The new WMS Executive Board is elected during the WMS-12 congress in Sicily at the General Assembly on 19 October 2007. According to the WMS constitution, WMS Board members are elected for a term of 3 years with eligibilty to re-stand. At the first meeting of the new WMS Board which took place the next day, the officers have been appointed and work-share distribution has been made.
Here is the new WMS Board:
V. Dubowitz (UK) (president), H. Topaloglu (TR) (secretary), T. Voit (FR) (treasurer), E. Bertini (IT), C. Bönnemann (USA), K. Flanigan (USA), D. Hilton-Jones (UK), N. Laing (AUS), F. Muntoni (UK), I. Nishino (JP), A. Oldfors (SE), V. Straub (UK), P. van den Bergh (BG), M. Vainzof (BR), G. Vita (IT)