Title: Chair's Report Summer 2005, by Jörg Westermann
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Section/SPIG: Health Administration
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| Jorg Westermann, HA Section Chair, 2004-2005 |
Dear Health Administration Section Advocate,
How are you doing? I hope you are enjoying the summer.
Shas been busy with all kinds of activities, as you can tell from this newsletter.
Thanks to the excellent work of our committee chairs, we have been able to expand our committees and draw in new members and are now in the process of reorganizing and revitalizing our activities.
The Planning Committee, under the leadership of Bud Nicola, put together an excellent program for our Annual Meeting in New Orleans. I am especially excited about the invited session that Bud and his committee organized for the meeting. I have been busy recommending several people for national APHA committees in order to make sure that we are well represented across the association.
Thanks to Laura Larsson’s efforts, you are able to enjoy this newsletter. She has secured a new Web address for our Section as well and is working on putting a new design together. If you want to get involved in this process, please contact Laura at <larsson@u.washington.edu>.
Under the leadership of Ruth Roman, the Awards Committee is revising and clarifying our Section awards rules and procedures in order to better reflect our intent of recognizing achievements of APHA members. We also had additional conversations with the American Management Association and the American Medical Association to explore potential continuing education collaborations. Stay tuned for updates.
These are just a few examples of our recent activities. I invite you to contact me if you are interested in any of our committees.
We are looking for a tag line for our Section, so please send Laura Larsson or myself any ideas you might have! This is important for our section and helps us to be easily recognized and identified, so please get involved!
Please follow this temporary link for a list of our committees and short a description.
Thanks for your time, and have a good summer!
Jörg Westermann
Chair, Health Administration Section of APHA