ISSFAL

International Society for the Study of Fatty Acids and Lipids

ISSFAL is an International Scientific Society established in 1991, of more than 500 members from more than 40 countries. ISSFAL members are scientists, medical professionals, educators, administrators, communicators and others with an interest in the health effects of dietary fats, oils and lipids; members include researchers carrying out studies on the health effects of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, conjugated linoleic acids (CLA), saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids as well as other lipids. ISSFAL is the foremost International Scientific Society dealing exclusively with the health impact of dietary lipids.

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Even Secretary/Treasurers get to go on vacation occasionally, and I will be unavailable for the period above. Membership applications that are currently pending will be processed on my return. Ray

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ISSFAL 2010

The Organisers of the next Congress of the Society, to be held in Maastricht,Netherlands in May 2010 urge you to make arrangements for this meeting as soon as possible, to avoid dissappointment. Details of the meeting and the registration procedure can be found on the meeting website at www.unimaas.nl/congresbureau/issfal2010/index.htm

Membership Status and log-in

ISSFAL policy is that members who are more than 12 months in arrears with their annual dues are deleted from the membrship files. Apart from the obvious observation that people who do not pay their dues presumably do not want to remain as members, we also need to take a hard line on this because we pay Elsevier for access to PLEFA on the basis of the number of members on our membership database. To allow members to remain on our list when they no longer wish to be members is thus costing the Society unnecessarily. Having said that, I am aware that for various reasons, dues get left unpaid, either through oversight, error or other causes beyond the control of individual members. If you are one of those, you can easily be re-instated by paying the outstanding dues, and using the "click here to join" link on the left side of the home page to re-enter your details. If on the otherhand, you genuinely wish to withdraw from membership, because of a change in your interests or for other reasons, please let me know directly by e-mail so that I can delete you and stop having to send you reminders.

Dues status can easily be determined if you are a member in good standing, by going to the Member Only section of the website and clicking on the "view profile" tab. This will show your dues status. You need to be logged-in as a member? to access this. This is done by entering your user name in the user name box. Your user name is by definition the e-mail address that you have registered with the Society. Enter your password in the password box, and that should get you access. If you have forgotten your password, there is a password recovery facility which can be activated by clicking on the link. Be aware that some spam filtering systems can block these messages from the ISSFAL website. If you are unable to recover your password in this way, e-mail me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and I will set you a temporary password which will enable access for you.You can then set your own password for future use by clicking on the Update my Profile link which can be seen in the upper left part of the View Profile page. Do not forget to save the changes before you leave the page.You should also be aware that the member-only part of the website makes temporary use of cookies for navigational purposes. Once you log-out they are removed. Some members have experienced difficulty accessing the member-only pages as a result of their browser security settings preventing cookie use. You can adjust these settings by going to the "tools" tab on your browser and adding ISSFAL.org.uk to the list of sites that are permitted to use cookies. E-mail me for help if you need to.

Ray Rice

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