CCMA February 17, 2024 Board Meeting Minutes
Attendees:
Dr. Nagi Ross
Dr. Yasser Botros
Dr. Yousry Soliman
Dr. Ashraf Ghali
Dr. Michael Mohareb
1. Prior meeting minutes approved.
2. Discussed CRA requirement that board members be “at arm’s length” from each other. Clarified that this is the case as we have no common financial interests between board members. This should be readily apparent from the information provided to CRA up to this point. Can further clarify at their discretion.
3. Discussed Board structure and elections including previous meeting’s suggestions and requirement to submit to CRA our current plans. Given the COVID pandemic impaired ability to meet and delayed Board activities over a 2-3yr period, the vote from those present at today’s meeting was:
-delay Board election for another 2yrs at which point every year, we will have 2 of the 7 poisitions up for reelection resulting in terms that run 3-4yrs with 50% Board membership turning over every 3yrs.
-reviewed current Board positions:
Chair – Father Angelos Saad
President – Father John Botrous
Treasurer – Dr. Nagi Ross
Chief Operating Officer – Dr Nagi Ross
Secretary – Dr Michael Mohareb
Vice President – Dr. Yasser Botros
Vice President – Dr. Hani Sawires
Vice President - Dr. Ashraf Ghali
4. Discussed request by His Grace Bishop Joseph’s service in sub-Saharan Africa for medical mission, specifically to Botswana. Currently, we do not have members available for a trip in the coming 6-12mos but will advertise it to the group en large as an opportunity for a solo or small group exploratory mission first. Will revisit this service later next year.
5. Reviewed the overview of the financial statement for 2023 indicating a modest surplus from 2023 donations. Also, reviewed expenses of the group for hospitals we have traveled to and worked at while group members pay for their own travel/accommodations.
6. Reviewed relationship with the Canadian Coptic Physicians Group based in Oakville which liaises with Raga’a Hospital in Egypt for assisting with donations primarily for kidney and liver transplant operations. Reviewed that given prior history in Egypt of sub-ethical organ donation practices, that our group would draft a letter for due diligence to help confirm that these donations are performed as per WHO standards such as the Declaration of Istanbul (which is available online). We will review the letter amongst the group before submitting, but for the meantime, ongoing donation support would continue.