Acceptance Address - Ed Alvarez Thank you Pierre. A special thanks to Pierre, David Naranjit, Dennis Bailey and the members of the Executive and Council for last years efforts to maintain an effective Association.
Synergism is part of the equation.
Failure to appreciate this role causes confusion to the Councillors who based on the fundamentals of governance are responsible first to their council and second to their constituency. A Council of volunteers must stop spending time on micro management so it can develop a view of its future and work on strategies to get to that future. A known rule of thumb based on three questions, used by PEO, determines if a practice be deemed professional to be regulated and practitioners licensed. As a Chemist, I am sure your response will be YES to all. For the time being forget yourselves as chemist.