Report Honorary Treasurer

Ioan Sporea, Honorary Treasurer, EFSUMB

In my position of Honorary Treasurer, I shall present the EFSUMB financial report on 2008.

The financial results of 2008 show positive balance. This means that, like in the previous years, EFSUMB had had a good financial status.

The most important financial support arrived from membership fees, and I believe that is very important to try to maintain or to increase the number of members of EFSUMB. Despite the fact that some countries paid very late and with difficulty the membership fee, the number of paying members remained above 19,000.

We received 10% of the surplus from the last two Eurosons: 2007 Leipzig, Germany and 2008 Timi?oara, Romania, this means more than 10,000 Euro and represents a measurement of the financial success of these last two European meetings of ultrasound.

Concerning the expenditures, the new contract with Thieme, signed this year for EJU in quite good terms, maintains the expenses stable. The same situation is with WFUMB Membership. The expenses of ExB and different Committees are kept under balance.

Concerning the Budget of 2009, it was created in order to maintain the financial stability of EFSUMB, especially in a period of future difficulties in the economical and financial world.