Minutes
FENS board Telephone conference 22 September 2016 16:00
Participants: Heiner Boeing, Helmut Oberritter, Philip Calder, Jacques Delarue, Marie Kunesova, Sladjana Sobajic
Agenda and decisions
(1) New Website and in particular the site with the board members. Please look at my part to see the potential form of the Curriculum vitae.
Decision: We need a curriculum vitae from each member that will be part of the website
(2) Conflict of interest statement at the website (proposal at the end of the invitation for a conflict of interest form that we should also publish).
Decision: Some reservation to make individual conflict of interests public. Thus, the secretary (Stefaan de Henauw) will collect the individual forms for internal (FENS Board) purposes and a condenced overall conflict of interest of the current FENS board will go public.
(3) Finalizing the FENS board member site
Decision: Please provide the missing photos and link to the institutions
(4) Newsletter sending and responses from our members
Decision: Newsletter had been send and data base with e-mail addresses improved. However, we did not have contact with each member yet. The Bulgarian
(5) News newsletter for the FENS sponsors?
Decision: Text needs to be updated (Thank to Philip). The final text will discussed with Ian and Stefaan.
(6) Balkan workshop and status
Decision: Please, give all travel details to Sladjana. Also, do not forget to inform Ian about the cost (and his approval regarding reimbursement)
(7) Revitalization of the Mediterranean diet
Decision: We are in contact with FAO (Sandro Dernini) about a further structural dialog. There is still a question who is eligible regarding participation in the initiative (Prima initiative) and what could be the contribution of the FENS members and what of the FENS board. We further have to balance specific initiatives with the overall impact of dietary traditions on health outcomes. Thus, our discussion of FBDGs will become very interesting. We will send out a newsletter again regarding this activity to the members.
(8) Additional points
IUNS 2017
Decision: Proposal of FENS accepted and will be part of the scientific program if ICN 2017. Final content will be decided in Belgrade
Bidding for IUNS 2025
Decision: Full support for the French proposal and endorsement by the FENS members through a Newsletter to the members, drafted by Jacques and Heiner