Report from National

If you want to find out more about what's happening at national, Report From National is our quarterly newsletter that highlights news from the Board of Directors and programs of Multiple Births Canada. Further below, you will find news and information from COMBO, Council of Multiple Birth Organizations.

ICOMBO NEWS!

The following are highlights from the COMBO meeting held during the June 2010 International Congress on Twins Studies held in Seoul, South Korea.:

COMBO delegates in attendance came from the following countries: Australia, Finland, Japan, United States, Switzerland, Germany and Canada.
COMBO will now be identified as the International Council of Multiple Birth Organizations or ICOMBO to allow for immediate recognition as a global association.
The ISTS is moving to a two-year cycle for meetings and will announce the 2012 location this fall.
Beginning in January 2011 ICOMBO members will register directly with ICOMBO; ICOMBO will then pay to become affiliated with the ISTS. This will provide ICOMBO with financial resources to produce a website and coordinate communications between countries.
MBC's very own Kim Weatherall will continue as the Chair of ICOMBO and will continue on the ISTS Board of Directors. Other members of the ICOMBO Board are Past Chair – Mary Adcock, United States, Editorial Director – Mari Kaihovaara, Finland, Membership Directors – Monica Rankin, Australia and Christine Disselkamp, Germany. Vice Chair and Research Director positions are vacant.
Jane Denton and Dr. Jon Barrett, two MBC Advisory Board members, were elected to the new ISTS Board as of January 2011. Other members of the new ISTS Board include: President – Tim Spector, Vice-President – Nils Lambalk, Past President – Matt McGue, Secretary General – Gonneke Willemsen and Board Members Meike Bartels, Kaare Christensen, Catherine Derom, Nancy L. Segal and Kimberley Weatherall.