Activities - 2005 - Report June 2004 to April 2005

Background

This Activities Report is a slightly abbreviated version, the full report was made available to the federated societies.

Executive Committee

The day-to-day routines of the network have been handled by the Executive Committee, which includes four persons: Pieter Rookmaaker (president), Clas-Håkan Nygård (secretary general), Dirk Delaruelle (treasurer), and Dietmar Gude (web manager). The Executive Committee had three meetings since the last Council meeting. The Council meeting on June 4th in Paris was attended by nine delegates and four officers.

Contacts with Societies

The most intense contacts with the societies have been during the 'Personal talks', in which the Executive Committee members discussed personally with people from the societies. Until now, talks have been carried out with eight of the societies. The aim of the talks is to learn about wishes and expectations towards FEES from the societies. This material has been processed and analysed and will be presented to the Council in Hatfield.

Regularly contacts have been with IEA and CREE by direct contacts between the presidents and by exchanging the minutes from meetings. FEES was represented by Pieter Rookmaaker in the IEA Council meeting on Madeira, July 2004. FEES is a co-organiser of IEA 2006 and thus involved in planning the conference programme and the distribution of material to the societies.

Conferences

FEES is cooperating with ES in a seminar on 'The economical benefits of ergonomics', to be held in Hatfield (UK) on April 4th. FEES has endorsed the following conferences: the Annual Conference of the Belgian Ergonomics Society in 2005 (March 25th) and the Annual Conferences of the Nordic Ergonomics Society in 2005 (October 10-13, Oslo, Norway) and 2006 (September 24-27, Hämeenlinna, Finland). FEES has also taken part in the Ergonoma/Confoseat 3rd European Tradeshow in Brussels (March 2005).

Website

The FEES web site has been established as an important communication channel. It has been updated and further developed by web manager Dietmar Gude. Among other things, an email list for web managers and a secured forum for registered members from the societies have been prepared, to enhance the communication between FEES and the societies.

Working Committees

Four working committees (web committee, meeting committee, standards committee, and EU task force committee) have been founded, to help the Executive Committee to fulfil the tasks of FEES. The committees are almost ready to start, but they need still more people.

Hatfield, April 3rd, 2005

FEES Executive Committee

Pieter Rookmaaker

Clas-Håkan Nygård

Dirk Delaruelle

Dietmar Gude

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