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NOTES REGARDING STATUTES, February 2007

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Membership Issues

1. The IAAP and the recognised national associations are associations of individuals who are pharmacists and who pursue the purpose of furthering the professionalism of anthroposophic pharmacists worldwide.

2. The idea of a professional pharmacists association, at both a national and international level, is that it can unequivocally be seen to represent professional anthroposophic pharmacists, especially in the outside world of conventional pharmacists, legislators and educational establishments. From the international perspective, it will be very important in the future for the IAAP, if and when challenged, to be able without hesitation, to demonstrate that the IAAP is comprised of associations, all of whom have professionally recognised pharmacists as their core membership.

3. As Anthroposophic Pharmacy is a recently established science there will be countries with few anthroposophic pharmacists. It is firm intention of the IAAP to encourage the formation of national associations in as may countries as is possible and certainly any country with more than four anthroposophic pharmacists should be encouraged to set up their own association. However, where there are less than four anthroposophic pharmacists, they should be encouraged to participate in a recognised national association, possibly forming a sub-association of a recognised national association and where the individual pharmacist meets the minimum criteria they should be offered membership rights.
For anthroposophic pharmacists from countries with less than four of such professionals the IAAP offers the possibility to join the IAAP as an “Individual Member.”.since 2007

4. There is no doubt that there are non-pharmacists who have made and will continue to make significant contributions to the overall state of anthroposophic medicine/pharmacy.
National associations can offer to such contributors different forms of liaison, e.g. as Associates with adequate tasks within a scientific working group or the status of Honorary membership. With regard to Honorary Members, the IAAP guidelines state that such Members - are at the discretion of the country board - they must be elected by a unanimous board decision and they should be few in number.

5. IAAP Board, Participants

In order for the IAAP and the country associations to be accepted as a Professional Association of Pharmacists, it is imperative that it is seen to be carried by professional pharmacists and also to be seen as completely independent of the anthroposophic medicines manufacturers influence. It is therefore proposed that the Board should be mainly comprised of Pharmacist Members who represent their individual country associations.

6. Roles of the IAAP Board Participants

Chair:
To manage the process of the IAAP Board meetings. Inputs into the Board meetings, the views and perspective of the Medical Section of the School of Spiritual Science.
In the event of an equally split board, the chair has the casting vote.

Members:
Individuals who form the decision making body for all issues relating to:
(a)the aims and objectives of the IAAP.
(b)the criteria for the recognition and approval of national associations of anthroposophic pharmacists
(c)for accrediting and approving national associations of anthroposophic pharmacists
(d)any/all areas relating to how the IAAP is run and managed.

Co-opted Members:
They are individuals or organisations invited to participate in the activities of the IAAP in order to achieve the aims and objectives of the IAAP They advise, provide input to the members who are the decision making body.