Worth Your Time and Worth Your Effort.

Dear SMA Member,

This is your chance to strengthen the medical profession, enhance your colleagues' careers, and be rewarded for the effort! Introduce your colleagues to the Southern Medical Association and they will be involved with the best partner they could have as practicing physicians. Recruiting a colleague into SMA is a "Members Only" opportunity. Your recruitment efforts won't go unrecognized. In addition to a thank you gift each time you recruit a new dues paying member, your name will be entered into a drawing to win one of the exciting gifts listed inside.

From January 1 to December 1, 2002, the more new dues paying members you recruit, the greater your chances of winning a fabulous trip! And, you'll receive international recognition on SMA's website, in the Southern Medical Journal and in ChartNotes.

When speaking with your colleagues about membership in SMA, remember the many advantages offered including:

* access to excellent CME seminars and conferences

* the latest techniques and trends found each month in the Southern Medical Journal and other publications;

* the SMA website, www.sma.org, containing Category 1 CME FREE;

* Practice Management services and updates that will improve the quality and efficiency of your practice.

Our colleagues will benefit also. A money back guarantee is available for first time dues paying members of SMA if not completely satisfied with their first year of membership. Enrich the pool of ideas and information available to all of us. Recruit a new dues paying member into SMA today. It's easy. You may refer a colleague to SMA online at www.sma.org or call Member Services for more information.

Sincerely,

Jean Edwards Holt, MD, MHA 

President