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Mike Lewandowski, CHP, FHPS, HPS President-elect

In my opinion, one of the best parts of being the president-elect of the Health Physics Society (HPS) is the opportunity to visit HPS chapters and interact with HPS members (and potential members) across the country. My first visit as president-elect was to the Columbia Chapter to attend its meeting on 12 September in person. The chapter was very gracious, and Columbia Chapter President-elect Christopher Royce arranged several activities for me while I was in Washington. One of the highlights of the chapter meeting for me was the opportunity to officially present the 50-year member recognition plaque to Dr. Dan Strom. My second president-elect visit was a virtual visit to the State of Texas fall meeting on 3 October. Chapter President-elect Erich Fruchtnicht was a great host and navigated all the technology challenges so that the virtual presentation was seamless. Each meeting had a little more than 30 attendees. I'm looking forward to virtual presentations to the East Tennessee Chapter and to a joint meeting of the New England Chapter and Delaware Valley Society later this month. I feel that I'm really off to a great start.

So far several chapters have contacted me about scheduling an in-person or virtual meeting. I encourage any chapter who would like me to visit or present to contact me at PE@hps.org. The list of scheduled chapter visits is available on the HPS website, including dates being held for tentative meetings. If your chapter needs help setting up a virtual meeting, HPS Headquarters can help.

You may have heard that we're going to replace our current website with a new and much improved version. One component of the website will be a chapter information hub. Please review the existing collection of resources for chapters and provide your feedback on what additional resources you would like to see. You can email your thoughts to me or directly to Website Development Planning Task Force Chair Kendall Berry.

I'm looking forward to hearing from more HPS members. Let me know what questions or concerns you have. Contact me at PE@hps.org.