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Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists |
February 5, 2010
SWAFS Board of Directors has the distinct pleasure of announcing the 2009-2010 SWAFS Journal Editor, Richele Theodore Howelton. The Journal is a huge undertaking, as any former Journal editor can attest, so please do all you can to make her job easier...send in those articles! Don’t have time to pen an entire article? Write up an interesting testimony, unusual case or ingenious technique. All of you that have posted questions on the Yahoo! Groups site, consider sending Ms. Howelton your question posed and the answers you received. Have you done a poster or technical presentation at a recent conference? You are more than halfway to a Journal publishing! Write it up and send it in! Be proud of your work and share it with your peers.
Deadline for submissions to be included in this edition of the Journal is March 1st, 2010. Remember, submissions to the Journal earn points toward membership promotion. You could be a Distinguished member before you know it!
You may send submissions to Richele at: 
December 17, 2009
Please join the SWAFS Board of Directors in congratulating James Garcia as the recent Zotter Award winner.
Letter from the president
Fresh from a SWAFS conference, I am renewed for another year. The sense of camaraderie is so present when SWAFS members gather, it is like coming home. Though this year other Associations participated as well, the tight-knit group of SWAFS was easy to spot. It is from these connections and interactions that we grow as people as well as scientists.
The talent and knowledge pool that we represent is tremendous. It is imperative that we share that talent and knowledge. As luck would have it, there are so many exciting opportunities to serve. Whether that is submitting an article or technical note for the Journal, assisting with website updates, reviewing membership applications or serving in some other capacity, find your passion and let it shine. Service is the truest form of leadership and SWAFS is a leader among forensic Associations. I challenge you to find your niche.
I would like to take the opportunity to thank Brad Rogers, Lee Garrett and Jill Dupre for their service and leadership on the Board this past year. I also warmly welcome Brandon Conrad to the office of President-Elect, Sarah Skiles and Dan Hedges to the Board of Directors, and Steve Valdez to the office of Treasurer. I’m inspired to see the new faces of SWAFS and excited about the new ideas that will be offered.
I garner a great deal of professional and personal satisfaction from SWAFS and my peers within the Association. I am humbled and honored to serve this Association that has given me so much.
I look forward to seeing you next September at conference in Grapevine, Texas!
Respectfully,
Brandy Reese
The Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists (SWAFS) is a not for profit association of persons actively engaged in the profession of scientific examination of physical evidence in an organized body so that the profession in all of its disciplines may be effectively and scientifically practiced.
SWAFS exists to: exchange information among forensic scientists to improve techniques, encourage research in forensic science and keep its members apprised of the latest techniques and discoveries in forensic science.
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