Role of Board Members and Link Responsibilities

Introduction
1.  This document outlines the role of Board members and the link responsibilities of Representatives in relation to IPA Constituent Organisations.

IPA Rules
2.  The formal role of the Board is defined in the IPA Rules as follows:

Rule 7, Section A(2) reads: “Operating Rules.  The Board adopts and modifies IPA Criteria and establishes rules, procedures and policies for its, and the IPA’s, operations, all of which must be consistent with these Rules, and any Binding Resolutions adopted by IPA Members.”

Part of Rule 7, Section A(8) reads: “Responsibilities of Representatives. Subject to Board-adopted procedures, which shall appear in the Procedural Code, each Representative shall perform duties assigned or delegated by the President or the Board, including reporting to IPA Members and Constituent Organizations in the Representative’s Geographical Area.”

Part of Rule 7, Section B(2) reads: “The Board, at its next meeting, shall review Executive Committee minutes and may modify, reject or ratify any Executive Committee action.”


General responsibilities
3.  In accordance with Rule 7, Section A(8), the Board has adopted the following general responsibilities for its members:

a) to promote the IPA’s mission to assure the continued vigour and development of psychoanalysis in all appropriate ways by formulating and reviewing the mission, policies and strategic objectives of the IPA.
b) to uphold the IPA Rules, Procedural Code and policies of the IPA;
c) to attend Board meetings and the Business Meetings and actively engage on IPA issues between Board meetings by monitoring emails, responding to requests and information from the Executive Committee, and by keeping the Executive Committee informed on any issues which seem appropriate;
d) to act as an ambassador for the IPA in any appropriate psychoanalytic or other occasions (whether related to IPA Constituent Organisations or otherwise), to explain IPA policy and receive views on it;
e) to carry out link responsibilities with Constituent Organisations and Members as defined below.

Link responsibilities
4.  The list of link responsibilities for Board members is given below.

5.  The Board has adopted the following general responsibilities in relation to links with IPA Constituent Organisations:


a) to form channels of communication principally with the executives, but also through Members where possible, of Constituent Organisations in order to transmit information about the IPA and receive views from them on IPA related issues;
b) to explain IPA policy, to encourage debate on it, such as issues to do with education, and to act as a conduit for ensuring the Board receives comments on these issues, so that the formulation of IPA policy is strongly influenced by the views of its Constituent Organisations;
c) to brief Constituent Organisations prior to Board meetings and receive views, and to inform them of the outcome of Board meetings;
d) to encourage Constituent Organisations to participate in IPA activities and projects, such as the DPPT and CAPSA programmes, and provide information and advice on such matters.

Funds for Representatives
6.  The IPA budget normally sets aside a sum for each of the 21 Representatives for each year as recommended by the Budget and Finance Committee annually to allow them to claim expenses to further their responsibilities between Board meetings.  The Board agreed that these funds should be deployed according to the following criteria:
a) funds should be deployed to enable Representatives to make contact with (by telephone or otherwise) or through visits to their link Societies to enable them to execute their link responsibilities defined above; or for meetings with other Representatives in their regions but only to discuss IPA issues;

b) funds may not be claimed to travel to occasions which Representatives might reasonably have been expected to attend at their own expense;
c) Representatives should ensure that they do not duplicate visits unless deliberately intended to discuss IPA issues with other Representatives;
d) claims for expenses should be in accordance with normal IPA financial procedures.

Approved by the Board March 2004
Clarification revisions and to incorporate the IPA Rules approved by the Executive Committee July 2007

 

 

 

Board Members’ Link Responsibilities with IPA Constituent Organisations 2011 - 2013

 

Latin America
Name	Society
Mónica Siedman de Armesto	Argentine Psychoanalytic Association
moniarmesto@arnet.com.ar	Cordoba Psychoanalytic Society
	Mendoza Psychoanalytic Society
	Guadalajara Psychoanalytic Group
	Rosario Psychoanalytic Association
Alicia Leisse de Lustgarten	Venezuelan Psychoanalytic Association
aleisse@gmail.com	Colombian Psychoanalytic Society
	Mexican Psychoanalytic Association
	Peru Psychoanalytic Society
Beatriz de León de Bernardi	Uruguayan Psychoanalytical Association
deleon.bea@gmail.com	Monterrey Psychoanalytic Association
	Pelotas Psychoanalytic Society
Ruggero Levy	Rio de Janeiro Psychoanalytic Society
ruggerol@terra.com.br	Brasília Psychoanalytic Society
	Brazilian Psychoanalytical Society of Ribeirão Preto
	Mato Grosso do Sul Psychoanalytical Society
	Porto Alegre Psychoanalytical Society
Altamirando Matos de Andrade Jr.	Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of Rio de Janeiro
altandr@msn.com	Brazilian Psychoanalytic Society of São Paulo
	Brazilian Psychoanalytical Society of Porto Alegre
	Psychoanalytical Association of The State of Rio De Janeiro
	Recife Psychoanalytic Society
Maria Paz de la Puente	Psychoanalytic Society of Mexico
mpuente@speedy.com.pe	Mexican Association for Psychoanalytic Practice, Training & Research
	Colombian Psychoanalytic Association
	Caracas Psychoanalytic Society
Maria Inês Raitzin de Vidal	Argentine Psychoanalytic Society
maividal@netizen.com.ar	Buenos Aires Psychoanalytic Association
	Chilean Psychoanalytic Association
	Freudian Psychoanalytical Society of Colombia

 

 

 

Europe
Name	Society
Marie-France Dispaux	British Psychoanalytic Association
mariefrance@dispaux.com	Dutch Psychoanalytical Association
	German Psychoanalytical Society
	Romanian Society of Psychoanalysis
	Paris Psychoanalytical Society
François Ladame	Belgian Psychoanalytical Society
Francois.Ladame@unige.ch	Hellenic Psycho-Analytical Society
	Italian Psychoanalytical Association
	Polish Psychoanalytical Society
	Spanish Psychoanalytical Society
Marilia Aisenstein-Averoff	Belgrade Psychoanalytical Society
marilia.aisenstein@gmail.com	Czech Psychoanalytical Society
	Italian Psychoanalytical Society
	Moscow Psychoanalytic Society
	Portuguese Psychoanalytical Society
Milagros Cid Sanz	French Psychoanalytical Association
milacid@eresmas.net	Israel Psychoanalytic Society
EPF Executive contact	Swiss Psychoanalytical Society
	Dutch Psychoanalytical Group
Anna Maria Nicolò Corigliano	Finnish Psychoanalytical Society
anna.nicolo@tin.it	Hungarian Psychoanalytical Society
	Madrid Psychoanalytical Association
	Psychoanalytic Society for Research and Training (France)
Shmuel Erlich	Australian Psychoanalytical Society
shmuelerlich@gmail.com	British Psychoanalytical Society
	German Psychoanalytical Association
	Indian Psychoanalytical Society
	Vienna Psychoanalytic Association
Franz Wellendorf	Danish Psychoanalytical Society
wellendorf@dpg-psa.de	Dutch Psychoanalytical Society
	Norwegian Psychoanalytic Society
	Swedish Psychoanalytical Association
	Vienna Psychoanalytic Society

 

 

North America
Name	Society
Mary Kay O'Neil	Canadian Psychoanalytic Society
oneilmk@alcor.concordia.ca	Japan Psychoanalytic Society
Robert Pyles	American Psychoanalytic Association
rpylesmd@comcast.net
Maureen Murphy	Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research
pinc93@earthlink.net	Los Angeles Institute and Society for Psychoanalytic Studies
	New York Freudian Society
	Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society
	Psychoanalytic Center of California
	Psychoanalytic Institute of Northern California