Newsletter Volume 2						June 1998
American Otological Society, Inc.
131st Annual Meeting
					The Society is pleased to report a total membership of 266. We continue to encourage members to seek out new qualified candidates who would be worthy of proposal for membership in the Society. The society is particularly interested in proposing candidates for ACTIVE membership. Only Active and/or Senior members may propose a candidate for membership.
	The American Otological Society, Inc., just completed a very successful 131st Annual Meeting under the leadership of the President, Dr. Charles M. Luetje. We wish to thank Dr. Luetje for an outstanding program. We welcome two new members to the Society. D. Bradley Welling was inducted into Active Membership and Chong-Sun Kim was inducted into Corresponding Membership.
					Biographical Information Requested We are in the process of updating our files and creating a database, therefore, we are enclosing a biographical information sheet asking each member to provide the information requested and return to the Secretary-Treasurer’s Office at 2720 Tartan Way, Springfield, IL 62707. Please type or print the information requested and include your e-mail address if available.
	ABSTRACTS The Council adopted a new format for abstract submission. The approved format follows the same format as utilized by the American Journal of Otology. Submission of Abstracts may be by paper form from USA via conventional carriers or by electronic means as outlined in the abstract form enclosed with this newsletter. The Abstract form is also available on the AOS web page. http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~ajo/AOS/AOS.html
		Webmaster We would like to thank Dr. Frank Rizer our web master for keeping everything current. If you haven’t checked out the web page, please do so, you will find it very interesting
					Finally, included with this newsletter is a bill for the Active members dues for 1998-99. We would appreciate payment of your dues in a timely fashion. A copy of the minutes of the Annual Meeting at The Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida, are enclosed. Horst R. Konrad, M.D. Secretary-Treasurer
		132nd Annual Meeting Mark your calendars now and plan to attend the next American Otological Society’s Annual Meeting to be held in Palm Desert, California, at the Marriott’s Desert Springs Resort, April 24 and 25, 1999.