The 2014 Annual Meetings
of Beyond AIDS and of the Beyond AIDS Foundation will be held on Sunday,
October 19. The physical hub of the meeting will be at the Club
Quarters Hotel at 839 17th St. NW, Washington, DC 20006, and we welcome members
who cannot attend that in person to phone in for conference
call participation. The time will be 4:00-7:00
p.m. Eastern, 1:00-4:00 p.m. Pacific. The meeting is open to all members. Nonmembers will need to be specially invited, so please first write to info@beyondaids.org to express interest and check on available space.
Complete information,
including "handouts" and the phone number and code to use when calling in, will
be sent to those who RSVP about their interest. Write to info@beyondaids.org.
This has been an active year for Beyond
AIDS, and we look forward to telling you all about it. Three California bills
that we have supported passed both houses of the legislature, have been signed by the Governor. The Foundation has continued its research and
fellowship programs.
Our Scientific Committee is putting the finishing touches
on important recommendations for changes in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy,
which will be presented to the Foundation Board at our meeting. The following
morning, a Beyond AIDS leadership delegation has an appointment with key
HIV/AIDS policy leaders of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to
present these recommendations. Thus, we intend to make maximum use of our
presence in Washington to influence policy. If Beyond AIDS recommendations are
adopted, the U.S. can finally drive down the U.S. epidemic; if not, there may
be no end in sight to this scourge.
