Agenda for the General Assembly of NOSOVE, Oslo, Norway, November, 2010

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 2010

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) 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. Maria Nøremark is up for election as a member. 

8. Election of substitutes for the board. Anna-Maija Virtala (SF) and Torben Nielsen (DK) is up for election as substitute members.

9. Election of two auditors and a deputy auditor.

10. Determination of membership fee for the coming year.

11. 1. Proposal: continue to have reduced NOSOVE course fee for Baltic students?

                continue to be based on a first come, first serve basis?

      2. Sponsoring of SVEPM or ISVEE conferences?

12. Determination of the time and place for the next General Assembly and appointment of the organiser for this meeting (Denmark will be organising)

13. Any other business.

14. Closing of the meeting.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO JOIN THE MEETING

Marianne Sandberg

Chairman

Denmark

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 Oslo, Norway, January 25, 2006

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 2005
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. Ann Lindberg (S) and Olli Peltoniemi (F) are up for election. Lis Alban (DK) and Marianne Sandberg (N) are serving another year. Trude Lyngstad (N) will redraw to give space to an extra Finn in the board, because Finland will be organising next year’s meeting
8. Election of substitutes for the board. Anna-Maija Virtala (F) is retiring and Annette Kjær Ersbøll (DK) is up for election
9. Election of 2 auditors and a deputy auditor.
10. Determination of membership fee for the coming year
11. Updated information about NOSOVE hosting the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM) in Finland
12. Proposal: NOSOVE donating Euro 1,000 for the SVEPM meeting 2007 in Finland
13.  Any other business
14. Closing of the meeting

 

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME

On behalf of the board of NOSOVE

 

Lis Alban

Chairman

Denmark

December 22, 2005

Minutes of the General Assembly 2001

 The meeting was arranged in Oslo, 15 November 2001

 26 members joined the assembly. Chairman of the board Jette Christensen had in advance announced that she could not attend the meeting.

 1.           Rolf Bjerke Larssen was elected chairman of the General Assembly

2.           Edgar Brun was elected secretary of the General Assembly

3.           Petter Hopp was elected keeper of the minutes

4-6.   Ann Lindberg as treasurer and on behalf of Jette Christensen, went through the board’s report and the treasurer’s report: Major events during this last period have been the NOSOVE-meeting in Sweden (”Declaring freedom of disease”)  and the reception for Hans Riemann at the ISVEE 9-meeting in Colorado 2000. Both events were partly financed by NOSOVE.

There membership is informal and those who participate on the annual meetings are regarded as members. The General Assembly gave Larry Paisley the responsibility for the epi-nord list. He was asked to make contact with attendants of this year’s course and update the list with those who wants to be on the epi-nord list

 The postal account has been closed leaving one bank account of SEK 56.265,85. The interest rate is 3 %. This rate was questioned to be too low as several banks offer higher interest rates for this amount of money. The treasurer was asked to discuss this with the bank or consider a bank giving a higher interest rate.

The auditors had scrutinised the accounts and found verifications to be in accordance with the daybook, and the accounts to be in good order.

The General Assembly unanimously approved both the board’s report and the treasurer’s report.

7.           Election of the board;      

                     Chairman              : Lis Alban (DK)      --new

Dep. Chairman     : Eero Rautiainen (FI)  -- re-elected

Secretary              : Anne Margrethe Urdahl (NO)  -- continued

Treasurer             : Ann Lindberg   (SE) – re-elected

Member               : Ollie Pettoniemi (FI) – new

8.       Election of substitutes

         Substitute 1           : Lena Hult  (SE) -- continued

Substitute 2           : Annette Kjær Ersbøll (DK)  --- new

9.            Election of auditors

Petter Hopp  (NO)  ---new

Helle Stege (DK)  -- continued

Mette Vaarst  (DK) – continued  (substitute )

10.        There will be no membership fee for the coming period.

11.        Next meeting will be in Finland in October/November 2002. The Finnish members of the board are free to establish an arrangement committee for the meeting, which will decide the topic of the course 2002.

12.      The General Assembly briefly suggested some alternative topics;

                  -           risk analysis

                  -           basic epidemiology

-                  study design (case-control studies)

-                  data quality/data evaluation

The board appreciates further suggestions, which will be forwarded to the Finnish arrangement committee.

13.     The General Assembly did not elect a logo committee. Instead, the board was given the responsibility to decide on how to work out suggestions for a logo for NOSOVE. Alternative logos will be presented on the General Assembly

 

Edgar Brun                                                                            Petter Hopp

Secretary of the  General Assembly                                     Keeper of the minutes