ASIA PACIFIC ASSOCIATION OF SURGICAL TISSUE BANKS (APASTB)GOVERNING BOARD MEETING
Date: 3rd June 2008
Time: 5:00 p.m.
Venue: Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Chairperson: Astrid Lobo Gajiwala (President – APASTB)
Present:
AUSTRALIA Sharon Bryce
Ron Simard (representing David Morgan)
INDIA Astrid Lobo Gajiwala (President)
INDONESIA Menker Manjas (Secretary General)
Nazly Hilmy
Ferdiansyah
Tri Wahyu Martanto
JAPAN Moritoshi Itoman (Auditor)
Ken Urabe
Noboru Motomura
KOREA Yong-Koo Kang (2nd Vice President)
Joo-Yoo Lee
MALAYSIA Norimah Yusof (1st Vice President/Editor of Newsletter)
Sukari Halim Ahmad (Treasurer)
Hasim Mohamad (Auditor)
Suzina Sheikh Abdul Hamid
SINGAPORE Aziz Nather (Co editor of Newsletter)
THAILAND Yongyudh Vajaradul
Viwat Chantrasatit (representing Somyos Khunachak)
Rathathai Maungtham (representing Saranetra Waitachal)
Excused:
AUSTRALIA David Morgan
HONG KONG Shekhar Kumta
KOREA Il-Hyung Park (Assistant Secretary)
Chang Joon Yim (Past President)
THAILAND Saranetra Waitachal
Somyos Khunachak
Highlights
1.The status of membership is as follows:
| APASTB Conference | Conference venue | Life members | Annual members | Total no. of members |
| Oct. 2000 | Bali | 88 | 89 | 177 |
| Sept. 2002 | Seoul | 109 | 82 | 191 |
| Dec. 2004 | Hong Kong | 109 | 82 | 191 |
| Nov. 2006 | Mumbai | 116 | 82 | 197 |
| June 2008 | Kuala Lumpur | 124 | 82 | 205 |
2.The financial report for 2006-2008 was presented by the Treasurer, Dr. Ahmad Sukari Halim.
Balance carried forward from 2006: USD 9,941.02
Income: 1,091.52
Expenditure: 400.00
BALANCE AS ON 31ST MARCH 2008 10,632.54
Donation from Organising Committee, APASTB 2006 Mumbai USD 1,300.00
3.The following were elected as the new office bearers for 2008-2010:
President: Dr. Astrid Lobo Gajiwala (India)
1st Vice President: Dr. Yong-Koo Kang (Korea)
2nd Vice President: Dr. Menkher Manjas (Indonesia)
3rd Vice President: Ms. Sharon Bryce (Australia)
Secretary General: Dr. Ken Urabe (Japan)
Assistant Secretary General Mr. Viwat Chuntrasatit (Thailand)
Treasurer: Dr. Suzina Sheikh (Malaysia)
Editors: Dr. Norimah Yusof (Malaysia)
Dr. Aziz Nather (Singapore)
Auditors: Moritoshi Itoman (Japan)
Hasim Mohamad (Malaysia)
3.RESOLVED that in the future only members who have served as Secretary General for a minimum of one term will be eligible to serve as Vice President. Further resolved that appropriate amendments be made in the Constitution. Proposed by: Astrid Lobo Gajiwala Seconded by: Nazly Hilmy
4.Dr. Norimah Yusof made an urgent plea for news items from different banks and Regions. It was decided to shift to electronic newsletters as these are easier to put together and circulate and also more economical. This was unanimously approved. It was also agreed that the newsletter could be uploaded on the APASTB website.
5.The APASTB website is functional at www apastb.net
6.The APASTB Standards have been published in the Text Book “Radiation in Tissue Banking” edited by Aziz Nather, Norimah Yusof and Nazly Hilmy, 2008.
Soft copies of the Standards will be made available to life members free of cost and sold to non-members for a fee.
The Standards will be updated by a Standards Sub-committee comprising of the following members:
§ Aziz Nather (Singapore)§ Norimah Yusof (Malaysia)§ Nazly Hilmy (Indonesia)§ Astrid Lobo Gajiwala (India)§ Yong-Koo Kang (Korea)§ Sharon Bryce (Australia)§ Moritoshi Itoman (Japan)§ Viwat Chantrasatit (Thailand)§ Ferdiansyah (Indonesia)
The updated Standards would be made available on the APASTB website for a fee.
7.Dr. Rudi von Versen was awarded honorary membership to APASTB at the World Congress on Tissue Banking held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008.
8.Dr. Michael Strong was awarded honorary membership to APASTB at the World Congress on Tissue Banking held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008.
9. The following awards were given at the closing ceremony:
Young Scientist Awards 2
Best Poster Awards 3
These were sponsored by the Organising Committee of the World Congress.
10.The following members were elected to represent APASTB at the World Union of Tissue and Cell Banking Associations meeting held during the World Congress on Tissue Banking held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008:
Astrid Lobo Gajiwala
Yongyudh Vajaradul
Aziz Nather
15. Accreditation of tissue banks was deferred till Tissue Banks implement the APASTB Standards.
16. The schedules for the next meetings were passed as follows:
| Conference | Venue | Date | Organiser |
| 13th International Conference of APASTB | Padang, Indonesia | June 2010 | Menkher Manjas |
| 14th International Conference of APASTB | Australia | 2012 | Sharon Bryce |
17. The President concluded the meeting with a vote of thanks to Dr. Hasim Mohamad, Dr. Norimah Yusof, Dr. Sukari Halim Ahmad, Dr. Suzina Sheikh Abdul Hamid and all the members of the Organising Committee for such an excellent Conference. Their warm and generous hospitality, and the quality of the scientific programme was much appreciated.
All were invited to attend the next meeting in Indonesia in June 2010.
Submitted by: Dr. Astrid Lobo Gajiwala, President, APASTB
