Existing
Provisions
Membership Page 5 Clause 2
Any person, or society, or blood bank, hospital, nursing home or
corporate body or Association or Institution having faith in the
Aims and objectives of the society as set out in the Memorandum of
Association will be eligible to become a member of the Society. The
different categories of memberships, the manner in which such
members here in after referred to can be enrolled as members and
this subscriptions or contributions shall be as provided here in
after in these Rules and Regulations.
There shall be the following classes of members:
1) Patrons
2) Founder Members
3) Institutional members including Corporate Bodies
4) Life Members
5) Annual Members
I) Patrons: Page 5
Clause 2(i)
Persons of repute and status in society who have put in
significant contributions in the field of Blood Donation Movement,
Blood Transfusion, Scientific Advancement and Research in allied
subjects and / or persons who have displayed their interest by
giving substantial and financial aids to it and its related
disciplines may be invited by the Governing Body to become patrons
of the society and on their acceptance, shall have the privileges
of membership of the Society.
II) Founder Members Page
5 Clause 2 (ii)
The persons forming the society being the signatories of its
Memorandum of Association shall be the Founder Members.
III) Institutional
Members Page 5 Clause 2 (iii)
Institutional members shall be companies Associations, Bodies,
Corporate of Institutions who pay a life time subscription of Rs
5,000 / - Institutions directly concerned with Blood Donation.
whole blood / component transfusion, research and advancement of
knowledge in immunohaematology shall pay life time donation of Rs
1,000 / -.
IV) Life Members Page 6
Clause (iv)
An individual donating a lump sum amount of Rs 500 / and strictly
adhering to the objectives of ISBTI would be eligible to become a
life member.
V) Annual Members Page 6
Clause (v)
Annual members shall be individuals who shall pay an annual
subscription of Rs. 50 / - per annum to be paid in one installment
by 30th June of the year. The admission of Annual member and life
members shall be subjected to acceptance by the Governing Body who
will not be obliges to give any reason for non-acceptance of
membership of any applicant.
State Centers
Page 17 Clause 12 Sub Para B
There shall be a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a Secretary and at
lest two other members in the Managing Committee of the State
Center elected every two years before the A.G.M of ISBTI.
Page 18 Clause 12 Sub
Para C
No member having less than one year membership of ISBTI shall be
elected as an Office Bearer of the Managing Committee of the State
Centers.
Zonal Councils Page 15
Clause (g)
Each of the Zonal Councils shall have a Managing Committee
comprising a Chairman, Vice - Chairman, a Secretary, and three
members elected every two years from within the affiliated State
Centers at a meeting specially called for this purpose. However
there will be a General Meeting every year to pass the audited
Annual Accounts an approve the Annual Report. The office Bearers
will be elected at a General Meeting by ballot unless the members
present at a meeting by a majority decide to have it otherwise. No
more than two members on the Managing committee will be form the
same State and the members of the Managing Committee elected shall
as far as possible be from different areas of the respective Zone.
(A) Composition of
Governing Body Page 10 Clause 9A
The Governing Body shall consist of
a) One President (Elected at GBM)
b) One Dy. President (Elected at GBM)
c) Four Vice Presidents (Elected Chairman of each of the Z.Cs)
d) One Secy General (Elected at GBM)
e) One Treasurer
f) One Imm. Past Pres.
g) One Editor ISBTI Bulletin (Elected at GBM)
h) Number variable Members
a) Chairman of State
Centers
The Chairman elected from each state centers having more than 5 %
of the total members of ISBTI.
b) Representatives of
State Centers
In each zone, state centers having less than 5 % of the total
members of ISBTI will together elect one representative.
No one having less than 2 years membership shall be elected as
Office Bearer of the Governing Body.
Page 11 Clause 9 B Para
(iii)
In order to maintain continuity, the President, the Dy President
and the Treasurer shall hold office for a period of two years and
the Secretary General for a period of fours years.
Page 11 Clause 9 B (iv)
All members of the Governing body are eligible for re-election
when their term is over.
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Suggestions Received
No Change
There shall be the following categories of Members:
1) Patrons
2) Founder Members
3) Institutional members including Corporate Bodies
4) Life Members
5) Delete Annual Member
(Mrs Saroop Kirshen)
No Change
No Change
i) Institutional Members shall be Corporate bodies, institutions or
Associations, who pay a life time subscription of Rs 10,000 / -
institutional members will have one vote but cannot hold office.
ii) Institutional member
should be any Hospital / Body / Association involved in Blood
Banking or donor motivation activates full filling the aims and
objectives of ISBTI who pay the subscriptions fee of Rs 5000 / -.
Each institutions shall have one vote but cannot hold office. (Dr.
Rama Bhasin)
Corporate membership
Corporate bodies / Business houses / Medical equipment companies
can become corporate members of ISBTI by paying Rs 10,000 / - lump
sum. They should not have any right to vote nor can they hold any
office.
Dr. Rama Bhasin
Keeping on mind, our
relationship with various scientific firms, platforms and
Societies, I feel we (members of corporate bodies) should be
allowed voting rights and should not be allowed to become office
bearer of any Societies. I came to know that you are in the
process of issuing amendments in the constitutions of ISBTI hence
this is a request from me.
(Kendro Lab. Products,
New Delhi)
Life Members
(i) Shall be medical, technical & social service employees,
working in blood banks / Dep't of Transfusion medicine, of Govt.
Hospitals, Defense Hospitals, voluntary non- profit licensed orgs.
& private or corporate hospitals who pay a subscription fee of Rs
1000 / - individuals should furnish proof of employment in the
respective hospital at the time of applying for membership (ID
card)
(Recommended by Criteria Committee)
Dr. Ambika Nanu, Dr. Rama
Bhasin, Dr. N.K. Bhatia, Mrs. Malati Chhiber
(ii) Life members line I
substitute Rs 1000 / - in place of Rs 500 / -
(A.G.M Lucknow held on 30.11.99)
Governing Body may review and decide the membership from time to
time. Life membership may be renewed after 5 years at a nominal
fees of Rs 200 / - from doctors; Rs 100 / - from technicians and
social workers and Rs 500 / - for institutional members including
Corporate Bodies.
(Dr. R.K. Saran & N.K.
Bhatia)
Associative Members
Associative members shall be individuals belonging to registered
NGOs & with active involvement in the blood donor movement of 2
years minimum standing & fulfill the aims @& objectives of ISBTI
who pay a subscription fee of Rs 1000 / -. They will have no
voting rights & cannot hold office for 5 years. After 5 years,
following approval of SMC & GB, associative members will have
voting rights and hold office of the State Chapter. At 7 years,
associative members can hold office in the National Body.
(Proof of Registered society & record of work done, must be
submitted at each stage)
(Dr. Ambika Nanu, Dr.
Rama Bhasin, Dr. N.K. Bhatia, Mrs. Malti Chhiber)
(i) Annual Members:
Categories & Criteria as in life members but without rights.
(Recommended by Criteria Committee)
(Dr. Ambika Nanu, Dr.
Rama Bhasin, Dr. N.K. Bhatia, Mrs. Malti Chhiber)
(ii) Annual members
entail a good deal of record keeping. The word annual Members may
be deleted whenever it exists in the constitution.
(Dr. S. Bambah, Mrs
Saroop Krishen)
(iii) Annual membership
fees should be at least Rs 100 / - for technical persons & social
workers and Rs 200 / - for doctors. Annual members should not be
allowed to vote.
(Dr. R.K Saran & Dr. N.K
Bhatia)
There should be State
Chapter instead of State Centers
(Dr Rama Bhasin)
In the State Chapter
there should be a post of Treasurer also so that it could work in
more democratic and transparent way.
(Dr. R.K. Saran & Dr.
N.K Bhatia)
Office Bears:
For State Chapters 2 years membership period after approval of
Governing Body.
(Dr. Ambika Nanu)
No Change
Till such time the Zonal councils are constituted a Vice -
President from amongst the states in the Zone may be taken on the
Governing Body in alphabetical order. The Vice - President to
represent the zone be nominated by the concerned Executive
Committee.
(Governing Body Meeting held at Kalka on April 13, 1999)
Keeping in mind the blood banking and Transfusion Medicine is a
medical specialty, it is desirable that the President, Vice -
President & Editor of the ISBTI Bulletin should be medical
doctors. Other posts may remain open. All the State level Chairman
& Vice Chairman should be Medical Doctors.
(Dr Ambika Nanu)
No Change
For Holding office at the National Level 5 years membership after
approval of Governing Body should be necessary.
(Dr. Ambika Nanu)
(i) All the office
bearers including the Secretary General and member of the
Governing Body & managing Committee of the State Chapter should
hold office for three years. All posts not only that of the
Secretary General need continuity.
(ii) All members of the
Governing Body and Managing Committee of State Chapter should be
eligible for re - election when their turn is over but they should
not hold any post of office more than two consecutive terms in
full or in part.
(Dr. R.K Saran, Dr. N.K
Bhatia)
(i) The G.B in its
meeting held prior to the A.G.M at which the elections are due to
be held may appoint Returning Officer who shall conduct the
elections. A stand by officer may also be appointed.
(Mrs Saroop Krishen)
(ii) The Returning
Officer / Pooling Officer should be nominated / elected for
processing and conducting the elections independently but he /she
may co - opt member (s) to assist.
(Dr. R. K Saran, Dr. N.K
Bhatia)
(i) Postal Ballot: 50 %
of the members come to any annual meeting particularly technical
staff. Does it mean that life members who are unable to attend the
annual meeting will have no voting & no voice, in the election of
its office bearers ? This is not acceptable.
(Dr. Ambika Nanu)
(ii) Voting by proxy and
postal ballot be included.
(Dr Rama Bhasin & Dr. N.
Choudhary)
Page 11 Clause 9 B after
(xi) Add (xii)
Laminated identity cards with photographs of ISBTI should be given
to all Life members of the ISBTI as given by the International
Society of Blood Transfusion. This will also be useful to identify
the members at the time of election.
(Dr. R. K Saran, Dr/ N.K
Bhatia)
The governing body shall
issue guidelines from time to time for the smooth functioning of
the State Chapters. These guidelines will strictly be adhered to
by the State Chapter.
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Assam
Manipur
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagalan
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Eastern
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West Bengal
Bihar
Orissa
Sikkim
Jharkhand
Tripura |
North Eastern Zone exists with only 22 members and 7 States lacking
behind from other States. Therefore I feel to strengthen membership
special attention should be given to North East State Banking
arrangement.
(Dr. N.K Chatterjee)
i) In the even to of the
occurrence of any vacancy in the office of the President by reason
of his death, resignation or removal or otherwise the Dy.
President shall act as the President until the date of which a new
President is elected by the Annual General Meeting.
ii) The Dy President
shall , during and in respect of the period while he is so acting
as m or discharging the functions of President shall have all the
powers specified in the Constitution.
iii) The President and
or the Governing Body may delegate from time to time such of his /
her functions as he /she is unable to perform for any reason.
All vacancies other than the Deputy President between two general
elections shall be filled din by the Executive Committee at its
meeting and must be an item of agenda.
(Dr. Keshav Malhotra)
Recommendations Of The Constitution Committee
No Change
There shall be the following categories of Members:
1) Patrons
2) Founder Members
3) Institutional members including Corporate Bodies
4) Life Members
The word annual member may be deleted wherever it appears.
No Change
No Change
i) Institutional Members shall be companies, Associations, Bodies
Corporate or Institutions who pay a life subscription of Rs 50,000
/ -.
ii) Institutional Member
who are not covered by (i) above are eligible to become members on
payment of Rs 5000 / -.
Corporate and institutional members shall have one vote but cannot
hold office. The member attending the Annual General meeting shall
have to be duly authorized by the competent authority of the
corporate / intuition.
Any individual working for the blood program by paying an amount
of Rs 1000 / - and strictly adhering to the objectives of ISBTI
would be eligible to apply for a life membership shall be
subjected to acceptance by the Governing Body which will not be
obliged to give any reason for non acceptance of membership of any
applicant.
Delete clause 2 (v) Annual Members
Substitute State Chapter in place of State Centers.
Line 2 add the word Treasurer.
Page 17 Clause 12 Sub
Para B would be read as
"There shall be a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a Secretary,
Treasurer & at least two other members if the State Chapter
elected every three years before the A.G.M of ISBTI.
Terms of The managing
Committee shall be 3 years. Word 2 years may be replaced with 3
years: wherever it appears.
Substitute two in place
of one. This however will not be applicable to the new chapters
for the first two yes.
This Para would be read
as.
No member having less than two years life membership of ISBTI
shall be elected as Office Bearer of the Managing Committee of the
State Chapter. This however will not be applicant to the new
chapters for the first two years.
Page 15 Clause (g) Add
Till such time the Zonal
Councils are constituted a Vice President from amongst the States
in the Zone may be taken on. The Governing Body in alphabetical
order. The Vice - President to represent the zone shall be
nominated by the concerned chapter's Managing Committee.
Page 10, Clause 9A
The Governing Body shall
consist of:
a) One President Elected at GBM
b) One Dy President Elected at GBM
c) Five Vice Presidents Elected Chairman of each of the Z.Cs.
d) One Secy. General Elected at GBM
e) One Treasurer
f) One Imm. Past Pres.
g) One Editor ISBTI Bulletin Elected at GBM
h) Number Variable Members
i) One Legal Advisor
a} Chairman of State Chapters: The Chairman elected from
each State Centers having more than 5 % of the total members of
ISBTI.
b} Representatives of
State Centers: In each zone, State Centers having less than 5
% of the total members of ISBTI will together elect one
representative.
Page 11 Clause (ii)
Line 1
Substitute three in place of Two. This clause would read as:
No one having less than three years membership shall be elected as
Office. Bearer of the Governing Body.
Page 11 Clause 9 B
Para (iii)
The term of the G.B. shall be three years including the President,
Dy. President, Secretary General, Treasurer & Editor.
Page 11 Clause 9 B
Para (iv)
All members of the Governing Body and Managing Committee of State
Chapter shall be eligible for re-election for the same post when
their turn is over but they should not hold any post of office
bearer (including members) for more than two consecutive terms in
full or in part.
Page 11 Clause 9 B
Para (ix)
Only those members who have been enrolled 12 months before the
issue of the notice of the A.G.M in which elections are to be
held, shall be entitled to vote.
The G.B in its meeting prior to the A.G.M at which the elections
are due to be held shall appoint Returning Officer who shall
conduct the elections. Alternative Returning Officer shall also be
appointed.
The constitution committee felt Postal Ballot and proxy vote is
likely to create a lot of problems. This requires a serious
discussion at the A.G.M.
Page 11 Clause 9 add
(xii)
Laminated identity cards with photographs shall be given to all
Life Members of the ISBTI on payment.
The Governing Body shall issue guidelines from time to time for
the smooth functioning of the State Chapters. These guidelines
shall strictly be adhered to by the State Chapters.
Page 23 Annexure A
would be read as
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Chhatisgarh State is included in west zone and Ultranchal is in
North Zone.
Page 10 Clause 9 A © Substitute five in place of four.
i) In the event of the occurrence of any vacancy in the office of
the President by reason of his death, resignation or removal or
otherwise, the Dy. President shall act as President until the date
on which a new President is elected by the Annual general Meeting.
ii) The Dy. President shall, during and in respect of the period
while he is so acting as, or discharging the functions of
President shall have all the powers specified in the Constitution.
iii) The President and / or the Governing Body may delegate from
time to time such of his / her functions as he / she is unable to
perform for any reason.
All vacancies other than the Deputy President between two general
elections shall be filled in by the Executive Committee at its
meeting and shall be an item of agenda.
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