1. The meeting was opened by Dr. ter
Haar who welcomed the participants,
and especially new members of the Board.
2. The minutes of the 1st Board meeting
held in Chongqing, China were approved.
3. Prof. Crum reported on ISTU2. Of
the 106 abstracts submitted, 100 had
been accepted, 25 from China. 3-4 weeks
prior to the meeting 120 people had
registered. Final numbers were not available,
but there were more than 200 registrants
with about 25 students. 250-300 copies
of hard back proceedings (350-500 pages)
funded by AIP were to be produced.
4. Goals for ISTU:
| i. |
Meetings: It was agreed that meetings
should be held every 12-18 months
and that if possible they should
rotate through the continents.
The possibility that the meeting
should be ˇ°piggy-backedˇ±
with larger meetings on alternate
years was discussed. |
| ii. |
Web
site: Prof. Wu showed the draft
web site. He was congratulated
on the hard work he had done.
There was a discussion about how
potential patients should be accommodated.
The suggestion was made that this
could be handled by links to NCI
trial sites. |
| iii. |
Membership
mailing list: Prof. Crum said
that he would make the mailing
list from ISTU2 available to the
Society. |
| iv. |
Email newsletter: Prof. Ebbini
offered to consider this. Dorothy
Lowell (APL) also might be able
to help. |
| v. |
Literature
reference lists: It was agreed
that a list of publications should
be included on the website. Dr.
Wild agreed to help with this. |
| vi. |
Fund raising: It was agreed that
some fund raising was necessary.
Prof. Crum agreed to help with
this. Possible sources suggested
were ICA, ASA (international outreach
programmes), International unions. |
5. Board Membership: In addition to
the members present Dr Tachibana had
agreed to join the Board, and Drs Fleury
and Khokhlova were to be approached.
6. Bank Account: It was unanimously agreed that Dr. ter Haar should
approach the National Westminster Bank in Wimbledon to set up the
societys Bank Account.
7. Next Meeting ISTU3: Three offers
for ISTU3 had been received. It was
agreed that the next meeting should
be held in Europe. Representatives from
Oxford, UK and Lyon, France were invited
to submit bids to Dr. ter Haar before
the end of September. Dr. ter Haar would
inform Dr. Chow from Malaysia of this
decision.
8. Next Board meeting: It is anticipated
that the next Board meeting will be
held at ISTU3.