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“Expences related to the Immediate Past President for the period of 1997 - 1999 "
Presented at the 46-th General Assembly - Istanbul , August 1999

01/08/99

Submitted accounts to Ad Hoc Committee on Finances IADS
General Assembly , Istanbul 1999

Dear Friends ,

I have taken time to prepare my financial report for this meeting as I promised and I would be happy if the Ad Hoc Committee find this helpful in considering the expences of all members of the ExCo during the last four years .
You may find it surprising when I inform You that during the whole year of my Presidency in the Association , I never received the transfer of the signatures of the bank account .This was in spite of many requests to the previous signatory that this be carried out.My visits to Barklays Bank , who hold our accounts proved fruitless as they quite rightly refused to discuss details of the accounts with non signatories . In June 1998 I was able to obtain some copies of the bank statements via IADS central office.

It is interesting that as the MYM this year had an inclusive fee , then accounts for this should be presented and audited by the association . In this way , any profits may be centralised in the IADS account . Ideally as this is a business meeting , then , it should be non-profit making .

In the year of 1997 , October I was refunded 1200 GBR , which I needed forpaying debts to my travel agent . Later on , in February 1998 , I was refunded 1700 GBR directly to my account . Being aware of the situation with the signatories and having in mind that my expences in the Association exceeded 1900 GBR at that time , I gratefully accepted this . Looking back , I think it was a correct decision regarding the situation in overall of my expences , at least some of whole amount has been refunded to me .

Here is the detailed report on my expences . I also submit a copy of receipts for each of members of the Ad Hoc Committee .

Table 1

Nr. Reason Date Amount

1. Plane ticket Tessaloniki-London 09/11/96 620 USD

2. Visa Greece 20/10/96 15 USD

3. One night Zurich 02/09/97 60USD

4. Plane ticket Beograd -London 18/10/97 630 USD

5. Bus ticket Beograd-Bucharest 18/02/97 105 USD

6. One night Miami 23/07/97 60USD

7. Visa Korea 26/08/97 100USD

8. Bus ticket Skopje-Beograd 13/10/97 80USD

9. Bus ticket Skopje-Beograd 21/07/97 80USD

10. Bus ticket Skopje-Beograd 18/02/97 80USD

11. Bus ticket Skopje-Thessaloniki 08/11/96 80USD

12. Telephone bills 01-02/98 131USD

13. Telephone bills 01-12/96 331USD

14. Plane ticket Beograd-Miami 25/07/97 880USD

15. Plane ticket Miami-San Huan 27/07/97 278USD

16. Plane ticket Skopje - Zurich 04/09/97 250USD

Total 4614 USD

These are expences paid in US Dollars . The treasurer will report the receipts for the item 14 , 15 and 16 . I believe as I have given them to her predecessor .

Table 2

Nr. Reason Date Amount

1. Visa UK 15/10/97 80DEM

2. Visa Switzerland 09/09/97 60DEM

3. Visa France 24/07/97 30DEM

4. Visa USA 08/07/97 80DEM

5. Visa UK 30/10/96 80DEM

Total 330 DEM

These are expences paid in German Marks.converted in US Dollars on the average rate for the period cencerned (1.5) wich gives the amount of 220 USD . The whole amount until this point is 4834 USD , which converted in British pounds on the average rate of 1,51 for the period concerned is 3222,66 GBR .

Table 3

Nr. Reason Date Amount

1. Telephone bills 02-09/98 385GBR

2. Barcelona fee 25/09/98 336GBR

3. Shared taxi with Ms.Robson from IADS evening function 07/03/99 15 GBR

4. Taxi Luton airport return 04/10/98 60 GBR

5. Champain for CoCo -Barcelona 12/10/98 40 GBR

6. Plane ticket to Barcelona 05/10/98 158 GBR

7. Visa to France 5/04/98 24 GBR

8. Train ticket Maidstone (with Chris) 24/10/97 16 GBR

9. Plane ticket London -Ljubljana 18/02/98 285 GBR

10. Transfer fee to Barcelona 25/09/98 20 GBR

Total 1339 GBR

Total from Table 1 , 2 , 3 ..................................4561,66 GBR

These are expences paid in pounds . For items under no.5, 6 and 7 I have not been able to submit the receipts , but mu presence in Barcelona and Reims -France confirmed my expenditure ands all of the EcCo can witness the thoughtful present I presented , in the absence of the President , to the CoCo of the Congress in Barcelona , on behalf of the IADS as a graditude for all theyhave done for us to stay in touch .

I have been also able to raise 2200 USD for the FDI Congress in Korea , donated by the Dental Institute in Skopje , Macedonia . The attendance at the National Conference of the French Dental Students Association was made possible by their Association itself for wich IADS is very grateful.

The final figures came up to 4561,66 GBR .When we substract the 2900 GBR that has already been refunded , the outstanding amount of 1661,66 GBR , which converted in Macedonian currency would be 166.166 Denars .This could easily be one`s annual salary in my country . I do hope that now you would appreciate the physical , mental , emotional and financial effort I made to keepthis Association alive .

I would be grateful to receive a refund of the outstanding expences owed to me by the Association .

Dr.Valentina Sterjova
IADS Immediate Past President

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