First meeting of the IFCN executive committee. Report of the secretary: Date: September 3rd, 1993 Place: Vancouver Trade and Convention Centre Present: Carl Lücking, President, Jun Kimura, Past-President, Giuseppe Caruso, Secretary, Paul Despland, Treasurer, Marc Nuwer, Member-at-Large, Xiao Fu Tang, Member-at-Large, François Mauguière, Editor-in-Chief and Gastone G. Celesia, Editor-in-Chief