EUROPEAN  TISSUE  REPAIR  SOCIETY

Report of the ETRS Business Office August 2004-September 2005

Administrative activities
Membership
The database of members has been completely revamped with automatic flagging of members’ dues. As of to-date there are 175 paid-up members broken into four groups as follows:

Focus meetings

1. Tissue Repair, Contraction and the myofibroblast Nyon, Swizerland, November 2004
   Organisers: Christine Chaponnier, Alexis Desmoulière and Giulio Gabbiani
   ETRS Business Office representative: Margaret Hughes
   
2. Diabetic vascular disease and wound complications Southampton, UK March 2005
   Organiser: Raj Mani
   ETRS Business Office Representatives: George Cherry and Joanna Cherry

These meetings were advertised by members of the ETRS Business Office through mailing lists, on the ETRS website (www.etrs.org), the ETRS Bulletin and via other wound healing meetings throughout Europe and USA. A booth with ETRS information was set up and manned by a representative of the ETRS Business Office. Each organiser chose to use their own facilities and budgets for the meetings.

ETRS Meetings
The ETRS Business Office has advertised widely the Joint meeting at Stuttgart at all major European and American Wound Healing Meetings. Mailers have been sent out of the first and second announcements along with the call for abstracts. George Cherry has liaised with Henrik Nielsen of Congress Consultants in this regard. The meeting has also been advertised on the ETRS website which has links with all the major wound healing societies throughout the world. An advertisement for the ETRS 2006 meeting in Pisa will be produced shortly.

ETRS Bulletin
The Bulletin continues to thrive and three issues have been produced this year with interesting features from all over the world. Esther Middelkoop presented the results of her questionnaire on members’ general views of the society. Issue 12, Volumes 1 and 2 are special in that they deal with ‘The status of new technologies in tissue repair at the beginning of the 21st century.’ All members should have received a copy, but extra copies are available at the Stuttgart Meeting.

Members are encouraged to submit material for the ETRS Bulletin whether of scientific or clinical nature and also to voice any ideas or opinions of its content. We are also happy to advertise vacant positions. Members of Industry are encouraged to advertise in the Bulletin. ETRS Website (www.etrs.org)

The ETRS website is a major source of communication with members and the general public. Old issues of the Bulletin are available. Upcoming meetings are well advertised especially with the links to other major tissue repair societies. Job opportunities and academic positions are also advertised on the website.

Wound Repair & Regeneration
Since the subscription list from ETRS has been overhauled twice, the amount to be paid to Blackwell for the members’ journals is much reduced. Also it appears as if there is less interest from members to receive the journal than previously.

Financial report August 2005
The Royal Bank of Scotland, Manchester University Branch, is used by the ETRS. Accounts are amalgamated in the UK and administered by the ETRS Business Office: George Cherry and Mark Ferguson, with reports to Mieke Flour, Treasurer.

The Balance of the Royal Bank of Scotland
The balance in the Royal Bank of Scotland accounts as of 17 August 2005 was as follows:

Dr George W. Cherry
ETRS Business Office