Title: Greetings from the Chair!
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Section/SPIG: HIV/AIDS
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Happy New Year, everyone!
It seems hard to believe that the first month of 2004 is almost over. The 2004 Leadership Group of the HIV/AIDS Section is already hard at work on our duties to move us forward as a vital and growing section of APHA. For example, our Program Chair, Scott Smith, has assembled a pool of reviewers for the abstracts we're expecting in record numbers this year. Chair-elect Mike Case, our Nominating Committee Chair, is looking ahead to the nominations we need to make for the 2005 elected positions. We've already lined up our 2005 Program Chair, Scott Rhodes, and he's working with Scott Smith on this year's program, as well as serving as one of our newest members on Section Council. We've got some fresh new faces in our Leadership Group and we're hoping to become more visible, more active, and an unstoppable force! We also have some "familiar faces" that are also hard at work on behalf of the Section. We're looking forward to the Annual Meeting in Washington in November and plan to break even more records this year!
Please contact me if you wish to become more involved in Section activities. We'll be glad to match your talents with the tasks we have at hand. We are still looking for Section members who live and work in the metro DC area to help us plan our social events for the 2004 Annual Meeting. If you're interested in working on one of our committees, please peruse our Leadership Group list and e-mail the person with whom you'd like to work. Let's keep the excitement up in 2005, and we can do it with your help! In the fight against HIV/AIDS, everyone is a V.I.P.! Thank you for your commitment and support - it's what separates HIV/AIDS from all the other things out there - the passion and willingness of those who work hard to make a difference. Together, we CAN make a difference.