It has certainly been a winter to remember here in the Midwest. Record cold temperatures and record days below freezing don’t equate to record embryo production or pregnancy rates. Spring will certainly be welcome when it finally gets here.
As I begin my term as President of this great organization, it is certainly nice to lead a group that is on good terms. I would like to thank all the great leaders of this organization in the past for putting us in this position and I have no doubt that your current board of directors will continue to move the AETA forward. At our recent winter board meeting, your board of directors made it clear that one of our objectives is to invest our resources into educating students and attracting more of them to our profession. The membership and convention committees are working on gearing a portion of the program to students and we are all looking forward to a great meeting in Madison.
I want to take this opportunity to thank our many committee members who are the backbone of this organization. Many of these individuals put in countless hours in addition to their busy schedules to carry out all the “leg work” that makes the AETA so great. Our board of directors thanks them for their efforts and encourages them to “keep up the good work”.
Thank you for your confidence and the opportunity to lead one of the great professional organizations. Any ideas for improvement are always welcome.
Respectfully,
Dr. Michael Pugh, AETA President