Dear Friends!
Once again we are so far that the annual joint meeting of SATS and SCANSECT will take place in Copenhagen in one month. The final program of the meeting looks very nice and tempting. The congress venue is located in the heart of the beautiful city of Copenhagen. In addition, we have had so many times before the possibility to enjoy the Danish hospitality and friendly atmosphere so we don’t think this time will be an exception. We will also have cultural experience in the modern opera house in Friday evening. So there are all chances for this meeting to become one to remember. I will thank Daniel Steinbrüchel and his team already beforehand for the coming days in August. The annual meeting will be in 2009 in Stockholm and the preparations have been started actively by Dan Lindblom and Jan Hultman in Karolinska.
The general assembly in Copenhagen has in the agenda the changes in the constitutions of the association. It is all about the membership; so far the member can be a cardiac surgeon or anaesthesiologist of any Scandinavian country or somebody who has worked at least six months in one the Scandinavian cardiac centres. The final acceptance is made by the secretary general. We would like to have our colleagues from the Baltic countries with us. The question is, should we extend the option for membership only to the Baltic countries or even to any country. The board of the association will present the proposal in the general assembly. It is an very important issue and I request the members actively attend the meeting and also encourage them express their opinion to the subject presented above. The decision made in Copenhagen will pave the way of the association in the future. The general assembly will take place on Friday at 15.30 o’clock.
We should have more dialogue between the members of the association and the secretary general and the board. We have tried to get the option of chatting to our websites but we are depending on CTS net and up to now it did not work. But there is nothing to prevent you to take contact directly with me through e-mail timo.savunen@tyks.fi. I appreciate very much every new idea how to get things done better. Especially I wish proposals from younger colleagues how to support and activate them in the association. I also would like to know what they are waiting for from the SATS.
I am looking forward to meeting you all in Copenhagen!
Thursday, 16 July 2008 in Turku
Timo Savunen
Secretary General
- Letter of Secretary General 2007 January
- Letter of Secretary General 2006
