[vicsireland] Re: Yesterday's EGM
- From: Ronan McGuirk <ronan.p.mcguirk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 12:43:55 +0100
Hi Kerie,
Well done on organising the meeting Kerie. I found it very interesting
and positive.
Also, it was great to meet up with people I haven't met in a while.
There were a lot of interesting and practical suggestions raised. I
look forward to trying these out in the future.
Ronan
On 27/04/2014, Kerie Doyle <kerie.doyle1987@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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