SSPD Newsletter - Fall 2003- Page 5

Welcome to New SSPD Members

Jolan M. Terner - Graduate Student at University of North Carolina
Steven King - Post Doc at Baylor University
Lawrence Carter - Graduate Student at University of Texas at San Antonio
Ruggero Galici – Faculty at University of Texas at San Antonio
Amy Goodwin – Post Doc at Johns Hopkins University
Eser Ercil – Post Doc at University of Texas at San Antonio
Danielle Paris-Larson – Graduate Student at University of Michigan
Adam Prus – Graduate Student at Virginia Commonwealth University
Alan Pehrson - Graduate Student at Virginia Commonwealth University
Scott Philibin - Graduate Student at Virginia Commonwealth University

PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR COLLEAGES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS TO JOIN SSPD. Contact Joe Porter (jporter@vcu.edu) for information.

Costs of Annual Meeting

Last year’s annual meeting was very expensive and the meeting is paid for from the membership dues. Thus, we are looking for ways to increase revenues and/or reduce costs.

One idea is to solicit more support from Pharmaceutical Companies again. A larger balance in the coffers would allow us to gather at other conferences and to cover the increasing costs of these ancillary events. So, if you work for a company that may be interested in supporting our annual meeting or other satellite gatherings please contact our President, Ellen Walker (eawalker@comcast.net).

The second idea for reducing expenses is to have the Society purchase a projector to use at the meetings for PowerPoint presentations. It cost the society $500 to rent one this past year and a new one can be purchased for $1000-1100 – thus it would pay for itself in two meetings. Your input on these ideas is needed, so please contact either Ellen (eawalker@comcast.net) or Joe (jporter@vcu.edu) and let us know what you think.

Fall 2003

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Costs of Annual Meeting