On July 5th, 2009, the AIPA, the professional body representing patent attorneys in Israel will be holding a General Meeting and electing a new committee.
All paid up members of the organization in good standing can put forwards their candidature for the committee, which comprises a chairperson or president, a secretary, a treasurer and two others.
The General Meeting was supposed to occur on 26 May 2009, but was postponed with no reason given. I suspect a number of members were holidaying in the US after INTA and found the timing inconvenient.
In May, our treasurer, Dr. Gal Ehrlich, sent a reminder for members to pay their dues for 2009 or else they would not be allowed to vote in the elections. Ehrlich is correct; the fiscal year of the organization is January 1 through December 31. However, in November 2008, members were asked to pay membership for the Jewish year 5949, which Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Dr Michael Factor 
