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EFCS Discussion Forum
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Final Conclusion of Introductory Discussion
G.Valet, Feb.3, 1997
Dear colleagues,
following the positive opinions of the
Iberian (SIC) and
Italian (GIC)
cytometric societies, the following overall picture emerges as a
result of this discussion forum:
1.) the national cytometric societies or sections of
Belgium,
Danmark,
France,
Germany,
Italy,
Portugal/Spain,
Hungary and
UK
are positively decided to enter into closer negotiations on the
formation of a European Federation or Union of Cytometric Societies while
the Polish and Swiss societies have so far not actively
participated in the discussion
2.)
the French (
J.L.D'Hautcourt, Nov.27),
Italian (
B.Brando, Jan.31)
and Iberian (
A.Orfao, Feb.2) societies
explicitely express their intent to keep the EFCS
foundation process strictly separate (see proposal
G.Valet, Nov.26, 1996)
from ESACP while the Belgian, Danish, German,
Hungarian and UK societies have not expressed a
significant concern about this point.
As an obvious consequence, negotiations on EFCS foundation
are only promissing when organizationally uncoupled from
the ESACP and ACP issues. Following the proposal of
B.Brando (Jan.31) the national
cytometric societies of Belgium, Danmark, France,
Germany, Italy, Portugal/Spain, Hungary and
the UK should officially nominate representatives to form
an EFCS Foundation Council which from now on will take the
further actions in its hands.
Best regards
G.Valet
Max-Planck-Institut für Biochemie,
Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152 Martinsried, Germany,
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