisement of SMISS AP activities via email or SNS to local and internationally

International committee

Chairperson

Yong Hai

Vise Chair

John Choi

Vise Chair

Arvind Kurkarni

Activities

A) Planning and execution of combined symposium or lecture with other international societies

B) Promotion of SMISS AP for better understanding in the world

C) Advertisement of SMISS AP activities to related societies in the world

Financial affairs committee

Chairperson

Yoshihisa Kotani

Vise Chair

Yu Liang

Activities

A) Society property management

  • Report the annual income and expenditure
  • Report the bank account maintenance
  • Remittance and arrival management between local meeting office

B) Audit management and report

  • Annual audit work with an official auditor
  • Reviewing all receipts and bank account information

Annual meeting supporting committee

Chairperson

Jacob Oh

Vise Chair

Ayush Sharma

Vise Chair

Yoshihisa Kotani

Activities

A) Support for prospectus creation for sponsorship recruitment

B) Support for sponsorship recruitment

  • Approaching to international companies via email or letter
  • Deliver previous sponsorship lists to local president
  • Advise and discussion with local president

C) Support for creating income and expenditure forecast

D) Support for selecting invited speakers and contact

E) Creation of poster and brochure of annual meeting

F) Determination of paper submission deadline and notification on the website

G) Selection of abstract reviewers from faculty members

H) Verification of review results and final determination of podium and poster presentations

I) Support for creating the meeting outline: schedule and room assignment

J) Support and guiding for final academic program

K) Support for notification and verification of all presentations

Law committee

Chairperson

Yoshihisa Kotani

Vise Chair

Yong Hai

Activities

A) Revision of society by-laws

B) Management of law issues and questions w/ president