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| BY-LAWS of the ECF |
The office of the association shall be situated in Switzerland at the Department of Pathology, University of Geneva-CMU, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH - 1211 Geneva 4. The office may be transferred by resolution of the Board of the association. If seemed appropriate, the Board may also establish one or more administrative offices.
The specific aim of the association is the promotion of the scientific knowledge concerning the biology of cytoskeletal structure as well as the dissemination by various means of communication of the scientific knowledge acquired. The biology of the cytoskeleton is relevant to practically all cell biology processes and also to pathological phenomena. The organization shall be entitled to carry out any actions directly or indirectly pertaining to its object, including the acquisition, rental or borrowing of property, offices, installations and other facilities, the organization of or participation in congresses, conferences and presentations and the publishing of books, periodicals and other publications. It shall be entitled at all times to call upon outside experts in so far as it considers this useful on scientific or practical grounds.
All private individuals or corporate entities (in addition to business, non-profit organizations, scientific institutions, etc.) which, without becoming ordinary members, wish to support the Society by financial means may be accepted as supporting member.
All members shall be free to withdraw from the Society at all times on the condition that they inform the Board in writing of their intention to do so.
The General Assembly possesses full power in order to realize the objects of the Society.
It consists of all ordinary and supporting members. It is charted by the President of the Board of the Society. The powers of the General Assembly are as follows: a) To appoint and remove from Office the members of the Board of the Society. b) To amend the articles of the Society. c) To wind up the organization. d) And all other powers that are outlined by law or the current statutes.
The General Assembly meets in full rights every year at the time and location of the annual meeting. A convening letter from the President of the Board of the Society will inform of the scheduled dates, location and agenda. In case of necessity, a special General Assembly can be called by the President.
The General Assembly shall be quorate only if half of the members are present or represented. In the case where a quorum cannot be obtained, a new General Assembly shall be made valid with the members present and represented.
All members shall have equal voting rights at the General Assembly. Resolutions shall be passed by a simple majority of the votes present or represented. No valid decision may be taken on any matter not mentioned in the agenda.
The General Assembly's resolutions shall be entered in a regular register of minutes signed by the President and at least one member of the Board.
Any proposition whose object is a modification of the statutes or dissolution of the Society must come from the Board or at least two-thirds of the members of the Society.
The Board of the Society is appointed by the General Assembly. One-sixth of the Board shall be replaced every year.
The Board of the Society shall meet as convened by the President of the Board. The meeting of the Board will take place at least annually at the time of the annual meeting.
The Board of the Society shall have full powers to manage and administer the Society with the exception of those powers explicitly reserved for the General Assembly.
The decision of the Board of the Society are taken by an absolute majority of votes. In the event of a tied vote, the President or his/her deputy shall have the casting vote. The decisions of the Board of the Society shall be entered in a special register which shall be signed by the President and the Secretary. It shall be kept at the office of the Society and shall be available for consultation by members.
The organization's financial year starts on January 1st, and shall end on December 31st. The accounts for the past financial year and the budget for the following financial year shall be submitted in necessary annually to the General Assembly by the Board of the Society.
The members of the Board are presently:
President: Benjamin Geiger |
Secretary: Frans Ramaekers |
| Gimona Mario | Cell Biology Austrian Academy of Sciences Billrothstr. 11 5020 Salzburg Austria. Phone: +43 662 63961-19, Fax: +43 662 63961-40, E-mail: mgimona@server1.imolbio.oeaw.ac.at | |
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Vandekerckhove Joel | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Ghent A. Baertsoenkaai 3 B-9000 GENT BELGIUM. Phone: +32 9 331 33 03, Fax: +32 9 331 35 97, E-mail: joel.vandekerckhove@rug.ac.be | |
| Carpén Olli | Department of Pathology and Neuroscience Program, Biomedicum University of Helsinki P.O. Box 63 00014 Helsinki Finland. Phone: +358 9 1912 5650, Fax: + 358 9 4717 1964, E-mail: olli.carpen@helsinki.fi | |
| Vantard Marylin | DRDC - CEA de Grenoble UMR 5019 CNRS/CEA/ Université Joseph Fourier de Grenoble 17, rue des Martyrs Grenoble 38000 France. Phone: +33 4 38 78 32 03, Fax: +33 4 38 78 50 91, E-mail: mvantard@cea.fr | |
| LOUVARD Daniel | Research Division INSTITUT CURIE P.O. Box 26, RUE D'ULM 75248 PARIS Cedex 05 France. Phone: +33-1 42 34 66 23, Fax: +33 1 43 26 80 80, E-mail: dlouvard@curie.fr | ||
| Wehland Juergen | Dept. of Cell Biology Gesellschaft fuer Biotechnologische Forschung Mascheroder Weg 1 38124 Braunschweig Germany. Phone: +49-531-6181-415, Fax: +49-531-6181-444, E-mail: jwe@gbf.de | |
| Geiger Benjamin | Molecular Cell Biology Weizmann Institute of Science POB 26 Rehovot 76100 Israel. Phone: +972-8-9344070, 9343910 9344069, Fax: +972-8-9344125, E-mail: benny.geiger@weizmann.ac.il | |
| Dejana Elisabetta | Vascular Biology Lab FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology via Adamello 16 20139 Milano Italy. Phone: +39-2-574303200, Fax: +39-2-574303244, E-mail: dejana@ifom-firc.it | |
| Tiezzi Antonio | Dipartimento Scienze Ambientali Universitŕ degli Studi della Tuscia Largo dell'Universitŕ blocco D 01100 / Viterbo Italy. Phone: +39 0 761 357130, Fax: +390 761 357114, E-mail: antoniot@unitus.it | ||
| Friederich Evelyne | Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire, d'Analyse Génique, et de Modélisation Centre de Recherche Public-Santé 42 rue Laboratoire L-1011 Luxembourg Luxembourg. Phone: +352 45 32 13 33, Fax: +352 45 32 19, E-mail: Evelyne.Friederich@crp-sante.healthnet.lu | |
| Ramaekers Frans | Molecular Cell Biology University Maastricht P.O. Box 616 6200 MD Maastricht The Netherlands. Phone: +31-43-3881351, Fax: +31-43-3994151, E-mail: f.ramaekers@molcelb.unimaas.nl | |
| Claudio Sunke | ||
| Jorcano J. | Inst PRYMA CIEMAT Avda Complutense 22 28040 Madrid Spain. | |
| M. Wallin | Dpt of Zoology, Zoophysiology Göteborg University Medicinaregatan 18 41390 Göteborg Sweden. Phone: +46-31 773 3674, Fax: +46-31 773 3807. E-mail: margareta.wallin@zool.gu.se | |
| Gabbiani Giulio | Department of Pathology CMU-University of Geneva 1 rue Michel-Servet 1211 Geneva 4 Switzerland. Phone: +41 22 70 25742, Fax: +41 22 70 25746, E-mail: Giulio.Gabbiani@medecine.unige.ch | |
| Aebi Ueli | M. E. Müller-Inst. am Biozentrum Universität Basel Klingelbergstrasse 70 4056 Basel Switzerland. Phone: +41-61 267 261, Fax: +41 61 267 2109, E-mail: aebi@ubaclu.unibas.ch | ||
| Lane E Birgitte | School of Life Sciences University of Dundee MSI/WTB Complex Dundee DD1 5EH United Kingdom. Phone: +44 1382 344883, Fax: +44 1382 224117, E-mail: e.b.lane@dundee.ac.uk | |
| Machesky Laura | School of Biosciences Div. of Mol. Cell Biol. University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom. Phone: +44 121 414 2504, Fax: +44 121 414 5925, E-mail: l.m.machesky@bham.ac.uk |