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In this issue:
- Workshop acceptance letters
- Status of IUGA grants
- Annual meeting selection process update and 2017 annual meeting site selection
- Electronic membership rollout
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Workshop and roundtable acceptance letters
Workshop and roundtable acceptance letters have been sent. Please check your inbox for an e-mail titled “2014 AUGS/IUGA Scientific Meeting: Workshop Notification” or “2014 Meet the Experts Roundtable Breakfast”. For questions related to workshops and roundtables, please e-mail office@iuga.org. |
Status of IUGA Grants
In the February 2014 newsletter, which was distributed on Feb. 21, IUGA Treasurer Anna Rosamilia explained that due to financial challenges facing the association that the board had made a number of difficult cuts to the budget for this year. Among these, the board decided that IUGA grants, including international fellowships, observerships, and research grants, would be suspended this year. However, the board and staff are currently investigating the possibility of securing external support for these grants. If such support is secured, members will be contacted immediately. The board is hopeful that by stabilizing IUGA’s finances and securing external support, that the IUGA grant program will be reintroduced after this year. |
Annual Meeting Selection Process Update and 2017 Annual Meeting Location
In the December 27th, January 3rd and January 10th weekly e-mail blasts, IUGA requested feedback from members regarding a new selection process for annual meetings. The process would involve a three-year rotation that will see the annual meeting in North America one year, in Europe the next year and somewhere in the rest of the world in the third year. The rotation would then be repeated. The IUGA Board believes that this rotation will provide a good balance between ensuring the financial viability of IUGA and the desire to bring a focus on urogynecology to parts of the world where it is not as well understood or appreciated.
The office received very positive feedback from members regarding this issue and the board has therefore decided to move forward with the three-year rotation. This rotation has, in fact, already begun as the 2014 annual meeting will be in North America, in Washington, DC, the 2015 meeting will be in Nice, France, and the 2016 meeting will be in Cape Town, South Africa. Following this cycle, the 2017 meeting would be appropriate to hold in North America.
The IUGA Board is therefore pleased to announce the 2017 meeting will be held in Vancouver, Canada, the only location in North America that submitted a bid for that year. Information about this meeting will be added to the IUGA web site as it becomes available. The IUGA Board and staff look forward to working with the Canadian local committee to plan a highly successful and exciting meeting in yet another breathtaking location. |
New! Electronic journal membership option coming soon to all members
At the most recent IUGA Board meeting, the board decided to offer a membership option to all members which allows for only electronic access to the IUJ. For USD$130, the electronic membership will provide online access to full text articles within the IUJ, along with all the other benefits members enjoy. More information will be released when the membership option becomes available sometime in the next two weeks. Questions about this option can be sent to Amy Cassini, Membership Manager, at amy@iuga.org. |
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