The world of cancer information
INTERNATIONAL CANCER INFORMATION SERVICE GROUP
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Conference call
June 14, 2007
8AM Toronto time
Attended by:
Doreen Akkerman Doreen.Akkerman@cancervic.org.au
Mary Anne Bright bright@mail.nih.gov
Catherine Dickens Dickenscatherine@yahoo.com
Roshini George Roshini.George@cancer.org
Marion Morra morram@earthlink.net
Monika Preszly m.preszly@dkfz.de
Chris Thomsen (VP) thomsenc@mail.nih.gov
Anne Vézina (President) avezina@cancer.ca
Irene Miller (secretariat) imiller@cancer.ca
Regrets
Ingrid Aubry iaubry@institutcancer.fr
Francesco de Lorenzo fdelorenzo@aimac.it
Silvia Den den@swisscancer.ch
Cora Honing choning@kwfkankerbestrijding.nl
Enclosures – distributed with agenda:
Minutes of Board meeting April 23-24 2007
Draft Strategic Plan (March 2007)
Secretariat report along with applications for ICISG membership
1. Opening remarks and adoption of minutes of meeting
- Anne V welcomed everyone and introduced the agenda.
- Directors will review draft minutes of the Rome meeting of April 23-24, 2007, and send changes to Anne V by July 15, 2007. Minutes will be distributed for approval in September.
- Irene M will send the minutes of the March 7, 2007, to ICISG members by listserv and post on the ICISG website.
2. Strategic Plan
- All directors to send their revised/completed section for the strategic plan to Anne V. and Chris. T. before August 1, 2007.
3. Relationship with UICC
- Anne V and Chris T. visited UICC in Geneva, April 2007.
- The MOU with UICC effective May 2007 to December 2008 was signed.
4) Report on European CIS network meeting
- Monika P. reported on the visit to the Danish Cancer Society with Cora H.
- The ECL is starting a new group of cancer support organizations which may become a sub group on cancer information. There are 13 non-ECL members with a CIS, and 15 ECL members with a CIS. There is a two year time frame to see if this program will work and if EU funding of a European CIS network will be available. After two years, the program will be assessed and the participants will decide on its future organizational structure.
- Anne V. and Chris T. will send letter to ECL (Cora H), requesting that they do a presentation on ICISG to ECL at a joint meeting in Geneva.
5. Relationship with members
- The Board approved the application for membership submitted by C.O.P.E Breast Centre from Lagos, Nigeria, as an associate member of the ICISG.
- Irene M. completed the members profile report for the Board. This will be posted on the website.
- Irene M will add the Board liaison list to the ICISG website so that new organizations can contact their geographical Board liaison directly.
- Irene M. contacted nine associate members for an update on their progress on starting a CIS. No replies were received.
6. UICC World Congress 2008
- UICC will give the ICISG exhibit space as well as two exhibitor passes for the conference.
- Alina Pawlowska will replace Ana Oliveria, while she’s on maternity leave, as the UICC ex-officio representative on the ICISG Board.
- ICISG Board members will act as expert reviewers for CIS abstracts.
- Roshini G. confirmed that ACS will sponsor a reception for ICISG.
- David Hill and Al Marcus confirmed their participation in the CIS plenary session.
7. Course level 2
- Board members will send names to Marion M. of Information Specialists who would participate as trainers in the development of content for the pre-conference course.
8. Miscellaneous items
- Mary Anne B & Roshini G will forward a costing formula for stating a CIS to Marion M.
- Mary Anne B. is continuing to look for potential sources of international foundation funding.
9. Next ICISG conference call
- Next conference call: Wednesday, September 26, 2007, at 8AM (Toronto time).