2012 Instruction of Annual Fees Payment 
for APSSM/ISSM Joint Membership & Member Services

I. Instruction

1)      Total annual fee for 2012 ISSM/APSSM Joint Membership was decided at APSSM Council Meeting as follows;

※   Category of Member Countries

The ISSM Board of Directors has established the ISSM membership fees for the membership year 2012 at their meeting in Washington DC on May 13th, 2011. Although the directors of the ISSM are aware of the fact that the recent unfavourable results and financially difficult times ahead put a greater financial strain on the society, they also felt that for now this burden should not be passed onto the members by increasing the membership fees.

(1)   The ISSM Board has decided dues for 2012Full ISSM Members as follows;

Category A countries : EUR 130 bulk discount RS's EUR 10 p/member

Category B countries : EUR 95 no discount to RS

Category C countries : EUR 35 no discount to RS

※   The ISSM Membership fees are divided in three categories which are based on the World Bank Country Classification. More information about the World Bank Country Classification is available on the APSSM Website (www.apssm.org).

(2) The Executive Committee decided to make APSSM annual fee EUR 10 independently with ISSM membership fee.

(3) Please note that you have to pay 2012 annual fee for APSSM/ISSM Joint Membership in EUR.

2)      Please pay all membership fees to APSSM secretariat on / before 30^th November 2011so as to enable us to adhere to the dateline set by ISSM that is 31^st January, 2012.

3)      APSSM secretariat DO NOT entertain late payments that is payments made after 30^th November 2011 (members would have to pay directly to ISSM for all payments after 30^th November, 2011).

4)      Monies can be sent in groups/individuals directly to the office of the Secretary General.

5)      Group payments generally will be arranged by council members of APSSM of each country.

6)      ISSM members from non Asia Pacific region will become APSSM members after paying APSSM annual fee EUR 10 to APSSM account if payments were made directly to ISSM. However, to enjoy the benefits / privileges as APSSM members, members who paid directly to ISSM will have to fax / email to APSSM Secretariat a copy of the payments made.

7)      Attached please find a copy of ISSM / APSSM application form. New member applicant is required the submission of a completed application form to be attached.

8)      On average bank charges may be EUR 7.50 depending on the country of origin, so you must add EUR 7.50 to membership fee on performing bank transfer. If the remittance amount is less than membership fee, the shortage will be charged additionally.

9)      Current members who didn’t pay their membership dues in the past should make the appropriate payment to be entitled to the member privileges including the member right to attend and vote at ISSM Business Meeting. According to ISSM Regulations, ISSM can only re-activate memberships after all payments have been made.

II. Member Services

As a joint member of 2012 APSSM / ISSM, you are entitled to the following privileges:

l  Subsidy for ISSM membership

l  Opportunity to apply for APSSM Grant and ISSM Extra-fund for conference participation and research project.

l  Receive the Journal of Sexual Medicine (12 issues) per year

l  Receive the ISSM news bulletin (3 issues) per year

l  Receive the electronic APSSM news letter (2 issues) per year

l  Access the ‘members only’ section on ISSM and APSSM website

l  A discounted registration fee for the biennial ISSM World Meeting on Sexual Medicine

III. APSSM Bank Account

1) Account Number : 928-452-001746
      2) Account Name: APSSM
      3) Bank Name: NACF
      4) Bank Swift Code: NACFKRSE
      5) Bank Address: PNUH sub-branch, NACF, 1-10, Ami-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan, Korea

 IV. Contact

Nam Cheol Park, M.D.,Ph.D., Secretary General of APSSM
        Email: pnc@pusan.ac.kr

        APSSM Secretariat

Urology, Building B, 3^rd FL, Pusan National University Hospital

1-10, Ami-Dong, Seo-Gu, Busan, 602-739, Korea
        E-mail : secretariat@apssm.org
        TEL: 82-51-240-7349, 7351
        FAX: (82-51)247-5443
       Secretary : Lani Kim / Email: yellowworld82@hanmail.net

V. Local Representatives (Council members of APSSM) for Group Payments are as follows ;

Australia : Carolyn Earle (c.earle@bigpond.com)

China : Zhong Cheng Xin (xinzc@bjmu.edu.cn)

Hong Kong : Po-chor Tam (tampc@ha.org.hk)

India : Sudhakar Krishnamurti (sudhakar1957@gmail.com)

Indonesia : Doddy M. Soebadi (dmsoebadi@gmail.com)

Japan : Koichi Nakajima (koichin@med.toho-u.ac.jp)

Korea : Nam Cheol Park (pnc@pusan.ac.kr)

Malaysia : Hui-Meng Tan (perandro@streamyx.com)

Mongolia : Nansalmaa Naidan (naidan_nansaa@yahoo.com)

Pakistan : Khurram Mutahir Siddiqui (Khurram.siddiqui@aku.edu)

Philippines : Benjamin Mendoza (elmer.terez1@bayerhealthcare.com)

Singapore : Ganesan P. Adaikan (p_ganesan_adaikan@nuhs.edu.sg)

Sri Lanka : Lasantha Malavige (Lasantha.malavige@ocdem.ox.ac.uk)

Taiwan : Connie HO (tand.org@msa.hinet.net)

Thailand : Kavirach Tantiwongse (kavirach@gmail.com)

Vietnam : Nhu Thanh Nguyen (bsnamkhoa@gmail.com)

Uzbekistan : Shavakhabov Shavkat Shanasyrovich (dr_shavakhabov@mail.ru)