Newsletter Volume 6 June 2000
American Otological Society, Inc.
133rd Annual Spring Meeting
We welcomed four new active members to the Society - Drs. Stephen C. Cass, Saumil N. Merchant, Lorne S. Parnes, and Debara L. Tucci. Three new corresponding members - Drs. Vicente G. Diamante, Takeshi Kubo and Thomas P. U. Wustrow.
The American Otological Society, Inc., recently completed a very successful 133rd Annual Meeting under the leadership of the President, Dr. C. Gary Jackson. We wish to thank Dr. Jackson for an outstanding program.
The members and their guests had a very enjoyable evening at the President’s reception/banquet and dance on Sunday evening.
Change of Address: Please notify the Secretary-Treasurer’s Office at 2720 Tartan Way, Springfield, IL 62707, or via e-mail, segossard@aol.com, of any change in your address, phone/fax number, or e-mail. If you have recently acquired an e-mail address, please forward to the AOS office so we may record in our database.
Membership: The Society is pleased to report a total of 274 members. The Membership Development Committee has been established 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 application for membership for all candidates must be completed, in English, signed and accompanied by the proposal letters and mailed to the Secretary’s Office by September 1, 2000.

If you are in need of additional membership applications, please call the Secretary-Treasurer’s office at (217) 483-6966 and leave you name and address, and we will forward application to you. You may e-mail your request for a membership application to segossard@aol.com

The membership application is available on the AOS website: http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~ajo/AOS/AOS.html


134th Annual Meeting
Mark your calendar 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, May 12-13, 2001.


Active Members’ Annual Dues: Enclosed with this newsletter is a statement for the Active members’ dues for 2000-01. We would appreciate payment of your dues in a timely fashion.

American College of Surgeons
The AOS Council would like to encourage members to join the ACS, as otolaryngologists represent specialty surgeons very well. The College currently has 3972 members that are otolaryngologists.

A copy of the minutes of the Annual Meeting at the Orlando World Center Marriott, Orlando, Florida, is enclosed.


Horst R. Konrad, M.D.
Secretary-Treasurer
ABSTRACTS
Reminder:
Deadline for submission of abstracts for the May 12-13, 2001, Annual Meeting in Palm Desert, California, is October 15, 2000. The AOS approved abstract format follows the same format as utilized by the American Journal of Otology. An abstract form is enclosed. The Abstract form is available on the AOS website: http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~ajo/AOS/AOS.html