A big thank you to all the speakers, delegates and sponsors who made our 2009 annual meeting such a success.

Congratulations to Emma Scott (Edinburgh) who was awarded best podium presentation and Lynette Spalding (Newcastle) who won best poster.

The 2010 meeting will be in Cardiff and organised by Dr Debbie Mason and Dr Cathy Holt. The abstract deadline will be 14th February 2010

URGENT MESSAGE TO MEMBERS FROM THE HONORARY SECRETARY

Membership Subscriptions - Change of BankersThank you to all those members who have returned the new direct debit mandate following the Society's change of bankers; however, it would appear that some membership subscriptions are still being paid under the old standing order mandates.

Would members please ensure that they have returned their new direct debit mandate to Beth Norton, BORS administrator and cancelled their previous standing order.

Following the mailing last year (paper and electronic) notifying members of the change in banking arrangements, it has become apparent that some members have not informed the Society of their current details, particularly their email address (the Society has now moved away from paper mailings). As the Society is currently updating its membership database it is crucial that we have this information otherwise we will not be able to contact you . Even if you are not sure whether you have done this, please send in your details now, as no further paper mailings will be sent.

The BORS/ORS 2009 travelling fellows are on the road taking in the American ORS meeting in Las Vegas, 22-25th February 2009. Check out their exploits on the 2009 Fellows Blog.

The successful applicants were Nicholas Dunne, Jim Huntley, Tom Joyce, Wasim S Khan, Ines Reichert and Sarah Snelling