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How
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Collective Membership
National
and Regional not profit associations from Europe (following
the WHO concept of Europe http://www.euro.who.int/AboutWHO/About/MH)
gathering professionals and volunteers working in palliative
care, provided they are in full agreement with the declared
aims and objectives of the European Association for Palliative
Care (EAPC Onlus) and have a minimum of 35 members (individuals or representatives of the organizations affiliated),
may become collective members, through individual membership
of all members of their Board of Directors or their officially
nominated representatives.
The
membership fee is 60 € per person.
All
members of the Associations EAPC
Collective Members (not only board members
joining individually) have the following advantages:
- a reduced registration fee for EAPC events.
- a reduction in the individual subscription fee to the printed and electronic version of the European Journal of Palliative Care (EJPC), the official journal of the EAPC, click here for more information
- a reduction in the usual individual subscription fee to Palliative Medicine, the Research Journal of the EAPC, click here for more information
- a 20,00 % discount on all medical titles at Oxford University Press, including the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, The Oxford Handbook of Palliative Care and the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children. Access clicking here
- a reduced rate for all EAPC Publications, that are not free of charge
- to receive regular information by Email
- to download regularly pdf files of:
- selected papers of each issue of the two official Journals of the EAPC
(EJPC comment: 6 times a year, Palliative Medicine selected article: 8 times a year).
- PowerPoint presentations of the EAPC Congresses.
- documents produced by the taskforces
The name (or abbreviation) of the collective member association
should be indicated on the registration or subscription form.
The
"Collective Member" Association (CMA) can:
- negotiate
a special rate for its members directly with the publisher
of the EJPC, official journal of the EAPC (by automatic
benefit or bulk subscription)
- have
an advertising space or table space next to or within the
EAPC booth during its biennial congresses. This advantage
is possible as long as the "Collective Member" Association
delegates a person to staff the requested table space or
advertising space throughout the congress.
The
"Collective Member" Association (CMA) should:
collaborate
with EAPC to get all important information to their members:
- through
regular update of the database of their members on the EAPC
Web
- and
also by supplying on request a set of individual address
labels of their members to the congress secretariat of the
EAPC Congresses and Research Forum for the distribution
of the printed programmes.
Voting
rights at General Assemblies
The CMA should be represented at the general assemblies of
the EAPC by the members of its Board of Directors or by their
representatives. Each individual present at the general assembly
will have one vote and can hold up to 20 proxies.
PROCEDURES
An
official letter from the President of the interested association
(electronic version preferred), should be sent to the EAPC
Head Office. This letter must state the decision of their
Board of Directors to apply for collective membership and
citing the minutes of the meeting and that all Board Members
adhere to the objectives of the EAPC and agree to comply with
its by-laws and rules.
Furthermore, the following documents must be forwarded to
the EAPC by email:
- The
EAPC Association Info form duly completed, <AssociationInfoForm>
(as attachment by Email)
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A copy of the by-laws of the interested palliative care
association (if available in pdf or word)
- The
name and contact details of the appointed person for regular
liaison with the EAPC
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An information leaflet about the association (if available
in pdf)
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An excel file with the list of the board members,
(model to be downloaded <BoardMemberslist>)
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An excel file including addresses and Email of all the members
of the association, who want to receive regular information
by Email and be personally informed about their user Id
and password to access to the EAPC Web site pages and benefit
of of special rates. (model to be downloaded <OtherMemberslist>)
Once
the EAPC Head Office has received the complete application
and documents, this will be submitted to the EAPC Executive
Committee for approval. The Head office will inform the Association
upon approval and send details for the lump sum payment of
the membership fees for their Board of Directors.
read
the By-laws online or download
The By-laws of the EAPC
For
all practical issues and any questions please contact: Amelia
Giordano at
the EAPC Headoffice |
