Newsletter
American Association Of Physicists In Medicine VOLUME 28 NO. 3
MAY/JUNE 2003
AAPM President’s Column Martin S. Weinhous Cleveland, Ohio
Your Executive Committee I write this column on Tuesday April 15th having just returned from a day and a half of your Executive Committee’s meetings over the weekend. The Executive Committee (ExCom) is composed of the chairman of the board, president, presidentelect, treasurer, secretary and executive director (ex officio, nonvoting). In order to conduct the Association’s business, ExCom meets in early February by teleconference (~5 hrs); in mid-April at AAPM’s HQ (~14 hrs); just before and during the summer Annual Meeting (~13 hrs); with the Board at the Annual Meeting (~5 hrs); in October at AAPM HQ with the Budget Subcommittee and then independently (~21 hrs); just before and at the RSNA meeting (~13 hrs); and finally with the Board at the RSNA meeting (~5 hrs). ExCom’s activities at these meetings range widely. For example, many of the Association’s administrative policies and procedures have sunset dates so they can be evaluated in the light of changing times. ExCom does so and may modify and extend a
Mildred Dresselhaus Named Chair of AIP Governing Board Chris Marshall, AAPM Member, AIP Governing Board
sunset date as appropriate. ExCom often has the first opportunity to react to proposals from outside groups for cooperation or sponsorship or charity. When such interactions clearly involve educational, professional or scientific issues, ExCom would likely refer the request to the appropriate council for benefit of their expertise. ExCom will also receive reports from the many individuals who represent the Association to outside groups. Although ExCom ‘acts for the Board,’ completion of such actions are intentionally limited to routine matters. Nonroutine matters are taken to the Board as Action Items for resolution.
Ongoing Activities The Joint Ad Hoc AAPM/ ACMP Committee on Journal (See Weinhous - p. 2)
I recently had the honor of chairing the search committee that recommended distinguished MIT Professor Mildred Dresselhaus as the next chair of the AIP Governing Board. Fellow search committee members representing other AIP member societies were Lawrence Crum (University of Washington-Seattle), Jerome Friedman (MIT), Robert Hilborn (See Dresselhaus - p. 3)
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AAPM Awards Dresselhaus - AIP Student Meeting Annc. Exec. Dir’s. Column Gov’t. Affairs Column Chapter News New Members Mammography FAQ’s Letter to the Editor
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