I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who sent in a dues payment. We currently have 163 individual members and 18 institutional members. Of the 163 individual members, 60 have paid sustaining member dues of $30 or more. The lists of institutional members and sustaining members are on pages 28 and 29. If you have not yet sent in your dues for 2002–2003, you can still do so with the membership form on page 8. Please check the list of institutional members. If your school is not listed, you might want to remind your department chair.
Here is some data on membership dues for the past seven years.
| 3/’98 | 3/’99 | 3/’00 | 3/’01 | 3/’02 | 3/’03 | |
| regular members | 123 | 100 | 97 | 115 | 102 | 103 |
| sustaining members | 48 | 44 | 53 | 61 | 60 | 60 |
| institutional members | 21 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 18 |
The Michigan Section’s current bank balance is $7,694, which includes $2,093 committed to the Section’s Project NExT. Last year’s balance was $7,680, which included the grant for Project NExT. Income from advertisements in the Newsletter is still coming in, and the cost for production of the Section’s Newsletter is lower this year than in previous years. The financial health of the Section is satisfactory.
Margret Höft, Secretary/Treasurer