During our Council meetings in September , we saw a number of changes to the Executive Committee :

• Roland Koerner stepped down as Treasurer , and was succeeded by Colin Harwood .

• Bauke Oudega retained his position as Vice-President but stepped down as interim Grants Secretary to be succeeded by Jozef Anné .

• Hilary Lappin-Scott was elected as our new Vice-President-in-Waiting and will take her position as Vice-President in September 2016

We would like to thank Roland for his incredible work as Treasurer and wish him all the best for the future .

We also welcome new arrivals Jozef and Hilary .

In 2015 , the Executive Committee met three times : in January ( Delft , NL ), May ( Aberdeen , UK ) and September ( Linköping , Sweden ). The 2015 Council Meetings – Council consultation and AGM – were held in September at the Scandic Frimurarehotellet in Linköping , Sweden . We welcomed 25 Member Society representatives and were very kindly hosted by the Swedish Society for Microbiology ( Svenska föreningen för mikrobiologi , SFM ).

We had a really productive meeting , receiving valuable input from our Members . We are very grateful to the SFM for organising such a wonderful event , and would like to thank the organisers , Per-Eric Lindgren and Åsa Sjöling ,

for their great hospitality .

Our Executive Committee has been supported by a number of Member Society representatives serving on our Grants , Awards , Meetings and Publications boards over the year :

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