General Assembly Amsterdam August 22, 2015 11:00-12:30
EUBS Corporate Members : Franzello Aeromedical Library, Wright Patterson AFB, USA Supported by a CSP grant from
General Assembly 1. Approval of the Minutes of General Assembly 2014 (these have been published on the EUBS Website) 2. Awards and Grants 3. Financial Report 4. Membership Report 5. Journal & Website Report 6. EUBS Elections 7. Next EUBS Meetings 8. Any other business
Status of 2015 Meeting • 349 participants (a record !) • 134 EUBS (SPUMS+UHMS) members • 73 non-members • 50 students/nurses/technicians • 88 abstracts received • 41 poster presentations • 38 oral presentations • 4 Keynote Lectures • Pre-course Heliox • Post-courses • Dutch Diving Medicine Society • DAN Divers Day • Chamber operator training course • 11 sponsors
Awards and Grants a.Travel Grants • Kübra OZGOK KANGAL • Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Dept Underwater Medicine, Ankara, Turkey • Elif Ebru OZER • Gülhane Military Medical Academy, Dept Underwater Medicine, Ankara, Turkey
Awards and Grants b. Per Zetterström Award (best poster) ZA Committee: P. Westerweel, C. Balestra, P. Bryson, T. Van Rees Vellinga Best Poster: P12 Mariana Cervaens, J. Lumini-Oliveira et al. (Pedro BS Coelho): Effects of Hyperbaric Therapy on Rat Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Swelling induced by Contusion
Awards and Grants c. Patrick Musimu Award (Breathhold Diving) PM Committee: C. Balestra, G. Vandenhoven Best contribution: Not awarded this year
Financial Report
Financial Report
Financial Report
Financial Report • Audited and approved by Mr Richard Wate (DDRC) on August 12, 2015 • Financial situation stable • Expenses to be expected: • Grants and Awards • Sponsorship of Invited Speakers • Abstract Book 2015 Meeting • Journal trimesterial payments • Will be made available on EUBS Website (Member ’ s Only Section) for three months • Proposition: change auditing date to end of year to coincide with Membership Year Approval of GA
Membership Report • Membership slightly increased (319) incl 6 corporate • Membership fee increase approved in 2014 • Offering DHM delivery option • Adding “ Associate Member” category
Membership Report 2016 Membership Fees • Full Member • Electronic DHM only: 110 Euro • Electronic + Paper version DHM: 130 Euro • Undergraduate Member (student) • Electronic DHM only: 90 Euro • Associate Member (only Journal, no medical/scientific background needed) • Electronic DHM only: 90 Euro • Corporate Membership (2 Full Membership + support) • Electronic + Paper version DHM x2: 700 Euro Approval of GA
Journal Editor’s Report to EUBS General Assembly August 2015 MIKE DAVIS & LESLEY BLOGG
Journal Editor’s Report to EUBS August 2015 A change to the Editorial Board: - Lesley Blogg now European Deputy Editor following Peter Müller’s retirement. Increased submission rate of manuscripts - In the first four months of 2015, 45 submissions, compared to 58 in the whole of 2014.
Manuscript submission overview 2015
Manuscripts by type Still strongly focused on diving physiology and medicine rather than hyperbaric medicine.
The Journal continued to maintain its Impact Factor for 2014
Major change to the management of the Journal – online Manuscript Manager Trialled in December 2014 Launched in January 2015 Brings the Journal submission process up to date The Editor will report on its use in the next annual report Much of DHM’s work is now in ‘the Cloud’ to improve flexibility and efficiency
DHM Journal Governance Board (JGB) Four people, two from each Society, were chosen – Drs Peter Müller and Jorg Schmutz from EUBS and John Lippmann and Dr Peter Smith from SPUMS. The group is to help manage the business affairs of DHM. A JGB policy document is in progress.
DHM Editor Contract The Editor’s current contract expires in December. Mike Davis has expressed his interest in continuing in the postion. Expressions of interest in the position of Editor-in-Chief should be sent to the Presidents of EUBS & SPUMS, with a CV, by 31 October 2015.
Website • Needs rebuilding • Looks (tablet-friendly) • Database • New membership options • Recurrent payments • Budget needed: 2000 euro • Target deadline: end of year • Renewal of membership Approval of GA
EUBS ExCom • Elections 2015 • Member at Large 2015-2018 Gerardo BOSCO, Padua, Italy Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany Kate LAMBRECHTS, Toulon, FRANCE
EUBS ExCom • Elections 2015 • Member at Large 2015-2018 Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany
EUBS ExCom • Elections 2015 • Member at Large 2015-2018 Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany • Vice President 2015-2018 Jean-Eric BLATTEAU, Toulon, FRANCE Ole HYLDEGAARD, Copenhagen, DENMARK
EUBS ExCom • Elections 2015 • Member at Large 2015-2018 Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany • Vice President 2015-2018 Ole HYLDEGAARD, Copenhagen, DENMARK
EUBS ExCom 2015-2016 • Elections 2015 • Member at Large 2015-2018 Karin HASMILLER, Murnau, Germany • Vice President 2015-2018 Ole HYLDEGAARD, Copenhagen, DENMARK • Leaving ExCom • Member at Large 2012: Lesley BLOGG • Past President: Alf O. BRUBAKK
EUBS ExCom 2015-2016 New composition of EUBS ExCom 2015-2016 : • President: J. Kot • Vice President: Ole Hyldegaard • Immediate Past President: C. Balestra • Past President: P. Germonpre • Member at Large 2013: P. Lafère • Member at Large 2014: R. Vanhulst • Member at Large 2015: Karin Hasmiller • Membership Secretary – Treasurer: P. Wooding • Honorary Secretary: P. Germonpre • EUBS Liaison Officer: P. Bryson • DHM, European Editor: S.L. Blogg
EUBS ExCom 2015-2016 Liaison Committee (Phil Bryson) • Relation to other Societies • Visibility/promotion of EUBS DHM Journal Governance Committee • All non-editorial matters regarding DHM • Started this year; 2 EUBS + 2 SPUMS members • Peter Mueller, Joerg Schmutz • To report to ExCom periodically Research Education Committee • Propose activities (e.g workshop @ EUBS Meeting) • Costantino Balestra, Kate Lambrechts, Jean-Eric Blatteau (+ Liaison officer) • To report to ExCom #3months
EUBS Next Meetings • 2016: Geneva • Presentation by Local Organisers • Flyer first announcement • EUBS Excom involvement • Member of Scientific Committee • Proposals for Keynote Lecturers • Workshops (no ECHM) / special sessions • 2017: Italy • 2018: Joint Tricontinental Meeting • 2019: Israel • 2020: Copenhagen ?
Other matters • Affiliate Agreement EUBS – UHMS • Mutual recognition • Benefits for members • To be expanded to other Societies (e.g. Belgian, Italian Society for Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine) • Signed by EUBS President and UHMS CEO and Vice-President Friday 21 August 2015
Other matters ?
General Assembly Amsterdam August 22, 2015 11:00-12:30
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