Continuity and Change Initiative Enters Home Stretch

With just two short months to go, every day we get closer to the newly restructured ASME — an organization that will be focused outwardly toward new markets and new growth. It is the culmination of two years of study and analysis, of discussion and collaboration. As we enter the home stretch, there will be some difficult decisions and new approaches to how we conduct the affairs of ASME.

Our new organization has a bright future, one that pays homage to our history while opening new realms of possibility for sustained growth and success. All of this is occurring in the midst of the Society's yearlong celebration of its 125th anniversary. It is both poignant and fitting that we launch our new organization during this year.

Last month, the Board of Governors approved the first draft of a document prioritizing all 118 programs ASME currently conducts along with the associated recommendations for funding those activities. These priorities and recommendations resulted from a comprehensive review of ASME's current needs, future direction and available resources in conjunction with the strategies and objectives developed over the past two years using the Balanced Scorecard tool.

Some of you will be disappointed that several of our traditional programs may no longer be funded. Please bear in mind that there are trade-offs we all must make in order to set a new course and to adapt to a changing external environment. Others, however — hopefully, the majority of you — will be energized and excited by the new opportunities that the changes will afford us. There will be new ways for you to participate in the work of the Society, new ways for you to make a difference to our profession with your talent and expertise, and new ways for you to enhance your professional development.

I invite you all to celebrate our new organization as we move toward a promising future and I thank you for your voice, for your counsel and for your support.

— Harry Armen
ASME President

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