____COMMENTARY. LINES FROM THE PRESIDENT: SHOULD THE SNM Page 1 snm @ v@vv,@III
@ T he SocietyofNuclear Medicine(SNM) @sfounded as a scientific organization with a …

In a 1990 Journal of Nuclear Medicine editorial, Richard A. Holmes, MD, then SNM
president, suggested that a 2-year term for the SNM president would be beneficial for the …

On October 5, William Bertera resigned as executive director of the SNM to accept a similar
position with the Water Environment Federation, a 100,000-member Washington-based …

Toward the end of every annual meeting of the SNM, there is a change of guard. The
president of the previous year becomes the immediate past president, and the president …

Your Society leaders have worked diligently over the past few months developing a new
strategic plan (www. snm. org/about/sp. html). This ambitious plan is designed to provide …

hortage, shortage, shortage, shortage.. this year the country has seen the nuclear medicine
technologist (NMT) shortage reach critical proportions. With the graying of current NMTs, the …

Each year I look forward to the annual meeting of the Society as a time to see friends and
colleagues and to recharge my interest in nuclear medicine. I always get a sense of …

While the SNM Political Action Committee (PAC) may have supported only two candidates in
the last election, it was money well spent. Both Blanche Lincoln (D) of Arkansas and Bart …

The administration's FY 2006 budget request for the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of
Science cut approximately $23 million from the Medical Applications and Measurement …

My year as Society of Nuclear Medicine–Technolo-gist Section (SNM–TS) president is
coming to a close. Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to serve. As Anton …