LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 This Annual Meeting will cover the following agenda : 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) Verification of quorum; Report on 2007/2008 Activities by the LAS Chairman; Treasurer Report; Auditing Committee Report; Annual Dues for 2008/2009; Results of Executive Committee Elections; Annual Honors and Awards; Investiture of new Officers, and Program for 2008/2009 by LAS Chairman – elect. LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 TREASURER REPORT Section Members: (Total – 371) • Individual Members - 30 • Institution Representatives - 341 Institution Members (Total – 30) • Brazil - 11 • USA - 6 • Mexico - 4 • Argentina - 3 • Canada, Chile, Cuba, Spain and France – 1 each • International Agency - 1 LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 TREASURER REPORT Membership Distribution (Total – 341) • Brazil – 42% • Argentina – 15% • Mexico – 15% • USA – 10% • Spain – 5% • Cuba – 5% • Chile – 5% • Canada, Peru, Sweden and Uruguay – 4% LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 TREASURER REPORT Income Annual Dues - 33% Investment Returns - 32% Grants/Refunds - 35% Expenses Meetings/Courses/Symposia Attendance - 55% Salaries and Personnel Services - 27% Publications - 10% General Expenses (Communication, Transportation, Taxes and Bank charges, etc.) - 8% LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 TREASURER REPORT Results for period 01 June 2007 – 31 May 2008 LAS assets - US$ 187,332.26 (exchange rate - 1,6265 R$/US$) Increase – 2,9% (in real terms) LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 AUDITING COMMITTEE REPORT The Auditing Committee of the Latin American Section of ANS, having examined the Treasury Accounting Books for fiscal year 1st June 2007 – 31th May 2008, as prescribed by the Section’s Bylaws, found the Books’ statements in agreement with the results presented in the Treasurer’s Report, and therefore approved such results. Rio de Janeiro, 2nd June 2008 Anna Maria Campos Chair, Auditing Committee LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 TREASURER REPORT Annual Dues for the Period 2008 - 2009 1) Individual Member: US$ 10 2) Institutional Members: 2.1) Up to 10 representatives: 2.2) from 11 to 20 representatives : 2.3) from 21 to 30 representantes : 2.4) from 31 to 40 representantes : 2.5) from 41 to 50 representantes : US$ 350 US$ 450 US$ 525 US$ 575 US$ 600 LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 Results of Executive Committee Elections Vice Chairman – Secretary – Treasurer – Member 3- Years Term: Héctor E. Otheguy - Argentina João Furley dos Santos - Brazil Jorge Spitalnik - Brazil Osvaldo Alberto Calzetta Larrieu – Argentina Fernando C. López Lizana - Chile José Augusto Perrota - Brazil LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 The Executive Committee is composed as follows: Chairman – Vice Chairman – Secretary – Treasurer – Member 3- Years Term: Othon Luiz Pinheiro da Silva - Brazil Héctor E. Otheguy - Argentina João Furley dos Santos - Brazil Jorge Spitalnik - Brazil Osvaldo Alberto Calzetta Larrieu – Argentina Fernando C. López Lizana – Chile José Augusto Perrota - Brazil Member 2- Years Term: Gustavo Alonso – Mexico Leonam dos Santos Guimarães - Brazil Francisco Rondinelli Júnior - Brazil Member 1- Years Term: Sérgio Gonçalves Mathias – Brazil Zieli Dutra Thomé. Fº - Brazil Gonzalo Torres Oviedo - Chile Dario Jinchuk - Argentina LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 2008 LAS/ANS AWARDS 1) Personality of the Year – for the Minister of Science and Technology Dr. Sérgio Machado Rezende "In recognition his strong and outstanding contribution for the development of the Nuclear Research in the Country and for his fundamental performance in the implantation of the industries of the cycle of the nuclear fuel in Brazil LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 2) Best Press Coverage –for the journalists Agostinho Alípio, Alessandro Meirelles, Denise Rocha, Luciano Nascimento and Fabiane Síryo for the report exhibited among the 1 and April 4, 2008 in the program RJTV 1st EDITION of the television channel TV SOUTH RIVER with the title "NUCLEAR ENERGY"; LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 3) Best Publication of the Year – for the paper "Nuclear work Power Feasibility - 2007" of authorship of Ings Bertrand Obstruct, José M. Aragonés, Barrie Frederick Hill, Andrew C. Kadak, Donald F. Schutz and Jorge Spitalnik, of the committee of Energy of the World Federation of Engineering Organization (WFEO) and produced by the Brazilian Federation of Associations of Engineers – FEBRAE LATIN AMERICAN SECTION of the AMERICAN NUCLEAR SOCIETY Assembléia Anual - Annual Meeting Junho 18 de 2008 - June 18, 2008 4) Certificates of Recopgnition a) Sérgio Gonçalves Mathias b) Luiz Carlos Mattos Sampaio c) José Antônio Teixeira Azevedo d) Ricardo Furtado Fernandes e) Jorge Spitalnik f) João José Furley dos Santos g) Jorge Mello h) Sylvia Ferraz i) Tania Malhiros j) Ricardo C. Barros k) Regina Lopes l) Leandro Ravaglia