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How
to join -
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 right to: |
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a
reduced registration fee for EAPC events including the
biennial congresses. * |
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a
14,3% reduction in the usual individual subscription fee
(i.e. Euro 90 instead of Euro 105) to the printed version
of the European Journal
of Palliative Care
(EJPC),
the official journal of the EAPC; a 10,3% reduction in
the combined (printed and electronic) subscription (i.e.
Euro 140 instead of Euro 156).
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a
20,00 % reduction in the usual individual subscription
fee to Palliative
Medicine, the Research Journal of the EAPC (order
direct from the publisher: 136 GB£ instead of 170
GB£, at exchange rate 22 May 2007: 199 € instead
of 249 € for a combined print and electronic
subscription). To order please telephone
+44 (0) 20 7324 8701, fax +44 (0) 20 7324 8733 or e-mail:
subscriptions@sagepub.co.uk
* For more info click
here |
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a
reduced rate for all EAPC Publications, that are not free
of charge |
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insert
their data in the online
registration to receive their personal User ID
and password to acess all the Web site including the "Restricted
area". |
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download
regularly from the "Restricted area"
a pdf file of one selected paper 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). |
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a
20,00 % discount on all medical titles
at Oxford
University Press, including the Oxford Textbook
of Palliatie Medicine, The Oxford Handbook of Palliative
Care and the Oxford Textbook of Palliative Care for Children.
The promotion code for telephone orders is WEBSOCEAPC. |
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insert
their data in the online
registration to receive regular information by
Email |
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The name (or abbreviation) of the collective member association
should be indicated on the registration or subscription form.
The
"Collective Member" Association (CMA) can:
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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 latter advantage
is possible as long as the "Collective Member" AssociationCMA
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.
| Special
conditions for collective members from Eastern Europe
For
the year 2008 collective members
from Eastern Europe, who have financial difficulties,
can be represented by one paying member only, who should
preferably be the President. The association will be
represented with one voting right at
the EAPC General Assemblies, but all members
of the Association will still have the advantages
described here above and can request to the EAPC Head
office to receive regularly information from EAPC. The
amount for one member is 60 EURO. |
RROCEDURES
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.
| To
download PDF files, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader,
which you can download free at: |
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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 |
