Updated on November 7, 2008

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Dear Fellow NEMA Members:
All of us in attendance at our 51st Annual Meeting in Steamboat Springs, Colorado agreed that NEMA meetings must be more accessible to a changing, younger membership. With your permission, here’s what we’d like to do:

• Return to our Northeastern roots by holding all meetings in New England.
• Limit scientific programs to three days. What we call a “meeting” may last a few days longer, but only to encourage resorts to extend discounts to those people who’d like to make a week of it.
• Meet during school vacations. We know that not all schools in all states enjoy the same week of vacations. We will rotate our meetings so that over time, we should hit them all.
• Reduce the cost of meetings. Eliminating Western and European meetings will remove the lion’s share of costs. We will also reduce the number of group dinners and cocktail parties. Our experience at Steamboat demonstrated that cash bars and impromptu optional group dinners allows us to preserve our social tradition at a fraction of the cost.
• Cater to children. We would like to divert funds normally used for honoraria to organize chaperoned ski programs for the kids, babysitting, and other children’s events.
• Coordinate NEMA meetings with those of other specialties. As best we can, we will try to avoid scheduling NEMA meetings during other major national medical meetings.

We hope these changes will make it easier for you to attend NEMA meetings, and will encourage you to invite your friends. If you have ideas as to how we might improve our meetings, please send them along.

I look forward to seeing you all at the 52nd Annual Meeting at Stoweflake Resort & Spa March 1st-4th 2009.

Very best regards,

David Novis, MD,
President

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LAST YEAR'S MEETING INFORMATION
51st Anniversary Annual Meeting
March 1-8, 2008
Sheraton Steamboat Resort & Conference Center in Colorado

A Call for Papers:
The Northeast Medical Association held its 51st Annual Meeting March 1-8, 2008 at the Sheraton Steamboat Resort & Conference Center in Colorado. Areas of interest include sport specific injuries, as well as psychological, social, personal, and organizational issues encountered in the performance of young athletes. Case presentations of unusual performances and unusual injuries or medical problems arising in the course of training and competition are welcomed. Issues concerning parents and coaches may be presented. Please submit a brief description of your topic to David Page, MD, Program Chairman at david.page@bhs.org.