Chair: Miriam Alexander                                                     Staff: Jennifer Edwards

We have initiated several new services in order to increase the value of membership, one of the three major goals set by the Board in Fall 1999. Examples include establishing an electronic newsletter, developing an online job service, upgrading the annual meeting, and better enabling members to have a voice in ACPM policy activities.

Our membership numbers have remained stable since last year. As of August 31, ACPM had a total of 2,020 total members (930 Fellows, 363 Members, 311 Residents, 285 Emeritus, 77 Affiliates, 46 Associates, 8 Inactive). Although we have in the past reported higher membership numbers, those numbers were based on membership figures in the middle of the membership year. We will in the future report our membership numbers as of August 31 so that we can provide comparable data from year to year.

Two invoice mailings have occurred for the 2000/2001-membership year. Thus far, 1,442 members have paid their dues. A total of $233,575 has been received.

Three more invoices will be mailed by the end of the year. ACPM Board of Regents members will be called up to contact the delinquent members in their Regions.

ACPM has greatly improved the functionality of the Membertrak membership database by hiring John Walters, a former Membertrak programmer, as a consultant. John has become an invaluable resource to ACPM staff.

ACPM offered a free six-month membership to all newly boarded Preventive Medicine physicians. Of those receiving the offer, seventeen have thus far joined ACPM. Seventeen physicians joined ACPM through the PREVENTION 2000 meeting.

The Membership Committee has recommended several changes to the ACPM Bylaws. The attached memo to the Constitution and Bylaws Committee describes these changes.

The attached schedule of specialty society membership dues is provided for the Board’s information. The table shows that ACPM’s dues average slightly less than the dues of most of the specialty societies that responded to the AMA’s 1999 membership and dues survey.