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<P dir=ltr align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><I><FONT face=Verdana>THE
NEW</FONT></I></B></SPAN><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Verdana> FEDERATION OF
EUROPEAN PHYCOLOGICAL SOCIETIES (FEPS)</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
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<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><BR><BR><FONT face=Verdana>Dear
Phycologists,<BR></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Verdana>I am pleased to inform you
that the Federation of European Phycological Societies (FEPS) was established on
22 July 2007. This occurred at the beginning of the 4th European
Phycological Congress in Oviedo, Spain.<BR> <BR>FEPS was established by the
signatures of the Presidents, or their delegates, of 7 constituted national
Phycological Societies and Algal Groups , namely the Belgian-Dutch, British,
German, Greek, Italian, Polish and Spanish.</FONT></B></SPAN></P><BR>
<P dir=ltr><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Verdana>FEPS welcomes additional
national Societies and Groups as members, both throughout Europe and from our
adjacent neighbouring states and discussions are in progress in this
context.<BR> <BR>As a European Federation, FEPS has the potential
to:<BR> “provide a forum for all
European phycological societies and individuals with an interest in phycology to
enable, promote and enhance algal (including cyanobacterial) research, education
and other activities, to increase public awareness of the importance of algae
and cyanobacteria, and to contribute to public debate and policy issues
involving these organisms throughout Europe.” (Mission Statement, FEPS
Constitution.)<BR> <BR>Work has begun to form a FEPS website and on the
building of activities at the European level. In the meantime, the FEPS
Secretary, Elliot Shubert, can be contacted for more information
(e.shubert@nhm.ac.uk). I have been appointed as FEPS President to serve
throughout the next 12 months of the “founding phase”, as the new Federation
consolidates its governance and gets its activities
underway.<BR></FONT></B></SPAN></P>
<P dir=ltr align=center><SPAN lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Verdana>Geoffrey
Codd<BR> </FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B><FONT face=Verdana>President</FONT></B></SPAN><SPAN
lang=en-gb><B><FONT
face=Verdana> <BR>31
July 2007</FONT></B></SPAN></P>
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