John Rumble

With the start of the APS new Strategic Plan and the introduction of the APS Industrial Fellowship, presently held by Steven Lambert, it has become timely and useful to put together a similar plan for FIAP, recognizing that any such plan should align with the APS plan. To that end, the FIAP Executive Committee has approved a plan, as summarized in the table below, the articulate goals and activities for the next four years. The table also defines specific activities for 2014, most of which are underway.

Four overall goals have been defined, as aligned with the APS plan:

• To better serve FIAP members
• To better serve the industrial and applied physics community
• To help industrial and applied physics better serve society
• To increase FIAP organizational excellence

Given that FIAP already foster continuity of leadership through its four-year Chair cycle (Vice, Chair-elect, Chair, Past Chair), the strategic plan adds a continuity of programs and activities that increases FIAP’s impact. Full implementation will not be done until next year or beyond (see green shading in the table, but we have already started a number of new activities as included in the table.

There are numerous opportunities for FIAP members to get more active. If something interests you, please contact John Rumble at jumbleusa@earthlink.net

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