Last weekend, the presidents of the member asociations, the board and the board of experts met for the spring session. The program for the 19th EVS Congress from 4 – 7 June 2019 in Szczecin, Poland, the recruitment of new members and the organization of a workshop on the position of registrars with representatives of the EU Commission were the program priorities. The meeting took place in the rooms of the academy for Presonenstandswesen in bath Salzschlirf.