Dear Sirs/Madams!

To ASAMI National Presidents:
28-30 May 2008 International ASAMI Meeting took place in St. Petersburg. 52 countries participated in this Meeting. 26 National ASAMI Presidents visited this Congress. By the opening of the congress we recieved 5 application to join International ASAMI.

At preliminary and final meetings of the National ASAMI Presidents was decided the following: 1. Presidents Committee accepted applications of the following countries: Russia, Syria, Senegal, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Now these countries have National ASAMI and they are members of International ASAMI as well. The board did not support suggestion of M. Catagni about changing the name of the association but agreed to modify the name of the association to:
International ASAMI and BONE RECONSTRUCTION ASSOCCIATION.

J.C. Bongiovanni suggested to form an executive committee which will be in Charge of the Association for the next 2 years term till the next International ASAMI meeting. The structure of the committee will be:
1-The current president who will be elected the Board every 2 years during the International meeting.
2-President elect who will be elected as the next president for 2 years.
3-X-president.
4-General secretary: nominated by the board for preparation of the committee meeting & the board meetings. He shall keep a registry of the members & responsible for correspondance with the members.
The suggestion was passed with a solid vote.
Choosing the International ASAMI & BONE RECONSTRUCTION ASSOCCIATION Presidents there were 2 candidates: prof. Shevtsov (Russia) and prof. Nuno Craveiro Lopes (Portugal). With majority of votes Prof. Shevtsov was elected current President of International ASAMI & BONE RECONSTRUCTION ASSOCCIATION. Election was democratic. Nobody placed pressure on anyone. And there was only one candidate for general secretary - prof. Hosny. He passed by a solid vote.

Current president: Porf. Shevtsov
President elect: Prof. Nuno Craveiro Lopes
General Secretary: Prof. Gamal Ahmed Hosny

Therefore, the current Executive committee is:
1-President: Prof. Shevtsov
2- President elect: Prof.Nuno Craveiro Lopes
3- X-Presiden:Prof.Bongiovanni
4- General secretary: Prof. Gamal Ahmed Hosny
5. - Dr Catagni suggested to transfer the site of the next meeting to Spain and the Board dropped this suggestion and decided that the board members are committed to the results of voting in Kyoto: Brazil is the site of the next meeting after 2 years & Bongiovanni is the host, if anything erupts Egypt will be the place & Hosny is the Host.

6 -The Board discussed the site of the next meeting in Europe 2012 & 2 countries applied: Greece & Portugal. The results of the vote were for Greece.

Best regards,
International ASAM Meeting President
Professor Vladimir I. Shevtsov