The 4th Executive Board Meeting
      February 6, 2003 Dhaka, Bangladesh

The 4th Executive Board Meeting Minutes

Present:
Dr. Lee (Chairman), Dr. Karim, Dr. Masjhur, Dr. Tong , Dr. Sundram , Dr. Chung , Dr. Chen (in place of Dr. Liu ). Dr. Marchio as observer and for recording the minutes, Ms. Lee (secretary of the ARCCNM).

1) After a brief introduction by Dr. Karim, Dr. Lee introduced the tentative Agenda to the
    members and requested comments following the agenda:
     - The Agenda was approved and Dr. Lee accordingly proceeded:

2) Dr. Lee first reported on past meetings as per described in the Agenda.
     - Report was unanimously approved.

3) Admission of new members:
     - Dr. Lee noted the submittal of three official letters from nations wishing to join the
       ARCCNM.
       The three countries are NEPAL, SRI LANKA, and MYANMAR.

As there was no objection, membership of the above three countries were accepted.

4) New Leadership:
    - Dr. Lee, current Chairman of the ARCCNM expressed his wishes to step down as
      chairman due to his duties as President of the WFNMB.
    - However, Dr. Sundram stated that he expected Dr. Lee to continue his duties as
      Chairman and Dr. Karim noted that the revision of the constitution should be
      discussed to prior to making such a decision on leadership.

Dr. Lee agreed with Dr. Karim’s suggestion and the discussion moved on to the subject of revising the current ARCCNM constitution.
Dr. Chung was requested by Dr. Lee to provide details on suggestions regarding revision of the constitution as outlined in a draft distributed to all members.

Dr. Lee noted the essential elements of the draft:
    - 3 years ago, there were eight founding members. These members were
      automatically instituted as Executive Board members.
    - The current organization of the ARCCNM political structure was insufficient due to the
      exclusion of several countries.
    - A decision making body is necessary. This decision making body should be the l
      Annua Delegate Assembly.
    - An Organizing Committee should be in charge of ARCCNM activities.
      Dr. Lee then opened the discussion:
    - Dr. Masjhur asked for a matrix of the new organization for clarification. As a result,
      Dr. Lee provided an explanation of the various duties of the Organizing Committee
      and the Annual Delegate Assembly.
    - Dr. Tong proposed that the title of “Chairman” should be changed to “President”.
     This suggestion was discussed, and subsequently denied.

As there were no further objections, the revision of the constitution was approved.

Dr. Lee then came back to issue 4 on the agenda, election of a new Chairman.
    - Dr Chung supported Dr. Sundram’s suggestion that Dr. Lee continue his duties as
      Chairman of the ARCCNM.
    - Dr. Karim mentioned his understanding of Dr. Lee’s concerns and proposed Dr.
      CHUNG as the new Chairman.
    - Dr Chen approved Dr. Karim’s proposal and Dr. Tong concurred. Other members
       followed in agreeing to this proposal.

As a result, Dr. Chung was formally elected as the new Chairman of the ARCCNM.
    - Dr Chung proposed that his duties as Secretary and Treasurer should be taken
      over by Dr. Lim.

This proposal was approved.

Dr. Lee also proposed that all Executive Board members should be instituted as Advisory members of the Organizing Committee. Dr. Chung noted that a member from INDIA should be nominated as well, and that this representative should be directly nominated by the Indian Society.

Dr. Chung stated that each of the 10 main participating member states should have representation in the Organizing Committee, and that this representative should be an active and young member nominated by the member state.

Dr. Lee moved the discussion to issues 5 and 6 of the agenda and asked Dr. Chung to present a report on the 3rd Working Group meeting and the forthcoming 3rd Annual ARCCNM Meeting in 2004.
    - Dr Chung noted that a Working Group was no longer necessary upon the
     establishment of the new Organizing Committee.
    - The 3rd Annual Meeting in 2004 will be held in conjunction with the AOFNMB
      meeting in Beijing with no separate scientific program.
    - ARCCNM will support 50 to 60 scientists. There will be a General Assembly and
      a Board meeting.

As Dr. Hassan was absent due to his duties with the congress, Dr. Lee presented a report on the success of the meeting regarding the Asian school of Nuclear Medicine which was held earlier on the same day. Dr. Hassan will provide a separate report for presentation on this meeting.

No other issues were raised for discussion. Dr. Lee then closed the meeting and invited all members to remain present for the Delegate Assembly.