Work: Meetings (2-3/ year) Members Facebook Bullitin, Open Access CSBSP5 EMOP XII, bid and organising Spreading awareness of SBSP Board manual Reforming membership listing Reforming payment registration Current board Brian Lassen (Estonia) Jakob Skov (Denmark) Eva Ostermann Lind (Sweden) Pikka Jokelainen (Finland) Muza Kirjusina (Latvia) Inger Hamnes (Norway) Asta Križanauskienė (Lithuania) The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Board activities The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Board activities Future ( ) CSBSP6 EMOP XII (call for help) Involving underrepresented areas of parasitology

The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Members, September 2013 The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Members, September Algeria: 1 United Arab Emirates: 1 Total: 133 members Scandinavia-Baltic: 89% Other: 11%

The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Website (sbsp.eu) The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Website (sbsp.eu) ESCCAP Listing of positions, defenses and conferences

The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Facebook since September 2011 The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Facebook since September 2011 We encourage all to post links to Scandinavian-Baltic research on our Facebook page!

The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Bulletin of the Scandinavian Society for Parasitology & Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Bulletin of the Scandinavian Society for Parasitology & Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Thanks to Jorun Tharaldsen and the library of the Estonian University of Life Sciences for assisting in making this possible. May 2012, EBSCO (Open Science Directory) officially list the Bulletin as an Open Access journal

CSBSP5, 10-11th September 2013, The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Grants The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Grants Travel grants for SBSP5: 5 available grants, 3 applications – all granted Travel grants for SBSP5: 5 available grants, 3 applications – all granted Mobility grants: available, none granted Review grants: available, none granted

The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology emopxii.blogspot.com The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology emopxii.blogspot.com EMOP XI, 2012, Romania

The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Reforming the payment/registration system The Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology Reforming the payment/registration system One bank account – less fees, less administration

SBSP GA Agenda 11th September 2013 a) Election of the meeting Chairman. b) Acceptance of the agenda c) Election of Secretary of the meeting. d) Election of two Members who shall ratify the minutes of the General Assembly. e) The Board's Business Report for the previous period. (Inger Hamnes) f) The Treasurer's Report of the financial situation and the Auditors' Report. (Inger Hamnes) g) The General Assembly's approval of the Business Report and Accounts, and to release the Board and the Auditors. h) Election to the vacant posts on the Board. Swedish representative, treasurer & Secretary -> Ulrika Forshell Lithuanian representative & treasurer of Baltic States -> Vaidas Palinauskas Latvian representative -> Gunita Deksne Norwegian representative & treasurer, Main treasurer -> Rebecca Davidson Finnish representative & treasurer -> Pikka Jokelainen continues Vice-president, Danish representative & treasurer -> Jakob Skov continues President & Estonian representative -> Brian Lassen continues Iceland treasurer -> Karl Skirnisson continues

i) Election of two Auditors. j) Establishment of annual fees for the next period. Proposal 25 EUR. k) Establishment of the place and time for the next General Assembly. Suggestion: SBSP6, Sweden, l) Other matters, which have been sent to the Board at least six weeks prior to the General Assembly: Announcement of CSBSP6: Sweden. (Eva Osterman Lind) EMOP2016: SBSP has the honor of being the hosting society for EMOPXII in Turku, Finland, July The organizing committee calls for interested volunteers to contact the head organizer Antti Oksanen. (Pikka Jokelainen & Brian Lassen) Travel grants given for students to attend SBSP-conferences by SBSP: the board recommends the given grants would be paid prior to the conference rather than as a reimbursement. (Brian Lassen) Benefits of honorary membership: the board recommends that honorary members will be allowed to attend SBSP conferences either free or at a lower (student) registration fee. The society will compensate the difference in registration costs. (Brian Lassen) Proposal of allowing company memberships of SBSP. (Jakob Skov) SBSP GA Agenda 11th September 2013

Proposal of reforming the membership payment system. The board has discussed the following changes for approval to reduce management of memberships and making payment more flexible: 1.Collecting SBSP finances to one account to reduce management expenses; 2.online payment system integrated into website (eBay or PayPal) allowing easy payment for a small percentage of the transfer; 3.possibility for members to choose to pay for 2 years, 4 years, 10 years, or a lifetime membership (cost?). (Brian Lassen) Changing of Lithuanian bank account name to „Scandinavian-Baltic Society for Parasitology“: The Lithuanian bank requires the members present at the GA to approve this change according to local legislation. If the previous point is accepted this point is likely no longer needed. (Asta Križanauskienè) Suggestion for change in paragraph 3 of statues to include criteria for membership as: applied with interest in parasitology and paid fee; removing the acceptance requirement by the board. (Pikka Jokelainen) Honorary members election: the board propose election of new honorary members of the society. Tor Bakke (Norway), Karl Skirnisson (Iceland), and Svetlana Bondarenko (Lithuania) (Brian Lassen) Announcement of the young scientist award recipients SBSP GA Agenda 11th September 2013