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Message from the new President of IFToMM for the
term 2008–2011
Dear all
Dear IFToMM officers (Chairs of MOs, Chairs of PCs and TCs, members of EC)
It is a great privilege and honour for me to be elected to serve as President of IFToMM for 2008–2011. I
thank the delegates and the Chairs of anizations (MOs) for having accepted my candidature and
for promising support for future development of IFToMM.
I thank the current President, Professor h Waldron, and the members of the Executive Council (EC)
for the actions they have guided in the last term that have been responsible for the continuing ess of
IFToMM.
I thank the members of the next EC for their availability to support further initiatives to enhance the
efficiency and visibility of IFToMM, which will be the main guidelines for my term as President of IFToMM.
Of course, there are many other matters of interest that will receive due attention in the service of the President
and the EC, and solutions of those aspects should be considered as a consequence of these guidelines.
Activity. The mission of IFToMM is to promote the development of MMS through collaboration of
colleagues around the world. IFToMM should be a stimulus for activity in all aspects of MMS within local,
national, and international