July 2001 • Volume 7 • Number 7
Wanted: your ideas
What would you value from the AAFP? What could you do without?The Academy is embarking on a comprehensive review of its products and services and is asking for your input.
How to submit your input
- Key in your suggestions at http://www.aafp.org/members/cgi-bin/budgetreduction.pl by Oct. 1.
- Send them to Robert Watchinski, AAFP's chief financial officer, by e-mail to rwatchin@aafp.org; by fax to (913) 906-6090; or by mail to AAFP, 11400 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Leawood, KS 66211-2672.
"We're taking a very positive step designed to continue the Academy's strong financial health and also to free up funds for future projects that will be strategically important in this new century," says President Richard Roberts, M.D., J.D., of Madison, Wis. "The AAFP is in great financial shape -- our reserves are right where they need to be. But five-year projections indicate we need to prioritize our activities now to maintain this position of financial strength."
To do this, the Academy wants input from members -- suggestions for both revenue enhancement and cost reduction.
"We can't be all things to all people," says Roberts. "But with members' help, we can pare down some activities while continuing or beginning others that are important to members and contribute to AAFP's core strategic directions."
All suggestions should be submitted by Oct. 1. See the box on the right to provide input.
A subcommittee of the AAFP Board of Directors will consider all suggestions from both members and staff. The Board will act on the subcommittee's recommendations, with decisions announced by September 2002.
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