ESA Newsletter: December 2000

ESA Newsletter: December 2000

From the New President, Professor Ken Ho

I thank Ray Rodgers and the previous Council for leaving the Society in a financially healthy and scientifically vibrant state with a membership in excess of 800. Ray has been an active and dynamic president who introduced many administrative changes within the ESA, took an active interest across all issues and played an effective role in galvanising the efforts of the ESA and the local Organising Committee during the preparation of ICE. Under Ray's leadership, the Society established a Secretariat at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and with Sonia Stanton oversaw the transfer of the archives of the Society to the College for safekeeping. The Society has been active in matters of policy and health by continuing to provide solicited advice to relevant government bodies, and formulated position statements on key areas of endocrine therapeutics. The Society can be proud to have hosted the recent International Congress of Endocrinology which was an outstanding success. I also thank the outgoing members of Council, Jeffrey Zajac who served as Vice President and previous Chair of the Program

Organising Committee, and Roger Smith who has been Chair of the Seminar Committee. Special thanks also to Moira Lewitt who resigned as Treasurer in 1999 to take up a position in Sweden and who assisted me in setting up the Secretariat at the College.

I am fortunate to lead a strong Council with Brendan Waddell as Vice President, Ben Canny as Secretary and Cathie Coulter as Treasurer, along with Ross Cuneo and Sonia Stanton whom I am delighted were re-elected. I warmly welcome Bruce Robinson and Evan Simpson as new incoming Council members. Each member will be contributing to specific areas of ESA activities. Ross Cuneo will continue to oversee medical affairs; Sonia Stanton will take over as Editor of the newsletter from Brendan Waddell and will continue to oversee matters related to endocrine training. Bruce Robinson will be handling matters related to the Royal College of Physicians and Evan Simpson will have a major liaison role to strengthen the ESA's scientific interaction with related professional societies, both nationally and internationally. The Council is delighted to be working with Leon Bach who is Chairman of the Program Organising Committee and Judith Clements, Chairperson of the LOC for the Annual Scientific Meeting 2001. Finally, I thank Ivone Johnson for the tireless and tremendous secretarial support she gives to the Society.

Ken Ho, ESA President

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