SocBiN

Society for Bioinformatics in the Nordic countries

Notes from the meeting with the interim board 27 April 2000 at Marienlyst, Helsingör

Attendees: Bo Servenius (president), Bengt Persson (treasurer), Sören Brunak, Finn Drablös, Arne Elofsson, Gunnar von Heijne, Inge Johanssen, Erik Sonnhammer, Henrik Vissing

1. The bioinformatics conference next year

The available proposals were discussed and it was decided that next year's conference should take place in Trondheim with Jan Komorowski as local organiser. As a backup alternative, University of Skövde was chosen with Dan Lundh as local organiser.

2. Need and purpose for a society

It was discussed wheter there is a need for a Society for Bioinformatics or not. The main advantages were found to be that a society gives longterm stability, instead of ad hoc solutions, and facilitates external and internal interactions. It was decided to propose to formally establish the society at the plenary meeting 28 April.

3. Bylaws

Bo Servenius presented the proposal for bylaws, which after a few modifications were decided to be the proposition from the interim board at the plenary meeting 28 April.

4. Economy

Bengt Persson presented the economy from last year's conference, where a small surplus of 10 000 SEK could be used for the small administration of the Society, e.g. bank account, internet domain address.

5. Proposal for the board

Bo Servenius presented a proposal for a board with members from all Nordic countries (except Iceland where we still have no volonteer). The board meeting decided to present this proposal at the meeting 28 April.