Thank you all for allowing me the privilege of serving as the AETA president for 2014. It has been an honor to serve an organization that has given so much to me. I attended my first AETA meeting in 1999, and the knowledge I have gained by sitting in on these meetings and the people I have met along the way have helped me immensely. I have said it many times that this organization is strong and will remain strong for years to come.
Reading through the surveys from our annual meeting in Madison, we found many great responses. As always, we take these and look at how we can make every meeting better than the last. Thank you to the convention committee for putting an outstanding program together. Thank you to our sponsors for the preconference social, golf outing, breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks, and our banquet. We truly appreciate your continued support and friendship.
As usual, it has been pretty quiet since the meeting in October. Your board of directors will meet in February, so if anyone has topics they would like us to discuss, please do not hesitate to contact me or any of the board members.
Again, thank you for allowing me this honor. I have gotten to know many of you better through this experience and I hope I have been able to give back to the organization. I hope this newsletter finds each and every one of you in the holiday spirit and you can find time to enjoy the holidays with friends and family.
Respectfully,
Dr. Michael Pugh