| Présidente | Mme Marie-Laure
BIGOURIE, tél +33 5 55 26 10 49, eMail marie.laure.afs.limousin |
| Vice Président | Mme Mireille RIDEL-CLEMENCE
& Mr Serge DUTRIEUX, tél +33 6 11 82 13 60, eMail sdutrieu |
| Treasurer | Mr. Dominique TREMELOT, tél +33
2 99 99 50 37, eMail afs.tresorier |
| Secretary | Mme Laurence CARTON, tél +33 1 60
66 31 35, eMail Laurence |
| International contacts | Mr Serge DUTRIEUX,
tél +33 6 11 82 13 60, eMail sdutrieu |
| Membership in January 2012 | 2500 paying members, including ca. 1500 people with ankylosing spondylitis, all over France and other European and North-African French speaking countries |
| Local branches | 17 local branches. Contact persons in several districts |
| Newsletter | «Spondylarthrite info» |
| Period of appearance | 3 per year |
| Further publications | Integral statement
of every medical conference, with agreement of physicians.
Booklets «What is AS?», «AS and treatments», «Daily life with AS», «Administrative problems with AS» |
| Important events in past and coming year | 2009:
Merger with Spondylis (Other French AS Association) 2010: On 10th anniversary, launch of many partnerships and projects in sports, communications and specific actions aimed at the sufferers. 2011 : 4th Spondylitis Day (8th of October 2011) October 2011 : publication of the book «Ma spondylarthrite, mes questions » «5th Journée France Spondylarthrites»(AFS French Spondylitis Day (October 20th) with many more to follow |
| Membership fee | 30 euros per annum for patients 50 euros minimum for sponsoring |
| Remark | AFS is managed only by patients for patients |
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