Association News

Changes to Board
Three members of the Board of Directors of The CFIDS Association of America have retired from the Board this year. Their departures come as the result of various personal and professional obligations and choices. The departing directors are: Edward D. Isenberg, Lea Rhodes and Dr. Marsha T. Wallace.

Each of these directors has made important contributions to the Association, and we will miss their service on the Board. However, we look forward to their continued dedication to the Association’s mission to conquer CFIDS. Please join the rest of the Board and staff of the Association in thanking them for their service and wishing them well.

Also join us in welcoming Jon Sterling, past president of the New Jersey CFS Association, who has been elected to the Board as Treasurer and Chairman of the Nominating Committee.

1999 Annual Fund a sweeping success
Last summer the Association’s Board of Directors kicked off the 1999 Annual Fund by calling, visiting and writing more than 225 Association members and donors. Although it wasn’t feasible for Directors to personally contact every friend of the Association, a great deal was learned from those of you whom we were fortunate enough to reach.

During the course of the conversations, personal stories were exchanged, concerns were expressed and ideas were shared. Your vision and counsel will serve the Association well as it enters the 21st century.

At the end of the year more than $700,000 was raised, making the 1999 Annual Fund the most successful campaign in The CFIDS Association’s history. The success of the fund means we’re able to enhance crucial efforts in public awareness and CFIDS education and fast-track vital public policy work and research that will help end the pain, disability and heartache caused by CFIDS.

Thanks go out to the approximately 2,000 of you who supported the 1999 Annual Fund. We continue to be moved by your commitment to and faith in the Association’s important work and your resolve to help us bring better living to all people with CFIDS.

Web site honored
The CFIDS Association’s youth web site ( www.cfids.org/youth ) has received an award from http://www.healthatoz.com/, a leading source of health information on the Internet. The Association’s site beat out hundreds of others in terms of content, ease of use and overall appeal. Even better testimony to the popularity of Association’s web site is the traffic--more than 100,000 visitors have checked out www.cfids.org in the past year.