International Union for the Study of Social Insects
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Northwest European Section News

At the Winter 2007 meeting of the British Section of the IUSSI it was decided that the name of the section will henceforth be the Northwest European Section, to more accurately reflect the section membership.

IUSSI News, August 2006

At the XV international meeting of the IUSSI in Washington D.C., USA, the following officers were elected to serve on the international committee of the IUSSI:

Secretary General: Joan Herbers
President: Koos Boomsma
Editor of Insectes Sociaux: Johan Billen
Associate editors of Insectes Sociaux: Penny Kukuk, Yves Roisin

Other officers that agreed to continue their previous positions at the meeting were:

Conservation officer: Donat Agosti
Archivist: Chris Starr
Webmaster: David Nash

The election of Koos Boomsma to the office of president is in association with the selection of Copenhagen as the site of the next international congress in summer 2010.

The first Hamilton Award was given at the same meeting, to Ross Crozier.


French Section News

The French section has a new web address:

Brazilian Section News

The Brazilian section now has a web site:

Seccion Bolivariana News

The section has a new web address:

Italian Section News

The Italian section of the IUSSI has a new web address:

Australian section news

The Australian section has established a web site at:

German-speaking section news

The German-speaking section of the IUSSI has a new web address. The new address is:

IUSSI News, August 2002

At the XIV international meeting of the IUSSI in Sapporo, Japan, the following officers were elected to serve on the international committee of the IUSSI:

Secretary General: Wolfgang Kirchner
President: Walter Tschinkel
Editor of Insectes Sociaux: Johan Billen
Associate editors of Insectes Sociaux: Penny Kukuk, Yves Roisin

Other officers that volunteered their services at the meeting were:

Conservation officer: Donat Agosti
Archivist: Chris Starr
Webmaster: David Nash

The election of Walter Tschinkel to the office of president is in association with the selection of Washington D.C. as the site of the next international congress in summer 2006.


Site News

As you can read above, the IUSSI web site has a new webmaster, David Nash. Please contact him at DRNash(at)bio.ku.dk if you have any items of news that you think should be included here, or if you have any corrections or suggestions for the web pages.
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