aEl V,, 0 1212 E,@ "r C,I E-. R'( I"Y @ll pl@ 7 I TO. At-L D . p P, S 1 @is cl S,:l,;@sions for- a 't@qC) YE!;ir, to d"iscontir-iuc. 1 n-@,er -' 2 @, 4- n r, D,@! c eri L,, e r @q@i 'rli 1 ton b u f-, 'k -,he- re @qi I i IL)e no ,iatioria'@ @h@ Pit'-cbur, of or 1974. The organization of sL,@bs-@it.Litp- re@,iori@--i to be encouraged. 'i' I (@ AP\A as a national body cannot and 1104- org@,l',i7E@, Conduct, approve, pl@@l sti or in@,-er-,ede in any regional -ieet-! ngs. 'Fhe inten@ is that those interested vl,ithiii a get, togetl,,er -0-@nd what they v,,oulci 1-irle, Soiil,e rtiay prefer hospital visitation days; .,t researcr. symposia and so forti,,. Tndc-ed c-xl,,@,riiiienciiiq with othc@rs riiiy @@,,an i -f,,,)r;@@'Ls is to b-- s@,i@- ifii).Y so kicIl as to be Uscful fL-4;., tiir-- lr'@F tie'L 4,onc@l Drogrc-,.ri are in a position to Li@@-,de)-wr,ite 11-1 is te) be. hobed th-,4L, 'the il,,ay serve as a focal point -i@oi, of the local volut-i'Llary activities of oLir AF (,Iiapt,c,@f's anc, that those chp-,,-)t(2rs will be in a position to assist with expenses, secretarial help and the 1-ikL,. It would be viell-also to elicit the desires and needs of ,I - t 1 4 region,31 members of the s Al ed Health Profess4lons Section in planning nieet- ing structure. Regional designations are necessary and I have done this on the basis of g 4 Arthritis Foundation re iorts and with an eye to riiei@ibersliip. Each of the four rf.!o,-iot,,s hei@, listed contain -a- few rjiore than @00 APA iiie,@ilt.)ers. northeast'; Coi-.r-iecticut, [@iaine, i,'iassec@,.usetts, Nev., Jc-@rsey, New -moiit,, iqev,, Brunswick, Ne,,,ifo (I & II) !4ew York, Rhode Island, Vet Midland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec. S@j,,iti,ieas t: A't ,t b a,-@: f)e I a.,,a r c-- , s ', r i c @- o f C o I i.i L) i a -1 o r -i d a , G c c r g i a @'iississiDpi, f@l,ortli Carolina, Pennsylvania, Puerto Ri,.-O. South Carolina, Tefini@,qs,,,e, and li-st@ Virginia Central: Ai-kanFas. Illiriols. loiia, Kaiisas, Kentucky, Louisic,.ria, (Vvvl & VII) iilichig3n, s,,oui@-i , f-lex-i co , k@c,,r,th D,3 I,, oa o 0 I a h c, @i @i S c @i Da -I'ex@as, Mani@In. F, S West: Alasta, Ar4zo@ia, IdEilio, iiontari-,,,. (VI'41 & I'A) Nevada, B@-it@.4tsli CO 1 L,,-@b i Pag(-, 2 for -,r region: I have asked following fo r men to act as c,,)i u North4-,ast D(.@E)t, of Medicine i 6T, n I S a n cl c-,,oris t,-'i.D. Phone 516/542-21@01 2'4,0'! [.Iei!ipstoaci 'Furnpike fleado,,,j, i-i.Y. 11554 Southeast of Intc,,,-@ral Medici; I F,; Uf,@,iversity of Virginia School of Medicine John S. Davis, !V, M.D. o-L.I,,(lsville, Va. 2290'1 Phone 703/'W"24-52'12 'Frederic C. l,,,cDuffie, M.D. 14ayo Clinic Phone 507/232-2'DII Minn. 55@9,01 ILest c/o R@.eaTnatic Disease Group Ephraim P. Engleni-dn, 14.D. Unive si+y of California Medical Center Phone 415/342-9068 San Frc-incisco, Calif. 94122 T@,,ey &to responsible for organizing @,,,h.-t-ave)@ cor@@,rq"@ttee or group seems best to get the sll)oti on the road. Every interested member -is urged to send on his thoughts or hoT.)c!s about his regional meeting to the convener. Each reaion is at liberty to de elop as tight or as loose an organizational structure as they wish. It is clear that no regional pattern can suit every ilidivieftial. My ti'loL@glit is that, if a member or a group of members strongly prefer to align themselves with ci region Other than that specified,.they are .at liberty to do so simply by establishing contact with the convener of the region they prefer. It should also be clear that there is no intent of breaking up existing groups simply because their traditional membership comes -from several newly designated regiohs@. For example, the Interurban Club has often met.with men from three regions; 1 hope they will continue to do so. Forqiye the length of this letter - one ARA is enough v,,ot-k - four is beyond MY powers and I am glad to hand the ball to our multitalented membership.