News in 2017
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A new face in FIG Office
October 2017
Martine Eelderink at her desk at FIG Office in Copenhagen,
Denmark |
In September Claudia Stormoen Pedersen, FIG Office, gave
birth to a sweet little baby boy. While Claudia is on maternity leave, it is
a pleasure to welcome Martine Eelderink in the FIG Office.
Martine will be in the FIG office in Copenhagen from October 2017
and until
end of May 2018 - this will give her a chance to also attend the
Congress 2018 in Istanbul, Turkey that takes place 6-11 May 2018. Martine
hopes to meet many FIG volunteers and attendees at the congress.
In May 2017 Martine attended they Young Surveyors European
meeting in Helsinki, Finland.
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Martine will assisst in the office with general office and
communication tasks, preparations for the FIG Congress 2018, other
events, and will also be in contact with members and our many
volunteers. Please note that in these fraud-email-times Martine will use
the email address figsupport@fig.net.
Martine is 27 years old, with an engineering and surveying background
mixed with communication, and normally she lives and works in the Netherlands
at Dutch Kadaster. Her stay at FIG Office is kindly supported by Dutch Kadaster,
affiliate member of FIG, and the member association Geo-Information Netherlands (GIN).
FIG Council and office thank Dutch Kadaster for this arrangement.
You will still also meet/communicate with Maria Bargholz (email
finance@fig.net)) in the FIG Office.
Maria is working part time with FIG finances and general administration.
From January to July 2017 we were so privileged to have Ms. Wu Qiong
in the office as part of the exchange agreement with
Chinese Society for Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation
(CSSMG). Ms Wu assisted with the preparations for the Working
Week 2017 in Helsinki, Finland and was also attending the Working Week.
At the end of July she returned to China, and I would like to extend a
warm thanks to CSSMG for making this valuable exchange possible.
Claudia will return to the office after her maternity leave, most
likely in April 2018, and also plans to be in Istanbul in May.
Louise Friis-Hansen
Directorp>
26 October 2017
