On October 18-19, 1995, the Executive Council, along with other representative members of the Academy, met in Crystal City, Virginia, to conduct a Workshop relative to missions and goals of the Academy for the near future. The Workshop identified seven specific objectives. All of those objectives have been or are being addressed by committees of the Academy with input from the Executive Council.

1. Mentor Associates and Active Fellows. This charge was made to the Fellowship Committee last year and excellent progress has been made in developing a framework for this activity. This year’s Fellowship Committee should complete this development and, upon Council approval, will be implemented.
2. Provide programs in scientific communication. As always the scientific program in Newport Beach was an excellent one. Next year’s meeting, under the direction of Program chair George Zarb, will approach the scientific program in a different format to address this specific objective. A single topic will be presented and discussed in depth for three days of the meeting. This approach will address this objective and give the Academy Fellows an opportunity to evaluate this format for future meetings.
3. Modification of the structure and content of the annual program. This specific objective is also being addressed with the 1997 Program as mentioned for the objective above. In addition more corporate support and visibility is being considered for that meeting as a means to offset increasing costs.
4. Development of continuing education programs. As you know there is considerable competition in the continuing education marketplace. The Annual Scientific program is certainly an excellent contribution to the continuing education arena. In addition the Academy is researching the possibility of assuming responsibility for the successful University of Michigan Comprehensive Review in Prosthodontics Course upon the retirement of Brien Lang.
5. Presentation of health care delivery systems information to the membership. This objective was so ably addressed by Howard Landesman at the Newport Beach meeting where he organized and moderated the session on "Managed Care – Heaven, Hell or just Purgatory".
6. Maintain and add to the current outreach program. The Outreach Program has provided excellent service to the Native American community and wonderful humanitarian exposure for the Academy. Plans are underway to expand this program to other communities of need. However, costs of this program and the need to secure a firm financial base for the Foundation may limit some of these programs in the near future. This year the Foundation was only able to support three Native American projects. Those with suggestions for additional funding should contact George Smutko or Don Kramer.
7. Maintain and expand the Glossary of Prosthodontic Terms. Cliff Van Blarcom and his committee continue to actively pursue the seventh issue of the Glossary scheduled to be ready in 1999.