Minutes from the SSP Board Meeting, Stockholm, 6th October 2001
Present: Tellervo Valtonen, Karl Skírnisson, Mats Wahlgren, Jorun Tharaldsen, Jørn Andreassen, Gediminas Valkiunas from the Baltic Society and Tor Atle Mo.
Tellervo welcomed the Board to its last meeting that mainly focused on the agenda for the General Assembly later on the same day:
1) As chairperson of the General Assembly the Board will suggest Jørn Andreassen (DK).
2) As Secretary of the General Assembly the Board will suggest Ansi Karvonen (FI).
3) To approve the minutes of the General Assembly the Board will suggest Hans P. Fagerholm (FI) and Tor A. Bakke (NO).
4) The report of the SSP activities over the last two years will be presented by Tellervo.
5) The report of the Editor of the Bulletin will be presented by Jorun. There was a discussion about the future of the Bulletin. As very few scientists publish their results in the Bulletin, Karl suggested that the Bulletin should be reduced to cover the abstracts of the biannual meetings only.
6) The report of the Treasurer will be presented by Tor Atle.
7) The following persons will be suggested to the new Board: Karl Skírnisson (IS) as President, Maria Vang Johansen (DK) as Vice President, Charlotte Maddox Hyttel (DK) as Secretary, Katja Pulkkinen (FI) as treasurer and Cecilia Thors (SE) as Board member. The number of Board members was discussed. It was agreed that the number of Board members should be increased to 6, which would make it easier to have at least one Board member from each Scandinavian country. The new Board should suggest changes of the statutes of the Society.
8) As new Deputy Board members the Board will suggest Mats Wahlgren (SE) and Einar Strömnes (NO).
9) The Board will suggest Matthias Eydal (IS) and Tor Atle Mo (NO) as Auditors and Dag
Atle Lysne (NO) as Deputy Auditor.
10) The membership fee for the next two years was discussed. Karl suggested that the fee
should be reduced. Tor Atle argued that the Society needs the income from the fee. The
Board will suggest to keep the fee unchanged for the next two years.
11) The following persons will be suggested as Honorary Members of the Society: Jorun
Tharaldsen, Jørn Andreassen, Göran, Bylund, Odd Halvorsen and Sven Nikander.
12) Gediminas Valkiunas from the Baltic Society for Parasitology (BaSP) was invited to the Board meeting to discuss a joint meeting between the BaSP and the SSP in Vilnius in 2003. Unfortunately, the statutes of the SSP do not allow that the biannual meeting and General Assembly can be held outside Scandinavia, and thus the next meeting cannot be held in Vilnius. The new Board should suggest changes of the statutes at the General Assembly in 2003 and then a joint meeting could be held in Vilnius in 2005. The next meeting in 2003 will be held in Bergen. Arne Skorping will be asked to take the responsibility.
13) Other business.
a) The German Society for Parasitology, the American Society for Parasitology and the Baltic Society for Parasitology have send letter to SSP declaring that they would like to cooperate with us.
b) It will be suggested to establish a working group to identify and make a list of old literature. This list should be available for all SSP members. Bjørn Berland (NO) will be suggested as Chair of the group and Mats Wahlgren (SE) and Göran Bylund (FI) as Members.
c) It will also be suggested that the Society establish a Web Group that is responsible for an Internet homepage for the Society.
d) All non-Scandinavian should receive a letter telling them that they can send their fee in cash to the Treasurer to avoid the high bank transfer costs.
6.10.2001 - Tor Atle Mo, reporter in absence of the SSP Secretary