The first public board meeting of  electronic edition "Dermatology in Russia" (www.dermatology.ru) was summoned in Moscow on June 27, 2012. Members of the board have approved the edition's progress in 2011-2012 and set the plans for the next year. The primary topics were transition towards full-scale peer-reviewed and indexed e-journal, development of public Russian bibliography database and upgrades of "Case of the month" and other image posting and discussion teledermatology systems.