Ken O’Halloran
University College Cork, Ireland

https://doi.org/10.36866/pn.108.6a

It may interest your readers to know that I have resigned my post as Meetings Secretary (March 2017) on principle and in objection to the strategic direction of The Society under the current leadership, principally in respect of recent restructuring decisions. I am grateful for the opportunity to have served The Society across several domains of activity, but especially in the delivery of an exciting portfolio of scientific meetings. I had the pleasure and benefit of working with committed and innovative members and staff on Meetings Committee who should continue to be congratulated for their dedication to The Society. I am grateful to Christine Carr and Sarah Bundock for their wise counsel, but especially grateful to Nick Boross-Toby who was a stalwart and great ambassador of The Society, and a wonderful collaborator enabling Meetings Committee during my tenure to think outside of the box.

I am also deeply grateful for the opportunity to have served on Council, and for the friendships and learnings of that experience over my five years as a Trustee. I wish The Society well into the future.

David Eisner, President of The Physiological Society, replies:

In my role as ‘the current leadership’, I am replying to Ken’s email. I would first like to thank him for his service to The Society as Meetings Secretary. Our programme of meetings has benefited enormously from his infectious enthusiasm. As regards the restructuring to which he refers, this was primarily implemented to improve the effectiveness and performance of The Society as well as foster a successful office culture particularly with regards to more collaborative ways of working. Members may like to know that both publications and events (meetings) are now the responsibility of Simon Rallison in his newly created role as Director of Scientific Programmes. Simon will lead on activities aimed at promoting the dissemination and discussion of scientific research, through its high quality journals and at world-class meetings, to advance the science of physiology.