International Child Neurology Associaton
Newsletter September 2009
This edition of the Newsletter has been delayed to include details of the ICNA Executive Board Meeting held in Kyiv, Ukraine on 8-9 September, 2009. Some important changes to the electoral process were agreed upon, and it is hoped that the ICNA Membership will endorse these to produce a more equitable electoral process.
This is the third edition of the Newsletter to be distributed electronically via email and ICNApedia, and not by paper copy. I wrote letters last time to a small number of members who did not have email addresses, offering to send paper copies but none requested these. If you are aware of any members who cannot access the Newsletter, please inform me on their behalf. Our list of emails is at times incorrect, and it is vital that you notify the Treasurer or me if you change your address or if you fi nd you can access this only by ICNApedia.
I remain committed to publishing details of all National and Regional Conferences and Activities. Please inform me of any such matters. There is an excellent article in this issue on Child Neurology in Turkey by Banu Anlar and Haluk Topaloglu.
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Ian Wilkinson
Editor
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In this issue
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Robert Ouvrier
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 The Executive Board (EB) Meeting of the International Child Neurology Association took place in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 8 and 9, 2009. In keeping with the ICNA’s policy of using these essential Board meetings to present Training and Educational Programs in conjunction with their administrative function, the EB combined with regional speakers to contribute a strong specialist input to the XIth Congress of the Ukraine Child Neurology Association.
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Orvar Eeg-Olofsson
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 First of all I will deeply thank all members who have paid their fees
regularly. However, there are still members who have not paid the fee for 2008
and 2009. In the middle of September there were 293 paid up members for 2008 and
265 for 2009. Compared with earlier years the membership should be between 400
and 445.
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Kenneth Mack
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 The Executive Board of the International Child Neurology Association met in Kyiv on September 8-9, 2009. The following motions were approved . |
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Yoshiyuki Suzuki
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 The ICNA Executive Board has decided to start a new electronic system for nomination and election of Officers (President, Secretary, Treasurer) and Executive Board members, based on the report of the ICNA Nominating Committee. |
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ICNApedia
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ICNA offers 10 grants at USD 1000 each to participants from
resource-poor (low income) countries in order to facilitate
participation in ICNC 2010
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Kenneth Mack
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There will be a General Meeting of the
ICNA membership during the International Child Neurology Congress (http://www.icnc2010.com/) to be held in Cairo, Egypt. The ICNC will be
held from May 2, to 7, 2010. The General Meeting will be held on
Tuesday, May 4th at 15:30.
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Charles Newton
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 The books of the IRCN series are the most tangible aspect of the
membership, but also one of the major expenses of the association.
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Banu Anlar and Haluk Topaloglu
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 Child neurology emerged as a distinct fi eld in Turkey in the 1960s. Thecare of children with neurological disorders and particularly epilepsyhad been carried out by a handful of dedicated pediatricians orneurologists until those years. |
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Paolo Curatolo
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 Education remains one of ICNA’s top priorities. The Education Committeeadopts different strategies to implement its program in different areasof the world. |
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Robert Ouvrier
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Starting in 2010, ICNA will hold an International Congress every 2 years instead of every 4 years.
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William Logan
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Those who have visited ICNA website, ICNApedia. org, know that it provides excellent information in a user friendly format
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Robert Ouvrier
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 Dr Liz Fagan, mother, friend, child neurologist and former Head of the
Department of Neurology in The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney
died on June 19, 2009 after a long battle with cancer.
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Dong Wook Kim
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 More than 678 delegates from 26 countries(Table # 1) came to Daegu, Korea to participate in the 10th Asian & Oceanian Congress of Child Neurology (10th AOCCN) and 32nd Congress of the Korean Child Neurology Society from June 10 to 13, 2009.
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