Minutes of the 48th meeting of the Council of the International Union of Immunological Societies

              48th Meeting of the Council of IUIS
Montreal - Saturday, July 17, 2004
Present:
Béné, Chaouat, Daha, Dent, Dieye, Garcia-Latorre, Gavilondo, Kalil, Kincade, Leke, Liew,
Lunney, Marrack, Mehra, Melchers, Melief, Milon, Miyasaka, Moore, Newkirk, Örn, Ress, Riera,
Röllinghoff, Sirisinha, Smolen, Trittinger, Turner, Zinkernagel
Excused: Launois, Metzger, Secombes, Strober, Valenta, Xu
Observers/Guests: Naessens, Skamene, Takatsu
No reply: Johansson, Masek
1. Welcome and opening remarks
Dr. Philippa Marrack welcomes all council members, committee chairs, representatives of
federations and affiliated organizations, and liaisons officers.
2. Minutes of the 47th council meeting (Vienna, October 2003)
The minutes of the 47th council meeting are approved. There is no business arising from the
minutes.
3. President's report
Dr. Marrack thanks especially Drs. Dent and Kincade for their help concerning the completion
of the Constitution and Bylaws of IUIS.
4. Secretary General's report
Dr. Daha's report summarizes the activities of the IUIS central secretariat and business that
concluded in the last 3 years. He mentions that the central secretariat of IUIS in Vienna, under
the leadership of Sylvia Trittinger, functions very well and that all files and information about
IUIS can now be found centrally. The Archives are held at a University in the USA and taken
care of by Prof. Henry Metzger. The website of IUIS is functioning well. The IUIS central
secretariat is giving more and more a "face" to IUIS.
Other members of the ExCo and Council are also excited about the way business is conducted by
our central office and Fritz Melchers is especially delighted about the fact that there is now a
"memory" of IUIS.
5. Treasurer's report
Dr. Smolen describes the state of income and expenses of IUIS in the budget year 2003. There is
about $ 30,000 more income than budgeted originally. This is due to the income from a backlog
in dues from earlier years that was paid in 2003. The standing committees and federations have
received the budgeted amounts. The costs by the Executive Board and central office were lower
than the budget. In the working account, there is now about $ 64.000, while there is an "iron
reserve" parked at Merryl Lynch of about $ 300,000.
Overall, there is some room in the operating budget that can be used when well-defined projects
by committees and federations are submitted. A discussion then follows on what type of items