Minutes of the 56th meeting of the Council of the International Union of Immunological Societies

              Address: Department of Nephrology, Leiden University Medical Center
Albinusdreef 2, NL - 2333 ZA Leiden, Netherlands
Phone: 0031 71 526 3964, Fax: 0031 71 526 6868, E-mail: m.r.daha@lumc.nl
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Secretary General
Mohamed R. Daha
Dept of Nephrology
University of Leiden, Netherlands
M I N U T E S
56th IUIS Council Meeting
Kobe, Japan
Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010; 08.30 – 17.00 hrs
Location: Portopia Hotel, Room “Ikuta”
Invited:
- Council Members 2007-2010 (voting)
- Executive Board 2007-2010 (voting)
- Committee Chairs (non-voting)
- Representatives of Regional Federations (non-voting)
- Liaisons and Affiliated Organizations (non-voting)
- Observers nominated by member societies (non-voting)
- Webmanager M. Carneiro (non-voting)
Present (in alphabetical order): Adorini Luciano, Boumsell Laurence, Carneiro Margarida,
Daha Moh, Dieye Alioune, Doherty Peter, Erdei Anna, Faure Gilbert, Finn Olivera, Hein Wayne,
Kalil Jorge, Kaufmann Stefan, King Nicholas, Koyasu Shigeo, Letarte Michelle, Mehra Narinder,
Meri Seppo, Newkirk Marianna, Nonoyama Shigeaki, Parish Christopher, Romagnani Sergio,
Rudd Christopher, Schmidt Reinhold, Takatsu Kiyoshi, Valenta Rudolf, van Lier René,
Zheng Dexian, Zinkernagel Rolf; Jahn Gerlinde (IUIS central office)
1. Welcome and opening remarks: The President, Peter Doherty, welcomes all invited members
and starts to thank the local organizers for having the 14th ICI meeting in Japan. He mentions that
a message was received from Gunnur Deniz who, at the last moment, would not be able to attend
the GA meeting that is scheduled for the 22nd of August and where she is on the ballot list as
potential secretary general. He then goes ahead to indicate that quite a bit of advance has been
made with finding a person as a potential CEO for IUIS. Additionally, he mentions that for the first
time much progress was made in the direction of setting up an e-journal. Once successful, this
would potentially result in a better financial situation for IUIS and with it more options for reaching
the many aims of IUIS. He thanks Marianna Newkirk, Rolf Zinkernagel and Moh Daha for their
efforts to keep the work of IUIS in a progressive line uphill.
2. Secretary General’s report: The report of the SG was sent earlier to all members of the
council. Moh Daha highlights the progress made with the recruitment of a CEO. Klaus Born,
presently living in Lisbon, is willing to collaborate with IUIS as CEO in the direct future. Since a new
council and executive committee will be elected at the GA meeting on the 22nd of August, the “old
ExCo” felt that it was better to leave a further defining of the contours of a working relation with the
CEO to the new ExCo. In this regard a contract will have to be drawn up and timelines for
collaboration defined. The budget concerning financial allowance and possible travel support etc.
will be defined as early as possible.
Another major item on the list was either setting up a new e-journal or collaboration with an existing
journal. After a number of discussions now the shape of a journal is getting in view. Together with