Dear Friends
As you know, I has taken the task of being the chairman of the IOBB (Intl Org. for Biotechnology and Bioengineering) this year. In the first 3 months since the secretariat was moved from Brisbane to Stockholm, IOBB has made important achievements , e.g. (1) creation of a website (http://www.biotech.kth.se/iobb) that is hosted by the Department of Biotechnology (2) created a directory of 676 IOBB News readers/members (3) conducted 2 e-seminars and has a number of proposed activities for 2004.
One important but incomplete task is to fill several vacancies as IOBB national representatives. We currently have now elected respresentatives (1 per country with exceptions) from these countries : Africa: Nigeria, Uganda, Sénégal, Zimbabwe Asia North : Russia Asia South : India, Thailand, Pakistan Europe: Slovenia, Romania, UK Middle East : Iran, Israel North America: USA Oceania: Australia South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru
I invite you to volunteer to fill vacancies and serve as your nation's representive.
There are two primary duties of national representatives - to serve : (a) as the point of contact in/for your country for IOBB activities (b) as the national treasurer.
Please contact me if you wish to norminate yourself as a candidate. Send me a brief CV or url to your web profile if you have one.
Best regards Jacky Foo Pls forward this message to a friend who maybe interested.
++++ Remember to join the IOBB News mailing list. Http://segate.sunet.se/archives/et-w5.html
Forthcoming activities: (a) E-seminar on "Management and utilization of biodigesters in integrated farming systems" by San Thy (Cambodia) April 19 - 2 May (b) Meet IOBB members - http://www.biotech.kth.se/iobb/activities.html#others
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