View from Stone Mountain

Greetings from Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA, where we are eagerly awaiting the beginning of fall and cooler temperatures.

I recently attended the Wilderness Medical Society’s 4th World Congress, held in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, and returned to Stone Mountain with 30 new ISTM members! I would like to send a special "thank you" to Drs. Peter Hackett, Marc Shaw, David Shlim and Mary Wilson for encouraging WMS members to give the ISTM a try. Welcome to all our new members from WMS and elsewhere around the globe. I trust you will find the ISTM to be a valuable source of information for yourself and your patients.

I am very pleased to announce that we have a new, and I think more “eye-catching” membership brochure. I know one of our President’s goals is for our society to double the membership by 2005. One way we can assist in achieving this goal is by getting information about ISTM into the hands of potential members. I always keep a supply in the office to send out at anytime. So, please remember to request these brochures to distribute at meetings you may be attending.

I am curious to know if there is an interest within the membership of the society for items such as certificates of membership, membership pins, etc. Please email (to istm@istm.org) your thoughts and suggestions on these ideas.

Remember to speak a kind word to someone each day – it may be the only time they hear something positive!

Brenda Bagwell