The Membership Committee is pleased to share current membership information with the Board of Regents. For the first time in three years, the number of College members increased. As of August 31, 2002, we had 1,972 paying members. This is up from 1,943 members at the end of the 2000-2001 membership year. This number represents the number of members who were invoiced for 2002-2003 dues. In addition, since August 31, 38 new members have joined ACPM.

In addition to our paying members, we have 168 promotional members. These are individuals who were newly Board certified this year and who were given time-limited memberships at no cost. These members receive all ACPM mailings, including AJPM, the ACPM News, meeting announcements, etc. These memberships expire December 31, and we will of course be working hard to convert these into paying memberships.

Achieving a high renewal rate is an ongoing challenge. As of October 15, three invoices had been sent to members. As of that date, 1,304 members had renewed, representing total dues payments of $247,335.

The membership program has completed several marketing materials this year. Earlier in the year, a revised ACPM brochure was developed and has been distributed widely. We also have completed a brochure publicizing our new Pfizer Practicum Rotation in Health Policy and Preventive Medicine. Copies of this brochure will be available at APHA and are being sent to all residents and residency programs. We are still working on a "prominent members" brochure and hope to finish this by the end of the year.

ACPM will be exhibiting this year at the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine annual meeting in April in Atlanta, GA, the ACPM annual meeting and the ACPM Review Course. All three of these meetings usually serve to boost both membership and Review Course sign-ups.