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Paul J.
Price, SIVB President
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President's Report
Fellow SIVB Members,
With our finances moving in the right direction, the Executive
Committee and the Board of Directors has been wrestling with
membership retention, increasing membership and annual meeting
attendance. The scientific sessions and our education initiatives
at our annual meetings have been excellent. In spite of this
the average attendance at each meeting over the past 9 years
has been a little under 50%. Attendance percentage usually
peaks at the World Congress (2002 being an exception) and
then tapers off. Society membership has shown the same curve,
but our membership numbers continues to drop. Even with 2
excellent journals, high quality meetings and a friendly meeting
atmosphere, we continue to lose members. Please ask yourself
why that is and what we can do as a Society, and you as a
member, to reverse this trend. Talk to your colleagues about
the SIVB and see if they would consider membership. It is
our Society and we need a strong membership base and meeting
attendance to continue the excellent programs. Any suggestions
would be appreciated.
Paul J. Price, President SIVB
p.price05@comcast.net
President@SIVB.org
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