MINUTES OF THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SOUTH AFRICAN KNEE SOCIETY
HELD ON 29 AUGUST 2009 AT THE DRAKENSBERG SUN

1. Members present are welcomed by The President, Dr Spike Erasmus.



2. Members present: Mike Barrow, Hennie Bosch, Daan Botes, Theunis Botha, Charles Breckon, Lochie Bremer, Rocco de Villiers, Andrew de Vlieg, Jan de Vos, Umesh Dhanjee, Edwin Dillon, Ergee du Toit, Daan du Plessis, Spike Erasmus, Mark Ferguson, Ponky Firer, Rob Fraser, Gerhard Geldenhuys, Chris Goosen, Cornie Herbst, Stuart Jaffe, Hannes Jonker, Francois Kock, Johan Kruger, Pieter Kruger, Naude Marais, Koos Marais, Eudore Mare, Danie Morkel, Dirk Nel, Eugene Pelser, Mack Rogan, Pedro Sanchez, Divan Serfontein, Boetie Thiart, Dave Thompson, Charl van den Berg, Willem van der Merwe, Werner van der Merwe, Rob van der Plank, Okkie van Zyl, Glen Vardi, Johan Walters



3. Excuses: Written excuses were received from Dr J Joubert, L Stewart, G Geldenhuys, F Hattingh.



4. Minutes of AGM 2008. The minutes of the AGM 2008 were read and accepted.



5. Finances: Koos Marais presented the meeting with a detailed income and expenses statement of SAKS during the previous financial year. This was accepted.



6. Election of Office Bearers: Dr Spike Erasmus has reached the end of his tenure as President and he will stay on as Past President on the SAKS ExCo for one year. Dr Koos Marais was elected as President. Dr Glen Vardy and Francois Kok were elected as additional members in the place of Dr Spike Erasmus and Koos Marais.



7. Constitution: Dr Ponky Firer suggested some changes to the Constitution which shall be circulated to the Members by E-Mail and to be finalised at the next AGM 2010.



8. Future Meetings: It was decided to have a future meeting the weekend prior to the upcoming SAOA Annual Meeting to be held in Port Elizabeth in 2010. The topic would be on Knee Arthrosplasty.



9. Other: Dr Willem van der Merwe presented the members with a special subscription deal for ISAKOS for a limited time period. He also advised the members about an upcoming SASMA meeting.



10. The meeting was adjourned at 08.30.