Title: Chair's Report Annual Meeting Issue 2005

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Section/SPIG: Health Administration

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Jorg Westermann, Chair, HAS 2005

Dear Member/Friend of the Health Administration Section of APHA, How are you doing? What an amazing year we had! I am thankful that we have the Annual Meeting coming up, but sad that we were unable to meet in New Orleans as planned. Here is what we have planned so far for the Annual Meeting: The Program Committee, under the leadership of Bud Nicola, has put together a great mix of scientific sessions. Please check out the details below or at: . As usual we will have our business meetings from Sunday to Wednesday morning from 7 to about 8 a.m. in the Loews hotel. The agenda has not been finalized, but there is a preliminary version on the Web (94K) at . We have an Orientation Meeting for New Members scheduled for Sunday, December 11, 2005, at 2:00 p.m., Hotel: Loews, Regency Ballroom C1. Our Awards Reception has been planned by the Awards Committee under the leadership of Ruth Roman, chair of the Awards Committee, and is scheduled for Monday night from 7:30-9:00 at the Loews hotel. I hope to see all of you during our meetings. Thanks for your time and support. Have a safe trip.