On May 30 the board of CHNL had a meeting in Bodø during the Arctic congress where we also marked 15 years anniversary of CHNL .
We had an external guest the head of the US presence office in Tromsø Adam VanDervort who presented the US arctic policy and how they plan to implement the policy .
Mr. VanDervort also greeted the CHNL 15th anniversary and thanked for the co-operation where also was recognizing CHNL as an important center for the US government in our field of work .
The Dean Gry Alsos gave a speech where she thanked both Felix Tschudi and Frode Mellemvik for their excellent service as member of the board since the official registration May 27 2009.