Gerard Sanderink
E-mail: G.Sanderink@acta.nl

From left to right:
Luc Habets (treasurer), Gerard Sanderink and Yvonne Emmer (administrative co-ordinator)

The period from 1999 to 2001 has shown a consolidation of the activities innitiated at the Congress in Louisville. Most activities and tasks of the Secretariat are now better defined. In particular the contacts with the members are running smoothly. At present nearly all members of the Board of Directors (33 out of 35) do have access to the Internet. It is the fastest way to communicate within an International Organization as regular mail takes up to 4-6 weeks and mailing costs are reduced considerably. The Listserver for the Board members to communicate and to discuss Association matters is used more frequently.
The IADMFR website is also becoming more popular. In the past two years more than 7000 visitors were registered. The site contains information of all Officers, Directors of the IADMFR and Committees including addresses and email links. It also links to the site of the 13th Congress in Glasgow, the FOCUS website in Gothenburg (Sweden), Nature Publishing group and the publisher of our Journal. The website contains all Newsletters in digital format since 1995. The online application form for membership is frequently used and more than 90% of all new applications for membership arrive through the Internet.

MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL
Membership renewal can be done following the instructions in the dues notice. At present the option to do the renewal through the Internet is under investigation. Until now no problems occurred sending credit card information to our address. I advise all of you to continue your membership for a period of three years instead of a one-year period. Annual payments result in much higher bank costs for the Secretariat and additional paper work for the Office. Members using the annual payment pay 20% more than those who make use of the tri-annual payment procedure.
We are very grateful to Mrs. Yvonne Emmer who takes care of the membership administration and other common business of the Secretariat. Please contact her in case you need help or any information.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
After the meeting in Osaka new leaflets for membership application were printed. Although most new applications arrive through the internet this leaflet can also be used as a flyer to promote the Association. In the leaflet a reference is found to the website to make use of the quick and efficient electronic application. Members who want to receive leaflets to recruit new members please contact the Secretariat. At the moment we have a quite stable number of 600 members. This is a small drop compared to 1999 and 1997 where we had 630 members. In both years we had an International meeting. Asia, Europe, and North and South America are the regions with the largest numbers of members. The numbers in the Asian region decreased slightly particularly in Korea there was a considerable drop in members. Detailed figures can be found in the graphs and tables. Although the number of members are more or less constant every year approximately 50 members did not renew their membership.

IADMFR FELLOWSHIP
In Osaka (1999) three Fellowships were granted. The new Fellows are Prof. W.D. McDavid, Prof. O. Langland and Prof. T. Schiff. In Glasgow (2001) Prof. Neill Serman became a new Fellow.
Individual members who are eligible for a Fellowship do have to apply themselves or be recommended by other colleagues. Requirements for eligibility and procedure can be found in the May 2000 Newsletter or at the IADMFR website. If you need further information please contact the Office of the Secretariat.

IADMFR RESEARCH AWARD
The first IADMFR Research Award was presented in Glasgow (2001). The first prize is $7500 and the second prize $2500. The criteria and procedures for future prizes can be found on the IADMFR website. Please inform your postgraduate students or junior faculty members within 5 years of graduation about this prize. The next opportunity to apply for this prize will be in 2003 at the Congress in Florianópolis (Brazil).

TREASURER
Below - an abstract of the financial situation (in USD) of the IADMFR as presented by Luc Habets (treasurer) at the general Assembly in Osaka.

MEMBERSHIP OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES