Gottfried Brewer was thanked very much for his co-leadership of the network over the last 3 years. The meeting looked at the appointment of a new network convenor to replace Gottfried. A long discussion considered the attributes we wanted for the next convenor and the method of application. We decided that having as much diversity as possible in the convenor team would be preferable. As a result of these deliberations Fabio Dovigo came forward. People did not want a very formal process but to ask if anyone wanted to come forward and to only have a formal process if it was found that there were more than one candidate wanting to do the role. Fabio was the only applicant and he was accepted.
The meeting also discussed the quality and experience of the conference and the size of rooms was complained about (small). Otherwise people liked the venue.
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