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Peter A. Rinck
President of the Council

Dear Friends,

Life is like an ever-shifting kaleidoscope - a slight change and many patterns alter. A generation has passed since we started our endeavor. Nearly thirty years is a long time for a small scientific foundation. This one is still going strong. We began organizing workshops on magnetic resonance imaging, continued with basic and advanced courses, developed teaching material, books and software, then set out to arrange special topic conferences beyond magnetic resonance, turning to medical ethics, and finally to humanitarian aid.

How do you measure the success of a foundation?

In its life and liveliness? In its activities? In the money spent? In the number of people supporting it?

Outcome is all. A non-profit foundation is not judged on bottom line accounting. Money is not the sole focus, our effectiveness is. A foundation advances its credibility by the evidence of its success.

Foundations have their own way of life; sooner or later somebody comes and asks:

"Can't we do this or that in addition to …"
"No," you say. "It's not covered by our umbrella."
"Can't we have a bigger umbrella?"

The umbrella has grown and we have widened our horizon, but we still believe that small is beautiful. We have picked some additional goals, expanded our mission and incorporated new chapters drawing in more advisers for the ideas that we want to pursue.

We are looking for devoted people who would like to join our endeavor and put their effort into the vision we have. Check out our existing activities. If you want to contribute, let us know.