Industrial hygienists to vote on conference name change
Late last year the American Industrial Hygienists Association’s Board of Directors voted to change the name of the group’s annual conference to the Environmental Health & Safety Conference & Expo, beginning with the 2001 meeting in New Orleans. But a group of dissenting members collected more than 300 signatures on a petition in May to force a vote on the name change by the entire membership.
AIHA officials explained that the new name better reflects the crossover work performed by most industrial hygienists, and is also an attempt to boost conference attendance and exhibitor participation, which has been flat in recent years.