Dear Fellow Members of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society,

 

As your section chair for 2003, I would like to all of you to consider helping initiatives in two areas.

 

First, the Southeastern section is the largest section of the American Physical Society but still does not include the majority of the members of the American Physical Society in the Southeast.  We have approximately 1800 members of the Southeastern Section out of over 5000 members of the APS in the Southeast. There are many advantages and no disadvantages for members of the APS to also be members of the Southeastern Section.  And there are real funding reasons from the standpoint of the Section to increasing our membership since we receive a fixed amount of support for Section activities from the APS for each Section member. It costs nothing to each of you to be a member and it is easy to register. Simply go to the APS link indicated below on this page and follow directions.  I hope all of you who are members will prevail upon your colleagues to join.

 

Second, in spite of our large Section we are under represented   at the national level in the various APS committees and offices.  This is also true of the various divisions such as the Condensed matter, Particles and Fields.  I hope in the coming year to assemble a slate of interested SESAPS members who are willing to stand for election to the national and division offices and are willing to serve on various committees.  Once we know who these individuals are (nominations or volunteers should make their intentions or desires known to me as soon as possible since there are nominating deadlines that must be met) we would try to mobilize the SESAPS membership to support their candidacies.

 

Brad Cox

Chair, SESAPS

cox@uvahep.phys.virginia.edu