letter to members

August 2003

Secretariat: Prof. dr. Henk ten Have
Dept. of Ethics, Philosophy and History of Medicine University Medical Centre Nijmegen
Postbox 9101
6500 HB Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Nijmegen, June 24, 2003

Dear member,

It is a pleasure to inform you about the forthcoming conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. Enclosed you will find the final version of the programme. The programme only lists speakers who have registered until now, so that we hope to able to avoid major gaps in the actual conference sessions. On behalf of the Executive Committee, I also invite you to attend the General Assembly of our Society, taking place on Friday August 22 in Vilnius. The final version of the agenda of the meeting is enclosed, as well as the draft report of the 2002 meeting.

In an earlier letter (May 7, 2003) you have been invited to nominate candidates for the position of secretary of the Executive Committee. Election of the new secretary will take place during the General Assembly of the Society on Friday August 22, 2003 in Vilnius. The composition of the Executive Committee per January 2003 is as follows:
Lennart Nordenfelt (Sweden} President 2002-2004
Renzo Pegoraro (Italy) President-elect 2002-2004
Gerrit Kimsma (Netherlands) Treasurer 2003-2005
Henk ten Have (Netherlands) Secretary 2003-sept. 2003
Eugenijus Gefenas (Lithuania) member 2003-2005
Søren Holm (UK) member 2003-2005
Zbig Szawarski (Poland) member 2002-2004
Nikola Biller (Germany) member 2002-2004
Pierre Mallia (Malta) member 2002-2004

Subsequent to the invitation, we have received 3 nominations for the vacancy. The Executive Committee has discussed the nominations and decided to include all nominees in its proposal to the General Assembly. The election proposal for the position of Secretary therefore is (in alphabetic order):
Bert Gordijn (Nijmegen; nominated by Renzo Pegoraro and Zbigniew Zalewski)
Søren Holm (Manchester; nominated by Richard Ashcroft)
Maurizio Mori (Cremona; nominated by Ingemar Nordin and Søren Holm)

This proposal will be introduced for voting during the General Assembly in Vilnius. Members attending the GA can vote in person. Members who are unable to attend the meeting, and want to vote, should approach the ESPMH Secretariat (by e-mail, telephone, fax or normal mail) to request a postal ballot. This ballot should be returned before the meeting is opened.

In order to facilitate the voting process, short biographies of the candidates are enclosed in this mailing. Each candidates has been invited to provide this information.

Prof. dr. Henk ten Have Secretary of ESPMH