Agenda for the General Assembly of NOSOVE, Borrevejlecentret, January 7, 2004

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 2002
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 Eero Rautiainen (F) are up for election, while Lis Alban (DK) and Anne Margrethe Urdahl (N) are serving another year. Anette Ersbøll (DK) will redraw to give space to an extra Swede in the board.
8. Election of substitutes for the board. Lena Hult (S) and Olli Peltoniemi (F) are not up for election
9. Election of 2 auditors. Eystein Skjerve (N) and Helle Stege (DK) are not up for election) and deputy auditor Kaj Vetergård (DK) is not up for election.
10. Determination of membership fee for the coming year
11. Updated information about the European College
12. Updated information about NOSOVE hosting the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine (SVEPM)
13. Determination of the time and place for the next General Assembly and appointment of the organiser for this meeting (Denmark will be organising).
14. Any other business
15. Closing of the meeting

  EVERYBODY IS WELCOME

  

On behalf of the board of NOSOVE

 Lis Alban

Chairman

Denmark

December 20, 2003

Minutes of the General Assembly of NOSOVE 2002

The meeting was arranged in Helsinki 26 november 2002. 16 members joined the assembly.

1. Olli Peltoniemi was elected as chairman of the General Assembly
    
2. Eero Rautiainien was elected as secretary of the General Assembly
    
3. Anne-Grete Hassing was elected as keeper of the minutes
    
4. Lis Alban went through the board’s report:
   The major event during this last period was the NOSOVE-meeting in Norway.
   Also, of importance has been the establishment of a website for NOSOVE (thanks to Nils Toft, DK), as well as the continued management of the Epinord-list (Thanks to Larry Paisley, DK).
   The General Assembly unanimously approved the board’s report.
    
5. The treasurer Ann Lindberg was not present at the meeting. Therefore, Eero Rautiainen presented the accounts. There have been limited movements on the accounts. At current there is a surplus of SKR 56,111
    
6. The auditors had scrutinised the accounts and found verifications to be in accordance with the daybook, and the accounts to be in good order.
    
7. Election of the board     
   Chairman              : Lis Alban (DK)   re-elected
   Dep. Chairman     : Anette Ersbøll  (DK)  re-elected
   Secretary              : Eero Rautiainen (FI) serving another year
   Treasurer             : Ann Lindberg   (SE) serving another year
   Member               : Anne-Margrethe Urdahl (NO) re-elected
    
8. Election of substitutes
   Substitute 1           : Lena Hult  (SE)                          re-elected
   Substitute 2           : Olli Peltoniemi (FI)                     new
    
9. Election of auditors
   Eystein Skjerve (NO)                                               new
   Helle Stege (DK)                                                     re-elected
    
10. Election of deputy auditor
    Kaj Vestergård (DK)                                               new
     
11. There will be no membership fee for the coming period
     
12. Michael Thrusfield called for de-facto diplomats for the European college EBVS. Deadline for application of defacto recognition of membership is 15/4/2003 (http://www.vu-wien.ac.at/ausland/ECVPHinfo.htm)
     
13. NOSOVE agreed to host a future annual meeting of SVEPM in 2006 or 2007 probably in connection with the NOSOVE annual meeting.
     
14. The assembly decided that there should be no paying for advertisement of NOSOVE homepage. Instead the individual NOSOVE should tell about the homepage in their scientific environment.
     
15. Next meeting will be in Denmark in autumn 2003. The Danish members of the board will organize the coming meeting and decide the topic – one suggestion is mixed model analysis.
     
16. Lis Alban announced that ISVEE will hold it’s meeting next year in Chile, 11-17 November 2003. Last call for abstracts are March 17. 2003. The homepage of ISVEE are www.isvee10.cl
     
17. The meeting closed in good order.

Agenda for the General Assembly of NOSOVE, Helsinki, November, 25th 2002

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 2001
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 (Lis Alban (DK) Anne-Margrethe Urdahl (N) and Olli Peltoniemi (F) are up for election while Ann Lindberg (S) and Eero Rautiainen (F) are serving another year)
8. Election of substitutes for the board Lena Hult (S) and Anette Ersbøll (DK) are up for election
9. Election of 2 auditors (Peter Hopp (N) and Helle Stege (DK) are up for election) and a deputy auditor (Mette Vaarst is up for election (DK))
10. Determination of membership fee for the coming year
11. Information about the European College
12. Would NOSOVE host a future annual meeting of the Society of Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine? (SVEPM)
13. Discussion about NOSOVE’s homepage – should we pay for being advertised?
14. Determination of the time and place for the next General Assembly and appointment of the organiser for this meeting (Denmark will be organising).
15. Any other business
16. Closing of the meeting

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME

On behalf of the board of NOSOVE

Lis Alban

Chairman

Denmark

October 22. 2002

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