Thursday, April 26, 2012

WPBA Committee for 2012


Chairman / General enquiries
Erin Rae
wpbiokineticsassociation@gmail.com

Vice Chairman
Angie Lander
lander@telkomsa.net

Treasurer
Maryse Pretorius
maryse23@gmail.com

Administration / Certificates
Elsabe Kriel
wpbacertificates@gmail.com

Woude Muller
woudemuller8@gmail.com

CPD Queries / Accreditation
Torrin Theron
torrintheronbio@gmail.com

Tariffs / Coding
Avinesh Pursad
avinesh.pursad@gmail.com

Sally Ferguson
sally@appleaday.co.za

Ethics
Neil Hopkins
neilhopkins.sa@gmail.com

Communication sub committee
Neil Hopkins
neilhopkins.sa@gmail.com

Mariam Hassen
mariamhassen@gmail.com

Simone White
simwhitesa@gmail.com

David Fabricius
davidfabs@gmail.com

Education sub committee
David Fabricius
davidfabs@gmail.com

Becky Blaauw
BBLbios@telkomsa.net

Simone White
simwhitesa@gmail.com

Simon Maskell
maskell.biokineticist@gmail.com

Sunday, April 22, 2012

WPBA Office Elections


We are trying to get Bios in involved in WPBA, and to make it the chapter of BASA that you want it to be. We have developed the committees and identified who we need to make each portfolio work. But it is up to the members of WPBA to ensure that it works so please get involved.

Prerequisites:
1.) You must be a BASA member.
2.) You must be present at the AGM.
3.) You may stand for more than one portofolio.
4.) A few portfolios have sub-committees in which people can help out and be involved without having the added responsibility of being in charge of a sub-committee.
5.) Voting will be done anonymously by ballot.

Here are each of the committee portfoilio's along with a brief job description:

Chairman: x 1
Oversee all the committees and their activities and progress.
Be the voice/communication between the members of WPBA and BASA, to members and to BASA.
Run meetings.
Help develop the Educational activites (CPD).
Admin.

Vice Chairman: x 1
Second hand to the Chairman in overseeing committees, activities and progress.
Admin.

Accountant/Treasurer: x 1
Handles the money that comes in through WPBA.
Compiling the financial report for BASA and year end.
Bank Account.

CPD: x 1
The middle man between members applying for CPD accreditation for courses/talks etc and the Accreditor (BASA).
Communication with members about what documents needed, compiling them and sending them off.

Admin: x 1
Creating and sending off CPD certificates.
Communication with education portfolio.

Codes/Tarriffs: x 1 (Sub committee: x 1)
Knowledge of codes and tarriffs.
Communication of codes and tarriffs (changes etc).
Process/Protocols with medical aids.

Ethics: x 1
Knowledge of Ethical rules.
Intermediary between members and BASA/HPCSA.
Communication with education and communication portfolio.

Communication: x 1 (Sub commitee: x 3)
Marketing.
Messaging.
Information to the members through blog and FB.
Communication with ethics portfolio.

Education: x 1 (Sub Committee: x 3)
Developing the CPD calendar.
Admin relating to CPD, venues, communication with lecturers.
Promoting conferences, courses, meetings.
Communication with ethics portfolio.

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Disabled Sport and Medicine Conference

14-16 June 2012












Date & Venue
14 to 16 June 2012
Main Campus, University of the Free State
Bloemfontein

Host
Division Sport and Exercise Medicine
School of Medicine
University of the Free State

Keynote Speakers
Dr. Siobhan Strike, University of Roehampton, London, UK,
Prof Wayne Derman, former Medical Officer to the South African Paralympic Team
and a representative from the International Paralympic Committee

Booking
More information to follow or visit the SASMA webpage