virology division news : ICTV at the Paris ICV: Results of the Plenary Session and the Binomial Ballot
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2254 Arch Virol (2002) 147: 2254–2260
ICTV at the Paris ICV: Results of the Plenary Session and the Binomial Ballot M. A. Mayo (ICTV Secretary) Scottish Crop Research Institute, Dundee, U.K.
The Plenary Session The Plenary Session of ICTV took place at the International Congress of Virology in Paris on 30th July 2002. It was attended by around 100 virologists from at least 22 different countries. The business consisted of : 1. Report by the President (Marc van Regenmortel) The President reported that since the previous (Sydney) Plenary session, the 7th ICTV Report had been published [3]. Unfortunately it was about a year late, a situation not of ICTV’s making, but had since sold about 1300 copies. The major change was that English names had been adopted as the names of species, reflecting the use of English as the international language of virology. He emphasized that ICTV does not invent common (vernacular) names for viruses. Since 1999 there had been two interim meetings of the Executive Committee and publication in Virology Division News had continued to be the principal medium of communication with the virology community. The ICTV is committed to publishing an 8th ICTV Report, with a current target date of Summer 2004. There had been significant procedural changes since 1999. There is now greater consultation with virologists both within and outside ICTV. Taxonomic proposals are now routinely published on the ICTVnet (www.danforthcenter.org/iltab/ictvnet) and comments are invited. These are considered by proposers and the EC before the final proposals are passed to the ICTV membership for approval. A novelty implemented at the Congress was a consultation concerning the use of a nonlatinized binomial nomenclature for species names. The results will be considered by the EC when deciding what action to take. In response to questions about the voting procedures used at the Plenary Session, the President assured those present that these were as laid down in the Statutes of ICTV [3] (and had been since at least 1996). He stated that it was possible to amend the Statutes by making a proposal to the EC.
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2. Election of the new Executive Committee (EC) Nominations had been received for vacant positions and there were 9 nominations for the 8 vacancies for elected members. The Nominations subcommittee of the EC, acting as required by Statute, arranged a slate in which there was a contest between two plant virologists (Drs L Bos and HJ Vetten) for one of the vacancies. The election was won by Dr H. J. Vetten. The new ICTV Executive Committee is: Officers President Vice-President Secretaries
L. A. Ball J. Maniloff C. M. Fauquet; M. A. Mayo
Subcommittee Chairs
A. A. Brunt (viruses of plants) A. J. Della-Porta (virus database) R. W. Hendrix (viruses of prokaryotes) B. I. Hillman (viruses of fungi and algae) D. J. McGeoch (viruses of vertebrates) J. M. Vlak (viruses of invertebrates)
Elected members
L. Blaine H. Brüssow E. B. Carstens U. Desse
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