A Message From NSBP President, Paul Gueye 

Dear NSBP family,

 

As of February 1, 2012, I have rotated in the position of President of NSBP.  Please join me to thank Dr.  Peter Delfyett, our past President, who has done an outstanding job during his term.  I am now part of a relatively small group of leaders and hope that I will be able to fit in their shoes and continue the vision that some of them established back in 1972.

 

On December 31, 2011, I sent you a letter relating some important information to you: (1) 2012 is NSBP’s 40th anniversary and (2) I will be reaching out to all of you to contribute actively to our organization.  I am asking all of you, members and non-member, who are part of the NSBP family to take the time to read the (relatively short) information below and act on it accordingly.  There is a lot to do and I am hoping that everyone will be contributing to the growth of NSBP as our strength relies on our number and what we will accomplish.

 

NSBP Committees (http://nsbp.org/committees/) NSBP has 12 existing committees.  I am confident that you will all have an interest in contributing in one of them.  In the coming weeks, I would like to provide individual pages on our website within which members of the committees and their various activities could be listed (including regular reports).  You can be part of more than one committee.  If you are interested, please send an email to exec.comm@nsbp.org mentioning which committee, your interest and a short (1-page max) biosketch.

 

NSBP Sections (http://nsbp.org/sections/) Our annual meeting is the flagship of our organization.  Yet, there is not a sufficient number of members actively working on these sections during the calendar year (i.e., beyond the annual meeting).  I am hoping we can change this.  Similar to the above, I would like to provide individual pages on our website within which members of the sections and their various activities could be listed.  You can be part of more than one section.  If you are interested, please send an email to exec.comm@nsbp.org mentioning which section, your interest and a short (1-page max) biosketch.

 

NSBP Membership (http://nsbp.org/membership/) A society cannot survive if its members do not pay their dues! This is even more important for NSBP.  We are heavily relying on this and I am urging all of you who are not yet a member or did not renew their membership, to please take the time to become one or renew your membership.  We will start implementing a system to remind some of you who did not pay their dues to do so.  We are also working on new benefits that will be made available in the coming months to be competitive with some of our sister societies.

 

Thanks you for your interest and contribution to NSBP. 

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Paul Gueye

NSBP President