I would like to thank everyone who has sent in a dues payment for 2005. At this time there are 141 dues-paying members. Among these, there are 51 sustaining members, who have paid dues of $30 or more. In addition, the Michigan Section also received a private donation of $500 this year. The list of sustaining members can be found on page 33.
We now have 25 institutional members. This list can be found on page 15 of the printed newsletter. If your school is not listed, you might want to remind your department chair. Last year at this time there were 154 dues-paying individual members, including 58 sustaining members, and 26 institutional members. If you have not yet sent in a dues payment and wish to do so, the membership form can be found on page 15. Remember, dues-paying members pay no registration fee for the Annual Meeting.
3/’00 3/’01 3/’02 3/’03 3/’04 3/’05 dues-paying members 97 115 102 103 96 90 sustaining members 53 61 60 60 58 51 institutional members 26 25 27 16 26 25
The Michigan Section’s current bank balance is $7,710, which includes $863 remaining from the grant committed to the Section’s Project NExT. This year’s balance is consistent with the balance from previous years at this time, with $8,300 in 2004 and $7,694 in 2003. We have a good balance of income and expenses. The Section is in good shape financially.
Nancy Colwell, Secretary/Treasurer