Greetings to my APTR colleagues. I am delighted to report that our annual meeting in March was a tremendous success, with 170 attendees, and tremendously positive comments from those who joined us in the shadow of Capitol Hill the week that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed in Congress and signed into law. Our conference chairs were delighted at the confl uence of events as we gathered in the nation's capitol. As you may know, we have committed to having the next two annual meetings in the Washington, DC area. Stay tuned for more details, and watch for the call for volunteers to participate in the conference planning process. We will need your ideas, input and energy to exceed this year's tremendous success. I want to personally offer my thanks to Tony Schlaff and Steve McCurdy, our conference planning committee chairs, and to all the members of the planning committee for their hard work.

As we watch, wait for, and in some cases participate in, the implementation process for the new health care reform legislation, it is going to be important to pay close attention to the administrative rule-

making process and participate in the process of commentary and feedback on proposed implementation details. Look for communications from APTR about opportunities to comment. If you are invited to comment, share that information with APTR so we can get word out to the membership to weigh in with their opinions on the matter.

I hope those of you who attended the annual meeting will indulge me while I reiterate here the details of what I have called the "Three for the Road" campaign. As we all know, getting the health care reform bill signed into law is only the fi rst step on a long road to lasting, meaningful and comprehensive health system redesign that is badly needed. In order to set the stage for APTR to participate strongly in this process, I have called upon our membership to join me in the following three initiatives as we begin this journey.

First, please send me via e-mail (shull@aptrweb.org) three (or more) ideas or suggestions for how this organization can best support your efforts in the work of prevention.

Second, help make certain that three people you know and work closely with in the fi eld of prevention know about APTR and encourage them to join the organization. If you are a member, please don't forget to renew. If you have been a member in the past but are not currently enrolled or participating in the organization, please consider reinstating your membersips.

Finally, I expect to convene three working groups to help us formulate real-world strategies for addressing the following topics: Interprofessional Prevention Education; Community-Engaged Research; and Accountable Systems of Care.

I invite open participation from all the membership to dialog about ways that APTR can address each of these topic areas, develop programming relevant to you as members in these areas, and move the prevention agenda forward. If you are interested in leadership of any of these groups, please contact me via e-mail, and if you don't want to lead, but do want to participate in the discussion, please respond when we put out the call for the groups. I particularly want to include students in these working groups, so please join us in the dialog!

I recently had the pleasure of spending two days with APTR staff at the offi ce in Washington, DC, and have to report to you that we have a dedicated, creative and enthusiastic group of professionals who want to see this organization grow and respond to your needs as members. It is my goal that, over the next two years, we will both grow our membership and make the organization highly responsive to your needs as we journey through these exciting times. Thank you all for the work that you do, and I look forward to serving you.