Minutes of the 47th meeting of the Council of the International Union of Immunological Societies

              47th IUIS Council Meeting
Sunday, October 19 2003, Vienna
Present:Béné, Chaouat, Daha, Dent, Garcia-Latorre, Gavilondo, Kalil, Kincade, Laing,
Launois, Leke, Liew, Lunney,Mehra, Melchers, Melief, Miyasaka, Moore, Newkirk, Örn,
Riera, Röllinghoff, Sirisinha, Smolen, Turner, Valenta, Zinkernagel
Excused: Dieye, Marrack, Metzger, Milon, Ress, Strober, Xu
No reply: Johansson, Masek
1. Welcome and opening remarks
Dr. Rolf Zinkernagel acts as chairman, because Dr. Pippa Marrack has indicated that she is not able to
attend. All present agree with the chair by Dr. Zinkernagel.
Dr. Zinkernagel mentions that Dr. Marrack is not able to attend the meeting because of serious family
matters. On behalf of the attendants of the meeting he wishes her well.
Secondly he welcomes the new representatives in the Council from the affiliated organisations WHO, Dr.
Pascal Launois (replacement of Dr. Jacques Louis), Dr. Kerry Laing (in place of Dr. Chris Secombes) of
the ISDCI, Dr. Clelia Maria Riera from ALAI and Dr. F.Y. Liew, the new president of EFIS and replacing
Dr. Sergio Romagnani.
Then Dr. Zinkernagel thanks Mrs. Sylvia Trittinger and her colleagues for taking care of the organisation
of the 47th Council meeting in Vienna. He apologizes for the fact that because of tight schedules the
members of the executive committee (EXCO) were not able to visit the Vienna Medical Academy. At the
same time he asks the Council members who visited the Academy about their view about the Academy
and the Central IUIS Secretariat.
Overall the different members are very content with the way the central office channels information to
and from the members of the Council. In addition one feels that the central office is starting to function
as a "memory" for IUIS. Especially the contacts with Mrs. Trittinger are highly appreciated. However,
one feels that the time to visit the academy was short and therefore not enough to have an indepth view
of the organisation. All the members greatly appreciated being hosted by the Austrian Academy and
enjoyed the snacks and drinks.
Dr. Zinkernagel summarized the various comments and concluded that "it is good to have a centralized
office for IUIS".
Then Dr. Zinkernagel mentions that he proposes to add an additional point to the agenda, namely under
11 b; proposals for composition of the EXCO for the period 2004 – 2007. Further the agenda point 13
(discussion of the budget 2004) is moved to 5c, so that the treasurer can discuss all financial matters as
one item. Finally Dr. Zinkernagel asks whether other members of the Council have additional points for
the agenda. No suggestions are put forward.
2. Minutes of the 46th council meeting, Havana 2002
The concept minutes were distributed to all Council members and others some time earlier in 2003.
Dr. Newkirk remarks that concerning the last paragraph of item 14, that this item was brought up in a
private discussion with Dr. Smolen and that she had already indicated by e-mail to the Secretary General,
that this item does not belong in the summary of the minutes.