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Report of the 8th Meeting
Georg-August-University Göttingen
Göttingen, 18 March 2013
1 + 2. Welcome and designation of chairman and rapporteur for the meeting
The meeting was opened by Olaf Zimmermann who was also designated as chairman for the meeting. Bernhard Zelazny served as rapporteur. A list of the participants of the meeting is attached as Annex I.
3. Adoption of the agenda
The provisional agenda, which corresponded to the numbered sections of this report was adopted.
4. Election of the Executive Committee and vote on changes in the articles of the society
A total of 10 ballots were completed by the attending members or had been submitted by other members by email. The election for the President and Vice-President produced the following results:
Stefan Vidal (6 votes)
Olaf Zimmermann (4 votes)
Thus, Stefan Vidal was elected as President and Olaf Zimmermann as Vice-President and both accepted their election.
Executive Officer:
Bernhard Zelazny was elected with 8 votes.
In total 12 ballots were received on 2 proposed changes of the articles of the society. These changes are attached as Annex II and were adopted unanimously.
5. Report of ISPI activities since the last meeting, August 2012
Bernhard Zelazny explained the reasons why the election of the Executive Committee in August 2012 was declared invalid by the official registry of societies in Darmstadt (Vereinsregister) and had to be repeated. He subsequently reported on society activities between August 2012 and February 2013. These concentrated on the further development and expansion of the “Pest Information Wiki” website as part of the biowikifarm. The official ISPI report for the period August 2012 to February 2013 is attached as Annex III and was adopted by the meeting.
6. Financial report for 2012
Peter Ebling presented the financial report for 2012 on behalf of the Finance Committee. The total expenditures were 252 Euro and the complete report is attached as Annex IV. In a subsequent discussion it was proposed to add a section to the “Pest Information Wiki” which would allow users to submit donations to the Society.
7. Discussions on how to increase contributions to the Pest Information Wiki
Bernhard Zelazny summarized what contributions have been entered into the wiki so far as well as previous discussions on the subject. During the ensuing discussion the following suggestions were made:
8. Other matters
Stefan Vidal and Bernhard Zelazny would develop a new format for entering publications into the Pest Information Wiki where the pagename is only based on the journal name and the DOI number of the publication.
Mainz, August 2014, was fixed as location for the next ISPI membership meeting, in connection to the meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology.
Olaf Zimmermann (Chairman)
Bernhard Zelazny (Rapporteur)
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Members participating in the meeting:
Peter Ebling
Canadian Forest Service, Sault Ste Marie, Canada
Jürgen Gross
JKI Dossenheim, Germany
Stefan Vidal
University Göttingen, Germany
Bernhard Zelazny
Griesheim, Germany (retired)
Olaf Zimmermann
AMW Nützlinge, Pfungstadt, Germany
Guest:
Tore Kursch-Metz
University Darmstadt
Members participating in the election by e-mail, but who were not attending the meeting:
Alois Huger
Regina Kleespies
Thorsten Kraska
Marcin Nowicki
Matthias Zweigert
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Changes in the ISPI articles
Changes are marked in bold:
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Summary Report on the Society Activities since August 2012
The election of the ISPI Executive Committee during the 7th meeting in August 2012 was declared invalid by the official registry of societies in Darmstadt (Vereinsregister) for the following 2 reasons:
As discussed during the 7th meeting in Dossenheim, the main page of the Pest Information Wiki has been changed and improved. Again, the help of Gregor Hagedorn with the new design is acknowledged. In September 2012, Olaf Zimmermann gave a well-attended presentation on the Pest Information Wiki during the German Plant Protection Conference. Until February 2013, about 110,000 literature records have been entered into this website and pages for about 2,800 pests, diseases and weeds as well as for about 500 natural enemies and antagonists have been created on the wiki. During all of 2012, the average number of visitors to the wiki website was about 10,000 per month.
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Item |
Income |
Expenses |
Opening balance, 1st January 2012 |
5,222.23 |
|
Costs for internet page and e-mail account |
149.76 |
|
Postage, telephone, bank charges |
90.40 |
|
Other expenses |
12.00 |
|
Total |
5,222.23 |
252.16 |
Balance as of 31st Dec. 2012 |
4,970.07 |
Presented by the ISPI Finance Committee (January 2013):
Peter Ebling (CFS, Sault Ste Marie, Canada)
Jürgen Gross (JKI, Dossenheim)
Jürg Huber (JKI, Darmstadt)