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Report part 3
3. Internal Ipce Matters
a. Report of the Secretary and Webmaster
May 2003 – May 2004
b. Financial Report
May 1, 2003 - May 1, 2004
c. Next Ipce Meeting
d. Ipce discusses Ipce
a. Report of the Secretary and Webmaster
May 2003 – May 2004
" In May 2003, at the start of my sabbatical year, I handed over all my tasks and data, e.g. access
to the bank account and the web sites, to two Ipce members who promised to take over the
tasks. Regrettably, they did nothing. Therefore, there was no report of the Meeting 2003, no
Newsletter, no update of the web sites, no files ready for it and no financial report. Nobody
knew where the money was. Depressions were the reason or cause.
Regrettably also, the computer and all data present here were taken away by police. Electronic
data, including my e-mail program, are protected – and I would never give the police the pass
words (nor did I) - but the paper versions with data were not protected. One of the two
members mentioned had deleted all data, the other intended to bring his paper versions here,
but, regrettably again, he left the plastic bag with the papers in the train and we have never
seen them again.
On December 1, 2003, I ended my sabbatical period and started to obtain all hardware and
software again and to reconstruct all data, re-download the web sites, and so on. The financial
report could be reconstructed and the money has been returned.
Now, in May 2004 I have again all the hardware, software and nearly all data needed. I was
able to organize the Meeting, andmake a new Newsletter and first update of the web sites. The
next Newsletter and update will follow after the Meeting.
Members
Ipce has now ninety members in eighteen countries all over the world. Sixty of them are
reachable by e- mail. Some are unreachable due to the absence of a correct address. Thirty of
them are connected on the protected internal electronic forum IMO, Ipce Meets Online.
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