Title: Chair's Report Fall 2005

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Section/SPIG: Health Administration

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Dear Section member,

It is already time for the fall newsletter, and our next Annual Meeting is getting closer as well.

I am writing you this note still being shaken by Hurricane Katrina and its effect on all of us. I hope that this will help us realize how precious we all are and how quick our orderly life can be changed. It made me realize that we need to prepare much better for natural disasters, not only for a potential terrorist attack but also think carefully about the weakest and poorest members of our society.

It shows as well how important public health is.

Our Section has the potential to become an important voice in this process if we draw from the collective experience of our members. We started this process earlier this year with e-mails to all members asking for volunteers to expand and build on our committee structure. I am thankful for all the members who stepped forward to help and assist us. You provided needed help to our committee chairs as well and enabled them to get some important work done within their committees. I am thankful for all the tremendous work that has been done by our committee chairs over the last year. I wish all the best to our Chair-Elect Paul Halverson and Chair-Elect-Elect Gloria Brown McNeil as they prepare for their terms in office.

Thanks so much for a wonderful year. I hope I see all of you in Philadelphia in December.