The chair membership of AUPO overwhelmingly voted to admit medical student educators as associate members on par with residency program directors, recognizing the vital role that we play in supporting the future vitality of our specialty. We urge you to stay in touch with your fellow educators, by accessing the website cmse.ophed.com to share experiences, curricular programs ideas and assessment tools, and to stay abreast of notice of future meetings so you can reserve the dates. We have accomplished a great deal, but our journey to restore ophthalmology to the mainstream medical school curriculum has just begun, and relies on the efforts of all of our membership.