[vicsireland] Yesterday's EGM
- From: Kerie Doyle <kerie.doyle1987@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2014 23:11:19 +0100
Hi all
Firstly, I want to thank everyone who traveled, in some cases, from
long distances to be at yesterday's EGM. This was very much
appreciated. Everyone together made it a fabulous meeting which was
very productive, and which some great things have arisen out of. The
purpose of this mail is to let you all know what those things were.
most importantly firstly, VICS is still alive, well, and going strong.
We will not be going anywhere any time soon which I am delighted
about. I very much hope that these new ideas will bring and breathe
new life into VICS.
With all that said, what came from yesterday's meeting was the following.
It is the committee's intention over the coming months to organise a
technology weekend, which will include the AGM. Details of this will
be announced over the coming weeks/months.
It has been decided that VICS needs someone to oversee the general
running of the society. With this in mind, it is our hope, that in
collaboration with NCBI, we will shortly appoint someone to do just
that. There has been a working group set up to design this yet unknown
person's job specification and we will be advertising and hiring this
person as soon as possible. Planning of the role etc will take some
months but rest assured that as soon as there is something to tell
about the progress of this, I will post it here on the list. It is
hoped that this person will act as a point of contact for potential
and existing members, and assist us with preparing and giving talks
about the society to different groups among other things. More details
will be announced as soon as they become available.
Finally for now, it came to my attention yesterday that up to this
point, for the current year no subscription notice has been issued.
Very remiss of me I know, and I will rectify this in the coming days.
Any ideas feedback or comments you have on anything I've posted here
feel free to post to the list.
Thanks
Kerie
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