[ RadSafe ] [Fwd: Suggested public name change for APS]

[bobcherry at cox.net]

The Health Physics Society is not the only organization concerned about its perception  by the public. At least the HPS is not the Health "Physical" Society. (:-)

BTW, I voted to discourage the change.

Bob C

> 
> From: -- at aps.org
> Date: 2005/07/05 Tue PM 12:37:09 EDT
> To: --
> Subject: Suggested public name change for APS
> 
> To: All APS Members
> 
> From: Marvin Cohen, APS President
> 
> Re: Suggested public name change for APS
> 
> At its June meeting, the APS Executive Board strongly endorsed changing 
> the public name used by APS from American Physical Society to American 
> Physics Society. The reason is simple: the word "physical" means 
> several things to the general public, most often not physics. This 
> causes confusion and uncertainty regarding what kind of organization 
> APS is, and dilutes the impact APS can have in representing the physics 
> community to the media, the government, and the public at large. 
> 
> The most straightforward way to solve this problem is by means of the 
> relatively minor change in what we call ourselves, suggested by the 
> Board. The Board is mindful of the 106-year history of the American 
> Physical Society, and would continue to use this name for internal 
> purposes, such as our journals and prizes. 
> 
> Before making this change, the Board wishes to gauge membership opinion 
> on this issue. Please click on the following web link: 
> 
>   http://---
> 
> where you will be asked to register your preference on a scale of 
> 1 to 5, and will be able to express your opinion in a comment box as 
> well.
> 
> This email is being distributed to APS members over a period of several 
> days.  The web site will be open to record your opinion from now until 
> August 19. More information, and preliminary results of the poll, will 
> appear in early August in the August/September issue of APS News.
> 
> We will take members' opinions very seriously as we proceed. We look 
> forward to hearing from you. 
>
>