May 1998 AAOS Report
Annual Meeting home page sections generate interest
More than 950 Academy members took advantage of online
registration for the 1998 Annual Meeting in New Orleans. The Academy's
home page also allowed members to "Make Your Own Schedule"
listing Annual Meeting courses, symposia, meetings and events
they would like to attend; 730 individuals used the calendar to
schedule more than 5,600 events. The colleague locator was another
popular item on the home page; more than 2,780 visits were made
by members to locate colleagues before the Annual Meeting. Overall,
the "Annual Meeting" section of the home page recorded
more than 13,700 visits from users interested in obtaining more
information about the meeting.