President_letter

Dear all,

I hope that everybody had nice summer break !
During last meeting in Uppsala, the board has been renewed, with the leaving of Isabel Arnaldos and Paul Moore. Thank you very much for your friendly cooperation for the past three years.
Welcome to the new board members : Alejandra Perotti and Luc Bourguignon.For the first time a representative of associate members has been elected : Ian Dadour, who has always been an active contributor of the EAFE. Welcome Ian !

I would like to thank you to have elected me as the new president of the EAFE. This is a great honor for me and for the laboratory I belong to . Since its creation in 2002, the former  EAFE boards  worked with enthusiasm and professionalism  for the promotion of forensic Entomology and   the development  of  partnerships between scientific fields involved in forensic Entomology. The publication of the BPM was a first step, the interlab testing, presented in Bari in 2006, another one.
After 7 years of activity,  we can all be proud of what our association is today. I would like to continue and above all   to insist in these following directions :

- to propose creation of workings groups, necrophagous insects, temperature problematics, statistics,  myasis .... ;
- to help colleagues interested or involved in a quality control process, whatever the origin of their lab (big structure or not, private of state lab...) ;
- to organize interlab testing ;
- to help colleagues/students to check the quality, feasibility or relevance of an experimental project ;
- to help next organizers of meeting (preparation of scientific program, call for funding or else) ;
- to help colleagues in the reviewing of articles ;
- to  work all together in a more formal and clear manner, towards the members and associate members, showing the EAFE  has reached the age of reason.

We have, for example, to discuss the way of election, even if I know that it is not the funniest part of objectives, but  so mandatory ....
Our efforts have to be focused to establish  EAFE as a significant and recognized scientific community non only within strict forensic entomological field but also outside (investigators, magistrates...).
I can realize that it will be a hard task , but I am optimistic (should I ?) !
Because EAFE has increased significantly these last 7 years (35 countries,  140 members today !) and because this is our responsibility towards to the members, we need to modify the way of management. Such approach needs an active cooperation of the whole members, with the board as driving force.
Thus, each board member will have the opportunity to be responsible of a work package or specific task making the work more efficient and giving an effective utility to EAFE.
The former boards spent time to make this association living (constitution, contribution, management of the website, secretary, contribution to the organization of meetings...).  But EAFE is not the association of the board but the association of the whole members that need their investment too.

Best wishes.
Emmanuel GAUDRY

September 2009

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	PRESIDENT LETTER
Members area	Dear all, I hope that everybody had nice summer break ! During last meeting in Uppsala, the board has been renewed, with the leaving of Isabel Arnaldos and Paul Moore. Thank you very much for your friendly cooperation for the past three years. Welcome to the new board members : Alejandra Perotti and Luc Bourguignon.For the first time a representative of associate members has been elected : Ian Dadour, who has always been an active contributor of the EAFE. Welcome Ian ! I would like to thank you to have elected me as the new president of the EAFE. This is a great honor for me and for the laboratory I belong to . Since its creation in 2002, the former EAFE boards worked with enthusiasm and professionalism for the promotion of forensic Entomology and the development of partnerships between scientific fields involved in forensic Entomology. The publication of the BPM was a first step, the interlab testing, presented in Bari in 2006, another one. After 7 years of activity, we can all be proud of what our association is today. I would like to continue and above all to insist in these following directions : - to propose creation of workings groups, necrophagous insects, temperature problematics, statistics, myasis .... ; - to help colleagues interested or involved in a quality control process, whatever the origin of their lab (big structure or not, private of state lab...) ; - to organize interlab testing ; - to help colleagues/students to check the quality, feasibility or relevance of an experimental project ; - to help next organizers of meeting (preparation of scientific program, call for funding or else) ; - to help colleagues in the reviewing of articles ; - to work all together in a more formal and clear manner, towards the members and associate members, showing the EAFE has reached the age of reason. We have, for example, to discuss the way of election, even if I know that it is not the funniest part of objectives, but so mandatory .... Our efforts have to be focused to establish EAFE as a significant and recognized scientific community non only within strict forensic entomological field but also outside (investigators, magistrates...). I can realize that it will be a hard task , but I am optimistic (should I ?) ! Because EAFE has increased significantly these last 7 years (35 countries, 140 members today !) and because this is our responsibility towards to the members, we need to modify the way of management. Such approach needs an active cooperation of the whole members, with the board as driving force. Thus, each board member will have the opportunity to be responsible of a work package or specific task making the work more efficient and giving an effective utility to EAFE. The former boards spent time to make this association living (constitution, contribution, management of the website, secretary, contribution to the organization of meetings...). But EAFE is not the association of the board but the association of the whole members that need their investment too. Best wishes. Emmanuel GAUDRY September 2009