The Nordic Society for Veterinary Epidemiology (NOSOVE) is an informal organization with the vision of advancing veterinary epidemiology. The volunteering board aim to fulfill the vision by providing courses and opportunities to socialise and strengthen the network among post graduate students, researchers and others with an interest in epidemiology. Events are presented through the society network (blogspot).
NOSOVE started in 1988 as a collaboration between the Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, and has expanded to include the Baltic countries, but welcome members and participants from all countries.

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

Minutes from the General Assembly of NOSOVE, Oslo, Norway, November, 2010

1.      Election of Chairman of the General Assembly
Adrian Muwonge was approved.
2.      Election of the Secretary of the General Assembly
Anne Cathrine Whist was approved.
3.      Election of the Keeper of the minutes of the General Assembly
Marit Stormoen was approved.
4.      The report of the board concerning the latest election period
Last meeting was in Uppsala, Sweden. The topic of the course was Behavioral science.  
5.      The treasurer’s report of the accounts and the certification
See attached report, costs: webside maintenance (800 SEK per year), support of SVEPM, meetings. The total amount on the account is 165 000 SEK.
6.      Settlement of the account and approval of the administration during the last election period:
Was approved by applause from the meeting participants
7.      Election of the new board members: Chairman Marianne Sandberg (DK) would serve another year. Trude Lyngstad (N) would serve as a Deputy Chairman for another year. Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) serves another year and Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen (DK) will serve another year as the Secretary. Anna-Maija Virtala (SF) serves another year as a member. 
All new members were approved by the meeting participants
8.      Election of substitutes for the board: Heidi Rosengren (SF) and Torben Nielsen (DK) were up for election as substitute members and were approved by the meeting participants.
9.      Election of two auditors and a deputy auditor: Petter Hopp (N), Francisco Calvo Artavia (DK) and Britt Bang Jensen were approved respectively by the meeting participants.
10.   Determination of membership fee for coming year, no membership fees; too much administration
11.  1. Proposal: continue to have reduced NOSOVE course fee for Baltic students, should there be a limited number of Baltic participants?  5 first participants should have a reduced course fee.                                                 
 2. Sponsoring SVEPM or ISVEE conferences were supported
12.   Determination of the time and place for next General Assembly and appointment of the organizer for this meeting.
The time for the course will be in November or late autumn, Heidi Rosengren will be in charge (Finland will be organizing).  The theme is not clarified, Surveillance and monitoring and How to use the software R has been proposed as themes. A decision will be made by the local organizer soon.
13.   Any other business.
1.      A suggestion from the former chairman Lis Alban about the possibilities of organizing a meeting in Iceland was made. Airfare has been going down and the accommodation is quite reasonable. A meeting in Iceland was suggested for 2012 and an e-mail was sent to Auður L. Arnþórsdóttir.
 2. NOSOVE- and NOVA courses must not be put in the same week.
 15. Closing of the meeting

Agenda for the General Assembly of NOSOVE, Uppsala, Sweden, November, 2009

1. Election of the Chairman of the General Assembly
2. Election of the Secretary of the General Assembly
3. Election of the Keeper of the minutes of the General Assembly
4. The report of the board concerning the latest election period
5. The treasurer’s report of the accounts and the certification by the auditors for the year 2009
6. Settlement of the account and approval of the administration during the last election period
7. Election of the new board members: Chairman Marianne Sandberg (DK), Trude Lyngstad (N) is up for election as Deputy Chairman and Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) are serving another year. Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen (DK) will serve another year, but as the secretary and Anna-Maija Virtala (SF) is up for election as a member
8. Election of substitutes for the board. Maria Nøremark (S) and Madelaine Norstrøm (N) are up for election.
9. Election of two auditors and a deputy auditor.
10. Determination of membership fee for the coming year
11. Proposal: NOSOVE donating Euro 1,000 for the SVEPM meeting 2010 in France
12. Determination of the time and place for the next General Assembly and appointment of the organiser for this meeting (Norway will be organising).
13. Any other business
14. Closing of the meeting
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE MEETING
On behalf of the board of NOSOVE 
Marianne Sandberg
Chairman
Denmark
 

Wednesday, 25 November 2009

Minutes Nosove General Assembly 25th November 2009

1. Francois Beaudeau elected as chairman of the general assembly

2. Nina Otten elected secretary of the general assembly

3. Torben Nielsen elected as minute keeper of the minutes from the general assembly

4. The report of the board concerning the latest election period:
 Last years meeting was held in Gilelje, DK. A report from the AG can be seen on website.
 Accepted with no comments.

5. The treasurer’s report of the accounts and the certification by the auditors for the year 2009:
 71.000 sv.kr transferred from Danish meeting. Possibly caused by missing payment of VAT for Danish meeting and one lecturer that had to cancel (hotel- and flight expenses). Discussion what to do with money: There is a possibility to pay back money to participants as NOSOVE non-profit organisation. Auditors found accounts in good order. Treasurer’s report acknowledged.

6. Liza Nielsen will check why this much revenue from Danish meeting to make sure that there are no mistakes with VAT.

7. Election of the new board members: Chairman Marianne Sandberg (DK), Trude Lyngstad (N) is up for election as Deputy Chairman and Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) are serving another year. Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen (DK) will serve another year, but as the secretary and Anna-Maija Virtala (SF) is up for election as a member

No objections for proposal.

8. Election of substitutes for the board: Maria Nøremark (S) and Madelaine Norstrøm (N) are up for election.
No objections for proposal.

9. Cecillia Wollf (S) and Nina Otten (DK) elected as auditors. Saraya Tavornpanich (N) elected as deputy.
10. Membership fee accepted as paid by participation in meeting.

11. Francois invited to SVEPM meeting in France last week in March. Please note that poster space is limited so people are advised to submit poster topics as soon possible.

Board suggested donating 1000 Euro to SVEPM. It was suggested to donate a specific event at SVEPM so NOSOVE would be mentioned as sponsor.
Suggestion accepted.
12. Meeting set for end of January 2011, in Norway, pending on availability of lecturer. Makes sense to settle account at end of year. Topic: Health economics, possibly Jonathan Rushton as course lecturer. Licitation of expert opinion is another suggestion.
Organisors: Trude Lyngstad and Madelaine Norström
 13. Suggestions what to use money for in coming years:
 Suggestions to sponsor drinks at SVEPM or support travel or lower fee for PhD-students from Baltic countries, Poland etc.

AG decided to include support of PhD students from Baltic countries, Poland etc to attend NOSOVE courses as a case for next years AG. In order not create too much work for the board, it could be based on a first come, first serve basis.

Tuesday, 26 August 2008

Agenda for the General Assembly of NOSOVE, Gilleleje, Denmark, August 26, 2008

1. Election of the Chairman of the General Assembly
2. Election of the Secretary of the General Assembly
3. Election of the Keeper of the minutes of the General Assembly
4. The report of the board concerning the latest election period
5. The treasurer’s report of the accounts and the certification by the auditors for the year 2007
6. Settlement of the account and approval of the administration during the last election period
7. Election of the new board members: Chairman Marianne Sandberg (N), Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen (DK), Olli Peltoniemi (SF) and Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) are serving another year. Annette Ersbøll (DK) will redraw to give space to Maria Nøremark in the board since the Swedes are organising the course next year.
8. Election of substitutes for the board. Trude Lyngstad (N) and Anna-Maija Virtala (SF) are serving another year.
9. Election of two auditors and a deputy auditor.
10. Determination of membership fee for the coming year
11. Any other business
13. Closing of the meeting
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME
On behalf of the board of NOSOVE 
Marianne Sandberg
Chairman
Norway

Minutes of the General Assembly NOSOVE, August 26 2008, Gilleleje, Denmark



1.     Chairman: Håkan Vigre
2.     Secretary: Nils Toft
3.     Keeper of minutes: Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen
4.     Report from the board:
Chairman Marianne Sandberg asked for suggestions for next NOSOVE meeting course subjects. Her own suggestion was diagnostic test evaluation which at least several ph.d. students need.
Other suggestion are very welcome.
5.     Treasurers report
Neither the treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) nor the auditors could come this year so Marianne Sandberg presented the accounts. See copy of report.

There was a discussion about how much funding should be available for liability and unexpected expenses in particular in relation to courses.

The report was accepted as is.
6.     Settlement of the account and approval of the administration during the last election period.
Accounts and administration were approved.
7.     Election of members of board:
Marianne Sandberg (N) elected as chairman
Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen (DK) elected as deputy chairman
From next year’s host, Maria Nøremark (S) was elected as ordinary board member
Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) and secretary Olli Peltoniemi (SF) serves for another year
8.     Election of substitutes of the board:
a.     Trude Lyngstad (N) re-elected
b.     Anna-Maija Virtala (SF) re-elected 
9.    Auditors/ deputy auditor
a.     Hildegunn Viljugrein (N) elected as auditor
b.     Marcus Doherr (CH) elected as auditor
c.     Filipa Baptista (P/DK) elected as deputy auditor 
10.  Membership fee:
No membership fee. “Membership” is by subscribing to the mailing-list.
11.  The software used for the EpiNord-list is quite old and for instance an attached a document will be caught in the spam-filter. So if you want a posting of for instance a pdf-file send a mail to Nils Toft (nt@life.ku.dk) and he will put it on the homepage for a while.

Nils Toft suggested we make sure to have some written constitution of NOSOVE on the homepage.
12. Closing

 August 26th, 2008

Marianne Sandberg                          Liza Rosenbaum Nielsen
Chairman                                           Keeper of minutes

Monday, 26 March 2007

Agenda for the General Assembly of NOSOVE, Helsinki, Finland, March 26, 2007

1. Election of the Chairman of the General Assembly
2. Election of the Secretary of the General Assembly
3. Election of the Keeper of the minutes of the General Assembly
4. The report of the board concerning the latest election period
5. The treasurer’s report of the accounts and the certification by the auditors for the year 2006
6. Settlement of the account and approval of the administration during the last election period
7. Election of the new board members to replace those retiring. Chairman Lis Alban (DK) is retiring. Deputy Chairman Marianne Sandberg (N) is up for election. Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) and secretary Olli Peltoniemi (F) are serving another year.
8. Election of substitutes for the board. Substitute I Trude Lyngstad (N) is serving another year. Substitute II Anna-Maija Virtala (F) will redraw to give space to an extra Dane in the board, because Denmark will be organising next year’s meeting.
9. Election of two auditors and a deputy auditor.
10. Determination of membership fee for the coming year
11. Determination of time and place for the next general assembly and appointment of organiser for this meeting (Denmark will be organising)
12. Any other business
13. Closing of the meeting
EVERYBODY IS WELCOME
On behalf of the board of NOSOVE

Lis Alban
Chairman
Denmark
February 26, 2007

Minutes of the General Assembly NOSOVE, March 26th 2007, Espoo, Finland

1.     Chairman: Nils Toft
2.     Sectretary: Marcus Doherr
3.     Keeper of minutes: Hanne Bak
4.     Report from the board:
Chairman Lis Alban shortly resumed the considerations behind the choice of host for the NOSOVE meeting in 2008. Iceland has been considered but was rejected, because it would be too expensive for Ph.D. students, and NOSOVE still encourage Ph.D. students to participate in the courses. Hence, Denmark was chosen as host for 2008.
5.     Treasurers report
Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) presented the accounts. See copy of report.
6.     Settlement of the account and approval of the administration during the last election period.
Accounts and administration were approved.
7.     Election of members of board:
Marianne Sandberg (N) elected as chairman
Annette Ersbøll (DK) elected as deputy chairman
From next years host, Liza Nielsen (DK) was elected as ordinary board member
Treasurer Ann Lindberg (S) and secretary Olli Peltoniemi (F) serves for another year
8.     Election of substitutes of the board:
a.     Trude Lyngstad (N) re-elected
b.     Anna-Maija Virtala (F) elected 
9.     Auditors/ deputy auditor
a.     Markku Johansen (DK) elected as auditor
b.     Anne Margrethe Urdahl (N) elected as auditor
c.      Marcus Doherr re-elected as deputy auditor 
10.  Membership fee:
No membership fee 
11. In August 2008, Denmark will be organising a course on ‘Freedom from Disease’ taught by Tony Martin and Angus Cameron from Australia. The course will take place in Gilleleje (next to the sea).
12. Nils Toft informed that the Epi-nord mailing list will be changed and updated. People on the list will probably have to re-subscribe to the list after the update.
13. Closing
 April 16, 2007
Lis Alban                      Hanne Bak
Former chairman                    Keeper of minutes