Chair: Miriam Alexander                                                       Staff: Jennifer Edwards

The Membership Committee is pleased to share current membership information with the Board of Regent.

Membership data: As of January 31, about 85% of our members had renewed their membership for the 2001/2002 membership year. This appears to be running at about the same pace as last year. In addition, 82 new members have signed up since September 1, 2001. Five new members joined after receiving our six-month promotional package (following their passing of the Board exam), and 18 new members have signed up to date via the PM2002 "New Member Packages".

Invoices: Five invoices had been mailed to ACPM members. A total of $294,465 has been collected in membership dues leaving approx. $37,735 outstanding. Staff are beginning to contact all delinquent members for payment. Board members and regional regents will also be recruited for this effort.

Membership Recruitment Plan: At the San Antonio meeting, the Membership Committee will review an eight point membership recruitment plan. A copy of the plan is attached.

Bylaws: It has come to the attention of the Membership Committee that our practice of allowing members who are board certified by the American Osteopathic Board -- but not an American Board of Medical Specialties board -- to become ACPM Fellows is inconsistent with our bylaws. In fact, the ACPM membership application itself states that Fellowship can be granted to any physician boarded by the ABPM, ABMS or AOA board, although this differs from our bylaws. The Membership Committee will review this issue at its upcoming meeting and present a recommendation to the Board and to the Constitution and Bylaws Committee to ensure that our policies and practice are consistent.

Honorary Members: The Membership Committee will also make a recommendation to the Constitution and Bylaws Committee regarding procedures for identifying "Honorary Fellows" of the College.

Membership Satisfaction: A small work group chaired by Don Gemson has been formed to develop a survey instrument that can be used to measure members’ satisfaction levels with their College membership. We hope this will then become one of our organizational performance measures.