You will soon be receiving your 2008 membership dues notice.  We would appreciate your help in sending in your 2008 dues early before you become too busy with the holiday season.  You can also order a bound volume of the 2008 United States Specialist for delivery in 2009.

Please remember that The United States Specialist and USSS membership is on a calendar year basis.  To avoid missing an issue of the journal, please renew before the end of the year and take a $3 discount from the yearly dues of $25.

Many members give additional contributions for the work of the Society. Their continued generosity allows our Society to provide monthly the in-depth research information you have come to expect in The United States Specialist as well as the popular Research Papers, Reprints and Books published for our members’ use.

We would like to recognize those members who contribute to the Sustaining, Contributing and Patron levels as well as to the Hardship Fund by listing them in our journal.  If, however, you wish to contribute but remain anonymous, there is a place to so indicate on the dues notice.

Your Society’s operations require four to five weeks to process address changes and renewals until the next month’s issue of The Specialist is delivered.  When members do not renew until February or March, continuation of The Specialist is not guaranteed.  The restarting of the journal to a delinquent dues payer adds expense.  Please let us know if you plan to drop your membership, too.

—Larry Ballantyne
Executive Secretary