9th G-I-N conference overview
Chair's column December 2009
Dear Colleagues
Greetings from a very chilly Scotland. I hope you all had a safe return from Lisbon and the collaborative spirit is still strong.
I am delighted to be serving a second year as the Chair of G-I-N at such an exciting time. The New Year will bring our long awaited revised website which will help to support the network more effectively and will offer limited access to the guideline library for non members - something the membership had identified as an action they wished to see. The New Year will also see the establisment of a working group on adaptation, following the incorporation of the ADAPTE Collaboration within G-I-N, and much more activity on implementation and multi-disciplinary working. More details on our strategy and plans for 2010 and beyond will be featured in the next edition of enGINe.
I am pleased to inform you that the Board has been strengthened by the co-option of two members: Hayfaa Wahbi from Sudan and Saudi Arabia and Günter Ollenschläger - co-opted as Treasurer. We welcome Hayfaa to the Board for the first time and we welcome Günter back.
Finally a few words of thanks – to Antonio and his team for a great conference in Lisbon, to the old Board and the G-I-N team for their support over the last year, to the new Board for allowing me to continue as Chair and to all of you for making G-I-N a real Network. I would also like to pay a particular tribute to Jean Slutsky. Jean has been with the G-I-N Board right from the start and has brought ideas, enthusiasm and practical support to our work. We are delighted that she is joining Catherine Marshall and Günter Ollenschläger as a G-I-N Honorary Patron.
For many of us this time of the year brings a number of big celebrations. Whatever form these take for you – have a great time!
Sara Twaddle, Chair of G-I-N
