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• Mission
• Who we Are
• Our Collaboration with UICC
• What we Do
• Our Strategic Plan 2008-2010
• President's Reports
• Governance
• Board of Directors
• Working Groups
• Minutes of Meeting/Conference Calls

International Cancer Information Service Group
Board of Directors
Conference call
October 11, 2006
8AM Toronto time

Attended by:
Ingrid Aubry
Mary Anne Bright
Roshini George
Cora Honing
Marion Morra
Monika Preszly
Chris Thomsen (VP)
Ana Olivera, UICC
Anne V�zina (President)
Irene Miller (Secretariat)

Regrets:
Doreen Akkerman
Francesco de Lorenzo
Silvia Den
Catherine Dickens

Opening remarks and adoption of minutes of meetings (Anne)

• Anne V welcomed everyone and introduced the agenda.
• Minutes of July 9th General Meeting of Members were approved.
• Minutes of July 10th ICISG Board meeting were adopted.
• Irene M will send the minutes to ICISG members by listserv and be post them on the ICISG website.

CIS Course

• Evaluation results from the pre-conference course were very good. Presentations got high ratings but improvement is needed for some of the exercises.
• ICISG will need to determine procedures for registration for next course.
• ICISG will determine if a one or two courses should be offered.
• AV and IM to make a list of organizations who need help from ICISG

CIS Tool Box

• As of end of September, there were 21 registered users for the Tool Box. Resources had been accessed 23 times.
• IM to send members via list-serv a reminder to register for the Tool Box.

Strategic Plan

• ICISG board members have volunteered to write sections of the strategic plan:

Background history Establish partnerships and collaborations Increase membership Provide expertise on starting a CIS Develop course curricula Ensure sustainability Promote ICISG Knowledge transfer (research to practice)

Mary Anne Bright Cora Honing, Ana Olivera Ana Olivera Ingrid Aubry, Roshini George, Marion Morra Marion Morra, Roshini George ?? Irene Miller, Anne Vezina Mary Anne Bright

• AV will follow up with Doreen, Catherine, Silvia and Francesco

Relationship with UICC

• CT and AV will meet in November to discuss and develop new MOU with UICC.
• CT and AV will identify and discuss budget implications for ICISG sponsorship program with Ana.
• Draft proposal will be sent to board prior to UICC board meeting in late November.

Secretariat report

• The board approved the application Society of Clinical Oncology and Cancer Research in Nigeria to become an associate member of ICISG.
• AO will provide further information on the application from Peru which will be reviewed in December.
• IM will send invoices for room rentals in Washington to board members.

UICC 2008

• Board member should suggest  ideas for next UICC conference to the board.
• ICISG proposed to UICC that a ICISG member be on the planning committee for the next cancer conference in 2008.

ICISG calendar 2007-08

• Next conference call, December 13, 2006 at 8AM Toronto time
• Next in person meeting to be in April 2007 in Rome – dates to be confirmed.

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