As readers of this Blog may have realised, one of my favorite reference sites is the “Urban Dictionary”. (As all good clinical scientists I have to declare any conflicting interests and I can honestly say I have no shares in the UC Company or know nothing about its organisation. I just like its irreverence!). I looked up its definition of a “Committee” and it certainly lives up to its impertinence. A committee is: “A group of people that forms when the stupidity of one person won’t suffice”; and for good measure “Committees are the foundation of bureaucracy”.

Nominations for the ISPAD Prize for Achievement and the ISPAD Lestradet Prize for Education and Advocacy, and applications for the ISPAD Young Investigator and the ISPAD Prize for Innovation in Pediatric Diabetes Care must be submitted with all supporting documents to the ISPAD Secretary General by May 15th, 2013.
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