Dear Jeanette, Indeed, as was already the case, INVITROM will accept international members. The new name will more accurately reflect the membership: INVITROM currently has members from 11 different countries. With best regards, Jan van der Valk From: Jeannette Gomez [mailto:jeannette.gomez@xxxxxxx] Sent: woensdag 27 februari 2013 21:58 To: andrasdinnyes@xxxxxxxxx Cc: invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; invitrom-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Valk, J.B.F. van der (Jan) Subject: Re: [invitrom] Re: Information from the INVITROM Board: INVITROM AGA and INVITROM name change Dear all, I have just one question, does this mean that INVITROM will also accept international members? If yes, then I support the notion. International members and audience is good for the society. Kind regards, Jeannette Jeannette Gómez Contreras, MSc RIVM Centre for Safety of Substances and Products Department for Consumers and Product Safety P.O. Box 1 3720 BA Bilthoven The Netherlands Tel.: +31 (0)30 274 4733 Fax.: +31 (0)30 274 4401 Available on: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday From: Andras Dinnyes <andrasdinnyes@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:andrasdinnyes@xxxxxxxxx>> To: "j.vandervalk@xxxxx<mailto:j.vandervalk@xxxxx>" <j.vandervalk@xxxxx<mailto:j.vandervalk@xxxxx>>, "invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>, Date: 02/26/2013 05:51 PM Subject: [invitrom] Re: Information from the INVITROM Board: INVITROM AGA and INVITROM name change Sent by: invitrom-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:invitrom-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ________________________________ I think that the new name is a good one, I support the notion. first step towards World domination :-) best regards Andras ________________________________ From: "Valk, J.B.F. van der (Jan)" <j.vandervalk@xxxxx<mailto:j.vandervalk@xxxxx>> To: "invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:invitrom@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 12:26 PM Subject: [invitrom] Information from the INVITROM Board: INVITROM AGA and INVITROM name change Dear colleagues, During the successful INVITROM-Beltox meeting on “Reproductive Toxicology: from In Vitro to Man” in Edegem on the 3rd of December, 2012, we held our Annual General Assembly. Attached to this mail you will find the minutes of the AGA. Since our treasurer, Sjeng Horbach, was not able to participate, he will soon send you information on the INVITROM 2013 budget, for your consultation and approval. The 2012 balance sheet and 2013 budget are available on the Members Only section of the INVITROM website (www.invitrom.org<http://www.invitrom.org/>). The AGA marked also the end of term of our president, Bas Blaauboer. Bas did a remarkable job since we started INVITROM in 2006. The other board members who were at the end of their term remained on the board for another term. Some of the responsibilities within the board have therefor changed: Caroline Vanparys – secretary; Hilda Witters – meeting organizer and members; Jan van der Valk – president. Since INVITROM also attracts many members from outside the Dutch-Belgian region, the Board discussed changing the name of INVITROM, to reflect the international audience. The board proposes to change the name from the Dutch-Belgian Society of In Vitro Methods into the International Society of In Vitro Methods. The acronym, INVITROM, will remain the same. As we would like your approval, you have 2 weeks from now to approve the new name of the society, or to raise your concerns. When no insurmountable concerns are raised within this period we will change the name of our Society into the International Society of In Vitro Methods. With best regards, dr. Jan van der Valk President INVITROM 3Rs-Centre Utrecht Life Sciences and NKCA Dept. Animals in Science and Society Fac. Veterinary Medicine Utrecht University Yalelaan 2 NL-3584 CM UTRECHT The Netherlands Tel. +31 30 253 2163 / 2186 Fax. +31 30 253 7997 Email: secretary@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:secretary@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Internet: http://www.invitrom.org<http://www.invitrom.org/> _________________________________________ The mission of INVITROM is the promotion of the development, the application and the acceptance of in vitro models in biomedical research. Proclaimer RIVM http://www.rivm.nl/Proclaimer<http://www.rivm.nl/Proclaimer>