On 8^th June IOYR was given the opportunity to speak at the EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism) Congress in Glasgow. The first speech was in the programme for the support groups of the paediatric rheumatologists. Dorte Rønsler told about growing up with arthritis and Lucinda Blauw told about the importance of getting involved in an arthritis organisation and about IOYR.

The second speech was in the Social Leagues programme and was chaired by Prof. Rasker from the Netherlands. Dorte Rønsler told again about growing up with arthritis, Catherine Gibb told about the first results from the questionnaire given out at the last International Youth Congress in Berlin 1998 and Lucinda Blauw told about past, present and future activities and plans of IOYR

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It was good to be at the congress, we made some contacts with non-IOYR-member countries and we spoke with people from a lot of different organisations. One big result of the EULAR congress was that the president of the French arthritis organisation agreed to become member of IOYR. Welcome to our 14^th member: France.

Published in Newsletter no. 3, July/August 1999