8.11 Termis Presidency

8.11 Termis Presidency

In November 2021 at the World TERMIS Conference, Geoff Richards completed his three year presidency of TERMIS (Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine International Society).

Achievements Renewed TERMIS Mission with guide on how we try to achieve it Updated Core Values for TERMIS Initiated & Implemented Code of Ethics for TERMIS Created a TERMIS Diversity Statement Created detailed TERMIS Officer Roles & Responsibilities Developed and had the membership approve new best practice TERMIS By-Laws Brought in new officers Treasurer, Secretary, and the new single role as Legal Counsel (no longer combined with Secretary) New transparent finance processes from budgeting to actuals to tax submissions. New Membership model and platform for society sustainability (with reduced registration fee to attend TERMIS conferences) New updated Emerging Country group (with a reduced membership fee) New affiliations (ISBF and AST with webinar series') “Student and Young Investigator Sections” (SYIS) chairs brought to the Governing Board, as non-voting members New contract with Mary Ann Liebert Inc publishers

TERMIS Governing Board meeting

Working with past presidents on TERMIS Mission at TERMIS EU Rhodes. Meeting with TERMIS EU 2019 organisers

Geoff particularly enjoyed working together with Sarah Wilburn, the TERMIS Executive Administrator through these difficult times and appreciated the dedicated help of the new officers he brought on (Chelsea Bahney, Eric Farrell and MacKenna Roberts).