62 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF COSMETIC CHEMISTS The results have been most gratifying. In 1965 we accepted 76 mem- bers in 1966 we accepted 170. This substantial increase proves there is much room to grow, but we must continue to work at this activity. One discouraging note on membership has become obvious from our recent membership survey. It appears that based on age, income, posi- tion, and other factors, we are not attracting young people between the ages of 20 and 30 years to our group. This situation requires further study to determine how this problem can be remedied. Within the last month I have visited all of the Chapters to install the new officers for 1967. My total impression of these visits is that all our Chapters are full of vitality and thriving. Enthusiasm for Society work is high, membership is growing and there is an abundance of good leader- ship coming forward in each Chapter. This is especially reassuring for the Society since Chapter experience is one of the better ways to prepare for accepting responsibility at the national level. The Mid-Atlantic Chapter had its inaugural meeting on November 7 with a substantial 65 in attendance. With its unique location between Baltimore and Washington, D. C., and a membership that springs from large and small companies, various government agencies, and the aca- demic world, I can't help but feel that this will come to be one of our most exciting Chapters. The future possibilities for other Chapters forming is now one of our primary objectives and will be continued on an active basis. Our involvement with international affairs continues to increase. One of the most exciting prospects in Europe is that the Czechoslovakian Society will probably affiliate with the IFSCC during the coming year. If this happens, it is believed that other Iron Curtain countries will also join in time. Canada is also starting a society, and any help that can be given to that group in locating new members will be most welcome. The European meeting this past June was a great success and was highly en- dorsed by the members that attended. Also, plans are well underway for the 1968 IFSCC meeting to be held in May, 1968, in Japan. This trip may become a round-the-world journey with stops in Hawaii, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, India, Greece, Israel, and Italy. As more and more United States companies enlarge their operations overseas, the SCC is becoming a useful instrument through which con- tacts can be made and information obtained regarding the conduct of foreign cosmetic operations. Although the SCC is not officially in- volved, many of our members have assisted our colleagues in other coun- tries in the construction of lists of "safe cosmetic" ingredients.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT The last topic I would like to devote some time to is independence. As many of you already realize, we carry on a very ambitious program for such a small society. We publish an international journal with a circula- tion approaching 3000 copies per issue, we sponsor three national meet- ings each year, we administer three national scientific awards, we main- tain communications with the five United States Chapters and the International Federation as well as with a number of universities that teach courses in cosmetic chemistry. The reason we are able to perform these many activities is because of the good will of the New York Academy of Sciences and the contributions of time and money made by the members of the Society and the com- panies they represent. Without these two generous sources of help, the Society would fail, both administratively and financially. Your Board of Directors is diligently studying these problems, and I am certain that a solution will be forthcoming within the next few years. You will hear a good deal more of our independence movement, and I urge you all to support it in whatever ways you can. In closing I would like to take this last opportunity to offer a few sug- gestions for the future: 1. Continue the membership drive until the SCC represents the majority of scientists in our industry. 2. Further Chapter extension efforts until every part of the country where a reasonable number of cosmetic chemists resides is served by • Chapter. 3. Consolidation of JOURNAL activities in the United States and possibly world-wide. 4. Consider fewer national meetings but of longer duration to minimize travel expenditures of those members who live great distances from New York. 5. Continue our efforts to establish more college level courses in cosmetic sciences. 6. Establishment of an independent business office with a full time executive secretary. In summing up, the future looks quite good. This year has brought more papers, better attendance, more new members, and some progress toward a more independent future operation. All of these factors add up to a momentum which our next two presidents have assured me will not subside.