Honolulu - 2009 - To be approved at next annual meeting

WMSG Annual Meeting
Wednesday 22 April 2009, 19:30
Room 312
Honolulu, USA

Board Members in Attendance: Derek Jones, Sean Deoni, Hugo Vrenken, Bruce Pike, Shannon Kolind, Greg Stanisz, Charles Guttmann, Roland Henry, Stefan Ropele
Total number of voting members present: 22 (Quorum reached)

Meeting was called to order at 19:41

1.0     Welcome (Greg Stanisz)
   
1.1    Approval of minutes from May, 2008
        Moved/Seconded: Greg Stanisz / Roland Henry
        Motion Carried.

1.2    Items resulting from previous minutes.
    No items brought to attention of the executive.

1.3    Re-instatement of the White Matter Study Group.

1.4    Review of Committee Membership:
    384 total members, representing 34 countries.

1.5    Introduction of New Committee Members / Thanks to Outgoing Committee Members:
    1.5.1 New Committee Members:    
                        Alex MacKay (chairman elect)
                        Sean Deoni
                        Bruce Pike
                        Shannon Kolind (student representative)

    1.5.2 Outgoing Members:   
                    Greg Stanisz (chairman)
                    Charles Guttmann
                    Roland Henry

   
1.6    Thanks to Outgoing Committee Chairman (Greg Stanisz): Derek Jones

2.0    WMSG INVITED TALKS - “MY IDEAL MRI PROTOCOL FOR STUDYING WHITE MATTER”
    2.1    Introduction: Derek Jones
       “My ideal MRI protocol for studying white matter” according to:
          2.1.1    Paul Tofts and Nicolas Dowell.
          2.2.2    Alex MacKay (given by David Li and Irene Vavasour).
          2.2.3    Roland Henry.

3.0    Discussion of next White Matter Study Group Workshop
    3.1    Possible Topics / Themes:     White Matter Perfusion
                         Structure-Function Relationships
                        Tractography
    3.2    Derek Jones and Executive are going to explore the possibility of hosting a joint meeting with the Diffusion & Perfusion Study Group given the overlapping interests.
    3.3    Next meeting should take place sometime in 2011.

4.0    STUDENT AWARDS (Ives Levesque)
    Finalists:
    953 Enendino Hernandez Torres, Universidad de Guanajuato
    1304 Erin MacMillan, University of Bern
    3215 Ivan Kirov, New York University
    3414 Hesam Jehanian, University of Michigan

    Winner:    3414 Hesam Jehanian
    Prize:         Book : “Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging - A Signal Processing Prospective” (Liang and Lauterbur)

5.0    New Business

6.0    Adjournment:
    Motion to Adjourn.
    Moved / Seconded: Greg Stanisz / Derek Jones
    Motion Carried.

Meeting adjourned at 8:47pm.

Next meeting: May 2010, Stockholm.

2008 - Toronto

2007 - Berlin

2006 - Seattle

2005 - Miami