1. IPSG Membership Committee Update
Derek M. Kelly

2. Membership Requirements
Provisional Member- Looking to become active
Pediatric orthopedic surgeon with membership to their country’s pediatric orthopedic society
Obtain Department Head approval (letter), ensuring that they have the resources and departmental support available to participate in the study
Digital x-ray capability
Perfusion MRI capability if contributing patients to the early stage studies (must send in a perfusion MRI following the IPSG MRI protocol)
IRB Approval (with all doctors recruiting for your institution listed)
Active participation in the study group efforts and assigned subgroup.
Participation in annual IPSG meeting at TSRH in Dallas, Texas.

3. Membership Requirements
Active Member – once the first patient is enrolled
Enrolls a patient into one of the IPSG prospective observational cohort studies
Recruit a minimum of 1 patient per year (?)
Keep a log of patients who were eligible for the study (i.e. patient consented or declined entry into the study)
Exclusion form for excluded patients
Must have an 80% follow-up rate with their patients enrolled in the study
Complete study data in REDCap database
If an active member fails to maintain the criteria specified above, their membership status will be considered “Inactive”.

4. Membership Requirements
Scientific Member -
work in a capacity of contributing to the study design, study protocol development, data analysis and/or data monitoring.
Education at the level of a Ph.D or MD
Provide a letter of IPSG support from Departmental Chief
Participation in the annual IPSG Meeting at TSRH in Dallas, Texas

5. Membership Stats 70 Participants in IPSG Activities 4 Removed
5 Provisional
16 Inactive
45 Active

6. Inactive Members Includes 3 patients
3 financial contributions totaling $925 for 2016
1 financial contribution totaling $350 for 2017

7. Active Members 45 Listed at Active 205 patients
7 Members do not have approved MRI (Provisional Member ?)
14 Members have failed to contribute a patient (Provisional Member ?)
29 Members have contributed at least 1 patient
3 Members have only contributed 1 patient (Inactive Member ?)
5 Members have only contributed 2 patients (Inactive Member ?)
2 Members have failed to attend an annual meeting (Inactive Member ?)
19 True Active Members
188 Patients

8. Contributions http://www.perthesdisease.org/memberdonate
6 “Active” members failed to contribute
2017 Contributions = $7,500.00
26 contributors so far this year

9. Membership Committee Goals
Move Provisional Members into Active Status
Move Inactive Members into Active Status if possible, or Remove
Solicit Membership Contributions for 2017 and obtain 100% participation among Active Members

10. Thanks