Re: HPS President

[LIPTONW@dteenergy.com]

While I can state, without reservation, that I am unequivically opposed to 
"inappropriate influence" wherever it may occur, perhaps some examples would 
be helpful in evaluating the situation.  There is, apparently, "the rest of 
the story" that I am not familiar with.   
 
The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
It's not about dose, it's about trust. 
 
Bill Lipton 
liptonw@dteenergy.com 
 
You wrote: 
 
>Paul: 
 
>I am troubled by the questions that you posed to the two candidates for
Health 
>Physics Society (HPS) President-Elect.  I am also concerned that you may
have 
>some mis-conceptions about the American Academy of Health Physics (AAHP),
its 
>mission, and its on-going activities, the result of which drove you to your 
>inquiries.  As a member of the AAHP and one of its Past-Presidents, I would 
>like to take this opportunity to provide you with some additional
information 
>that I hope might shed some light on a few issues issues. 
 
>First, as was so eloquently stated by both Paul Rohwer and Charlie Willis
in 
>their responses to you, the AAHP and the HPS are separate organizations. 
>Neither influences the other in the corporate or operational sense, even 
>though many members of the AAHP are also members of the HPS.  If you were 
>advised by someone that the AAHP is "the technical arm" of the HPS, you
were 
>mis-informed.  Likewise, because both organizations have distinct and
separate 
>objectives, there is neither the mechanism nor the desire for one to exert 
>"inappropriate" influence over the other. 

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