Minutes of the 57th meeting of the Council of the International Union of Immunological Societies

              Address: Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology
Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki
PO Box 21 Haartman Institute, Helsinki, Finland
Telephone: 00358-50-5812462, Email: seppo.meri@helsinki.fi
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Secretary General
Seppo Meri
Dept. of Bacteriology and Immunology
Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki
Helsinki, Finland
M I N U T E S
57th IUIS Council Meeting
Kobe, Japan
Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010. 15.45 – 18.00 hrs
Location: Portopia Hotel, Main Building BF1, room “Ikuta”
Invited:
• Executive board 2010-2013
• Council members 2010-2013 (elected at the 14th General Assembly on August 22, 2010)
• Representatives of the previous Executive board: Mohammed Daha (Secretary General) and
Marianna Newkirk (Treasurer) (as consultants, non-voting)
• Committee chairs (non-voting)
• Regional Federations (non-voting)
• Liaisons and Affiliated organizations (non-voting)
Present:
ExCo: Kaufmann Stefan, Kalil Jorge, King Nicholas, Meri Seppo, Doherty Peter.
Council: Cao Xuetao, Carneiro Margarida, Dieye Alioune, Erdei Anna, Frelinger Jeffrey, Koyasu Shigeo,
Lopes Daniel, Mantovani Alberto, Ratcliffe Michael, Ronchese Franca, Rudd Chris, Schmidt Reinhold, van
Lier René.
Committee Chairs: Boumsell Laurence (Nomenclature), Hein Wayne (VIC), Nonoyama Shigeaki (PID),
Valenta Rudolf (Stadardization).
Regional Federations: Aguilar Olano José (ALAI), Sautes-Fridman Catherine (EFIS)
International Affiliates: Hafler David (FOCIS), Szekeres-Bartho Julia (ISIR).
Daha Mohamed, Newkirk Marianna, Gerlinde Jahn (IUIS central office).
1. Welcome and arrangement of the new council
Stefan Kaufmann, the newly elected President of IUIS, welcomes all members of the new IUIS
Council. The agenda for the meeting is accepted as proposed.
2. Finances: budget for the year 2011
The Treasurer, Nicholas King, describes proposed changes to the IUIS 2011 budget. Also, 10,000
USD for website and logo. These involved an expected income of about 150,000 USD from the
Kobe meeting (50,000 USD/each forthcoming year until 2013) and revises expenses for the
President (from 3,500 USD to 6,000 USD), General Secretary (from 5,000 USD to 10,000 USD),
and Treasurer (from 3,500 USD to 6,000 USD). 10,000 USD are reserved for a new Career
Committee (see next point). The final sum of the budget is 331,000 USD.
After discussion the Council unanimously accepted the proposed new budget.
3. New committee, and chairpersons for committees:
a. Clinical Immunology Committee - CIC
There are two candidates to succeed Sergio Romagnani: Moncef Zouali, France, and Reinhold
Schmidt, Germany. Both candidates received support. After discussion, Reinhold Schmidt was
elected new chairman of CIC, and Moncef Zouali proposed as vice-chairman (final decision by
chair). The vice-chairman can represent the committee in case the chairman is not able to attend.
b. Nomenclature Committee: Pablo Engel, Spain, is elected chairman of the committee to succeed
Laurence Boumsell.