New registries are included from Turkey and Poland. This results in 4000 transplants. Desk Leonard Ebeling and Machteld Oudshoorn answer many queries on donor search strategy. Programmers needed It is proving difficult to recruit programmers. A grant is available for a programmer to take a sabbatical in Leiden to be further trained in matching and searching.
Help is needed to work on the waiting room and extended family programmes.
Jon van Rood stressed the shortage of programmers and Margrit Kern also made a plea for a programmer to work in Switzerland. Any other business Jon van Rood reported from the Board meeting, the very important offer of Andrea Bacigalupo to propose a plenary session on WMDA and donor issues within the EBMT Meeting. This would encourage new membership. The Board had already agreed to facilitate Working Group meetings in Ulm for those who wished to hold them. The motion to hold a General Membership Meeting in Ulm was seconded and carried.