Elections for the WFCC Executive Board 2004

Dear WFCC members,

The ballot sheets for the election of the next WFCC Executive Board have been sent out to paying members if you have paid and not yet received the ballot sheets then please contact the Secretary Dr David Smith d.smith@cabi.org. Please vote for one nominee as President, one nominee as Vice president and for six further members to the board. Please return the sheets to the current president by May 31st, 2004.

Prof. Jean Swings
BCCM/LMG Bacteria Collection
K.L.Ledeganckstraat 35
GENT B9000
BELGIUM
Fax: +32-9-2645092

List of Nominees proposed by the nominations committee for WFCC EB 2004

Nomination Commitee: Prof. Dr. K. Komagata; Prof. Dr. Ir. J. Swings; Prof. Dr. V. Canhos

President
1. Dr. David Smith CABI Bioscience UK Centre, Bakeham Lane, Egham, Surrey TW2O 9TY UK	2. Prof. Hideaki Sugawara World Data Centre for Microorganisms, CIB& DDBJ, National Institute of Genetics, 1111 Yata, Mishima, Shizuoka 411-8540 Japan
Vice-president
1. Ms Gina Koenig Roche Molecular System 1145 Atlantic Ave Alameda CA 94501 USA	2. Dr. Ken-Ichiro Suzuki NITE Biological Resource Center National Institute of Technology and Evaluation 2-5-8 Kazusakamanati Kisarazu-shi, Chiba 292-0818 Japan
Members
1. Dr. Peter N. Green National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria 23 St Machar Drive Aberdeen AB24 3RY UK	2. Dr.Vullapa Arunpairojana Bangkok MIRCEN Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research Technopolis, Thanon Liab Klong 5, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120 Thailand	3. Prof. Dr. Erko Stackebrandt DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH Mascheroder Weg 1b 38124 Braunschweig Germany
4. Dr. Park, Y.-H. Biological Resource Center (BRC) Korean Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology 52 Eoeun-dong, Yuseong-ku, Daejeon, 305-333 Korea	5. Dr. Philippe Desmeth Belgian Coordinated Collections of Microorganisms OSTC Wetenschapsstraat 8, B-1000 Brussel Belgium	6. Dr. Joost A. Stalpers Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures P.O.Box 85167, 3508 AD Utrecht Nederland
7. Dr. Christine Rhode DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH Mascheroder Weg 1b, D-38124 Braunschweig Germany	8. Dr. Ipek Kurtboke Faculty of Science, University of the Sunshine Coast Maroochydore DC Queensland 4558 Australia	9. Juncai Ma Information Network Center Institute of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China
10. Nelson Lima Centro de Engenharia Biológica Universidade do Minho Campus de Gualtar 4710-057 Braga Portugal	11. Mirtha Floccari Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina.	12. Morakot Tanticharoen Director of National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) Thailand