{"id":815,"date":"2026-09-15T13:22:38","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/newsletter-01-2021-committee-and-office\/"},"modified":"2026-09-15T14:16:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:16:40","slug":"newsletter-01-2021-committee-and-office","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/newsletter-01-2021-committee-and-office\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 01\/2021: Committee and office"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>It took a while, but a varied committee team has now come together that works harmoniously and cooperatively.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The following changes in personnel have occurred since the association was founded:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Philipp Heller left the committee<\/strong> back in spring, in order to take charge of one of our most important projects. Details of his new role can be found <a href=\"\/en\/bee-office-canton-of-zurich\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong>Newly appointed to the committee<\/strong> were the bumblebee specialist <strong>Philipp Noger<\/strong> and the experienced garden specialist and biologist <strong>David Frey<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 After <strong>Andreas M\u00fcller<\/strong> found himself obliged to <strong>step down<\/strong> from the committee this summer for personal reasons, an <strong>equally qualified successor<\/strong> was nominated in the person of the accomplished hymenoptera specialist <strong>Rainer Neumeyer<\/strong>. In addition, <strong>Esther Vogel<\/strong>, an experienced biologist and ecologist, became <strong>the first woman<\/strong> to join the body.<\/p>\n<p>The election of the new committee members is subject to confirmation by the forthcoming general meeting; regardless of that, all four newcomers are already fully involved in the committee's work.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The committee would like to thank<\/strong> the departing members <strong>Philipp Heller<\/strong> and <strong>Andreas M\u00fcller<\/strong> for their commitment during the founding of the association and for their subsequent work on the committee. We are glad that both wild bee experts remain with us as members.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_2 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>The office<\/strong> now consists solely of <strong>J\u00fcrg Sommerhalder<\/strong>, whom the committee additionally appointed as treasurer. <strong>Anrika Velychko<\/strong> has left the office and supports <strong>Philipp Heller<\/strong> in his <a href=\"\/en\/bee-office-canton-of-zurich\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">key project<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_text_3 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>The current composition of the committee can be found on the <a href=\"\/en\/committee\/\">committee page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-815","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=815"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166,"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/815\/revisions\/1166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/igwildebiene.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}