The NAC held quarterly teleconferences and annual face-to-face meetings at the AES. Reports were provided annually to the ILAE executive, in accordance with ILAE stipulations for Regional Commissions, and annual updates were provided to each of the three constituent chapters (Canada, Jamaica, USA).
The Commission’s overall goal was to improve the delivery of epilepsy care throughout the Americas and the Caribbean.
III. TASK FORCES
To achieve its goals, the NAC constituted four task forces:
A. Task Force on Education
B. Task Force for Disparities in Epilepsy Care
C. Task Force for Caribbean Development (English speaking Caribbean)
D. Task Force for Hispaniola Development (Haiti and Dominican Republic)
All task forces established agendas with tangible deliverables and were encouraged to form work groups that included non-Commission individuals as needed to achieve their goals. The agendas of all task forces were discussed and approved by the NAC and the budget was assembled and submitted in accordance with these strategies. Task forces held regular telephone conferences throughout the year, and met face-to-face once a year at AES meetings. Progress reports were given to the NAC members at each of their meetings, and discussion of the reports informed further actions. By the nature of its goals and geography, the NAC and its task forces worked closely with other ILAE Commissions and Chapters, in particular with the Latin American Regional Commission, the ILAE Therapeutics Commission (Task Force for Epilepsy Surgery), and the Caribbean chapters.