{"id":3486,"date":"2025-12-22T17:12:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/?p=3486"},"modified":"2025-12-22T17:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T17:14:27","slug":"vco-activities-temporarily-on-hold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/vco-activities-temporarily-on-hold\/","title":{"rendered":"VCO activities temporarily &#8216;on hold&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mcePastedContent\" data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">In recent weeks, we have been confronted with the unexpected loss of our chair, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Michelle Fisser<\/strong><\/span>. Together with the Advisory Council, the board has decided to temporarily put the activities of the VCO \u2018on hold\u2019 for the coming period. This will give us, as an association, the space to reflect on Michelle and the impact she has had on our field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Temporary assumption of the chairmanship<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>In accordance with the statutes, the board has appointed a chair from within its own members. This role will be temporarily fulfilled by <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Nadine van Winsen<\/strong><\/span>. After an appropriate period of mourning and reflection, we will begin the search for a new, permanent chair for the VCO.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Scheduled General Assembly and New Year\u2019s event<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>The General Assembly and the New Year\u2019s event planned for 15 January 2026 have been cancelled. We are exploring possibilities to come together in another way in early 2026. As soon as more information is available, we will inform you through the newsletter and our usual communication channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\"><em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Thank you for your support<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em>On behalf of the board, we thank you for your understanding and support. Together, we will ensure that after this period of reflection, the VCO can continue building our professional field with renewed energy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\">If you have any questions, please contact us at <a tabindex=\"-1\">info@vco.nl<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mcePastedContent\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent weeks, we have been confronted with the unexpected loss of our chair, Michelle Fisser. Together with the Advisory Council, the board has decided to temporarily put the activities of the VCO \u2018on hold\u2019 for the coming period. This will give us, as an association, the space to reflect on Michelle and the impact [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geen-onderdeel-van-een-categorie"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3486"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3487,"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions\/3487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vco.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}