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Revised, November, 2006
CONSTITUTION OF THE WORLD MEDICAL TENNIS SOCIETY
ARTICLE I NAME:
The name of the Society shall be the World Medical Tennis Society (WMTS)
ARTICLE II PURPOSES:
| A) | To promote international friendships and good will in the world medical community; |
| B) | To promote physical fitness in the world medical community through participation in tennis; |
| C) | To conduct international tennis tournaments for Society members; |
| D) | To develop and promulgate knowledge of physical fitness as it relates to aging and various diseases; |
| E) | To conduct scientific seminars at Society meetings, thereby providing members the opportunity to present medical papers. |
ARTICLE III MEMBERSHIP:
| A) | The membership shall be limited to doctors of medicine who are licensed to practice and/or teach medicine in the countries in which they reside. It shall include retired doctors of medicine. |
| B) | Membership in the Society is a privilege, not a right. Membership may be terminated, if at any given meeting, a majority of the Board of Directors attending finds a member has been guilty of reprehensible conduct or guilty of subverting any of the conditions mentioned in Article II. |
ARTICLE IV OFFICERS:
| A) | President: |
| | 1) | The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Society and shall act as Chairman of the Board of Directors and preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. |
| | 2) | The President is specifically charged with promoting the purposes of the Society; with strengthening and expanding the membership of the Society; and his office shall serve as a communications centre for the Society. |
| | 3) | The President shall serve for a period of two years. |
| B) | President-Elect: |
| | 1) | The President-Elect shall assist the President as directed by the President and, in the absence of the President, shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors. |
| | 2) | The President-Elect shall serve for two years and will ascend to the office of President at the termination of the tenure of the incumbent President. |
| C) | Vice-President: |
| | 1) | The Vice-President shall assist the President and perform duties assigned by the President. In the absence of the President and President-Elect he shall preside at any meeting of the Board of Directors. |
| | 2) | The Vice-President shall be elected by a majority of the Board of Directors in attendance at an election meeting of the Board. He shall serve for two years and ascend to the office of President-Elect upon the termination of the term of the incumbent President-Elect. |
| D) | Executive Secretary: |
| | The Executive Secretary shall be appointed by the President. His responsibilities shall be to assist the President and perform any tasks assigned by the President. |
| E) | Executive Committee: |
| | The Executive Committee shall consist of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, Immediate Past President, and the Executive Secretary. |
| F) | Nominating Committee: |
| | The Nominating Committee, consisting of the President, President-Elect, Vice-President, and Executive Secretary, shall review submitted names of prospective Vice-Presidents every two years. Submitted names shall come from WMTS Presidents of member countries. Two names will be submitted by the Nominating Committee at the Presidents’ meeting, and a majority vote shall determine the next Vice-President. |
ARTICLE V THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
| A) | The Board of Directors shall consist of the current officers of the Society, the past Presidents, and the Presidents of the Society’s respective member nations or a delegate appointed by a nation’s Medical Tennis Society President |
| B) | The Board of Directors shall be the governing body of the Society. |
| C) | The responsibilities of the Board of Directors: adopting and applying rules and by-laws to govern the Society, electing officers of the Society, scheduling of the annual meeting of the Society, and acting to insure that the purposes expressed in the Constitution of the Society are perpetuated. |
| D) | Annual meeting: The Board of Directors shall conduct an official business session at each of the annual meetings of the Society. A Quorum shall be any number of directors or delegates in attendance at an annual Society meeting who assemble at the announced time of the annual meeting. The meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the latest edition of ROBERT’S RULES OF ORDER. |
| E) | The official language of the Society shall be English. All official correspondence and the annual Board of Directors meeting shall be in English. If scientific papers are presented in the language of the nation hosting the Congress, translation to English shall be provided. |
| F) | Official voting procedure: A simple majority of the Directors present at an annual meeting shall determine acceptance or rejection of any matter voted upon during an annual meeting. Voting may be accomplished by voice, show of hands or by secret ballot as deemed appropriate by the presiding officer. |
ARTICLE VI AMENDMENTS AND BY-LAWS
| A) | The Constitution may be amended as follows: Any member of the Board of Directors may submit in writing proposed amendment which shall be read to the Directors assembled at an annual meeting. The proposed amendment will be acted upon at the next annual meeting of the Society, and, if approved by a simple majority of the Delegates present, shall be adopted. |
| B) | A proposal to amend the By-laws may be accomplished at any annual meeting of the Society if the proposal is approved by a simple majority of the Delegates present. |
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Micaela Hernberg, M.D., President
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Alonzo Olsen, M.D., President-Elect
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Miroslav Ondrej, M.D., Vice-President
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Toru Higashi, M.D., Immediate Past President
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James L. Manion, M.D., Executive Secretary
October, 2006
THE BY-LAWS OF THE WORLD MEDICAL TENNIS SOCIETY
ARTICLE I SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMS:
The WMTS will cooperate with the International Congress on Psychosomatic and Preventive Medicine (ICOPAPM) in the presentation of scientific programs at the annual meetings.
ARTICLE II TENNIS PROGRAMS:
| A) | The annual tennis competitions will be conducted under the rules of play of ITF (The International Tennis Federation.) |
| B) | The World Cup (Coupe de Monde) format shall be as follows: |
| | 1) | Categories for male physicians—SINGLES: Open, 40+, 45+, 50+, 55+, 60+,65+, 70+, 75+, 80+. DOUBLES: Open, 45+, 55+, 60+, 65+, 70+, 75+. |
| | 2) | Categories for female physicians—SINGLES & DOUBLES: The same as for male physicians. |
| | 3) | Categories for female non-physician spouses/significant others—SINGLES: Open, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+. DOUBLES: Open, 40+, 50+, 60+, 70+. (Female physicians are eligible also.) |
| | 4) | Mixed doubles categories for physicians and spouses/significant others—Open, 45+/40+, 55+/50+, 65+/60+, 75+/70+. Spouses/significant others of female physicians may play in men’s doubles and mixed doubles. |
| | 5) | Categories for female physicians’ spouses/significant others—singles depending on the number and age levels of available contestants (at least 4.) |
| | 6) | Events may be combined where required by short draws (less than 4.) |
| | 7) | Each contestant is limited to three events. The host nation, if time/weather/court availability dictate, may modify the events in which a contestant may compete. |
| | 8) | Consolation competitions shall be scheduled in all events where there is a sufficient number of players (at least 4.) Consolation players must indicate to Tournament Director that they want to play. |
| | 9) | Competitions shall be decided by the winner(s) of two of three sets. The host nation may adopt special scoring if necessary to complete the tournament. |
| | 10) | Contestants will call their respective lines. An umpire will be provided if requested by a contestant. Under no circumstances are spectators to be consulted for assistance in making scoring decisions, nor shall spectators volunteer such assistance. |
| C) | The Nations’ Cup (Coupe de Nations) format shall be as follows: |
| | 1) | Categories shall be—Open singles, 55+ singles, and 45+ doubles. |
| | 2) | The Nations’ Cup events shall be scheduled early in the week. |
| | 3) | Scoring shall be as in the World Cup competitions. |
| | 4) | A player may compete in just one Nations’ Cup event in any given tournament round. |
| D) | Eligibility: |
| | 1) | Participation is restricted to physicians who are in good standing in the National Medical Tennis Association in the country of their official residence. |
| | 2) | The official delegate of each nation in attendance at an annual meeting shall be responsible for certifying the eligibility of the members of that nation’s contestants. |
ARTICLE III THE HOST NATION:
| A) | To secure the privilege of hosting an annual meeting of the WMTS, a member nation shall submit a written proposal to the Board of Directors at any official meeting. The proposal shall spell out the capability of the petitioner to supply an adequate number of courts, housing, and other necessary items to conduct a successful meeting. |
| B) | The host nation is responsible solely for the fiscal arrangements of its meeting. The WMTS officers and directors are not responsible for the fiscal arrangements. |
| C) | The host nation shall arrange an appropriate meeting place for the annual meeting of the Board of Directors. |
| D) | The host nation shall pay the equivalent amount of 5 US dollars for each participant to the WMTS Executive Secretary to cover postage, expenses of website, etc. during the year. |
| E) | The host nation shall waive the registration fee for both the WMTS President and Executive Secretary. |
| F) | The host nation shall require participants to sign waivers that they are responsible for their own health and are participating at their own risk. |
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Micaela Hernberg, M.D., President
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Alonzo Olsen, M.D., President-Elect
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Miroslav Ondrej, M.D., Vice-President
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Toru Higashi, M.D., Immediate Past President
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James L. Manion, M.D., Executive Secretary
October, 2006
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Excerpts from Dr. Stanley McCampbell’s, “My Memoirs of…The World Medical Tennis Society,” written in 1991.
“To me it has been a great honor to know and enjoy the friendship of doctors from around the world. It has been the most exciting experience of my life. Doctors…can be assured that if they travel thousands of miles to meetings, they will be certain of a warm welcome, well-organized tournaments and scientific sessions, and a grand, good time. It is an opportunity, unequalled, as far as I know, of enjoying the friendship of interesting, fun loving, sportsman-like doctors who will be friends for life. I would certainly like to do it all over again.”
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