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Obviously my pleas for items for the newsletter seem to have started to bear fruit. Following two excellent articles in the last Newsletter we have another two items of interest for this one. Ioan Sporea who many of you will know is the director of the WFUMB Centre of Excellence in Romania has written an article about his centre and the Euroson Schools in Romania which continue to be very successful and have given much needed training to many doctors in that Country. Jouko Pirrhonen has written an account of the Norwegian Society Annual Meeting . They seem to have made what for them is a historic decision. Certainly for those of us lucky enough to be able to travel to meetings of other societies it is always very interesting to hear both how similar the problems are in different countries but sometimes how a major issue in one country is of less importance than another and vice versa.

As well as the planning for Euroson 2007 in Leipzig which is well advanced thoughts are already being given to changes in the various committees of the European Federation. The cycle of events has changed from a three yearly one to a two yearly one so that there will be widespread changes in the Executive Bureau, the Board of Directors and the various committees. EFSUMB can only flourish with volunteers from member societies in all parts of Europe. I hope that as last time there are many nominations for the various committees to ensure the continuing development of the influence of EFSUMB on matters relating to ultrasound across Europe.

Well the holiday season is upon us and will be well advanced when you read this. I hope you all have a pleasant time whatever you are doing.

David Pilling

Editor EFSUMB Newsletter