From Mr G. J. Weaver, MRPharmS
SIR,-I wholeheartedly agree with Douglas Simpson's proposal (PJ, September 2, p319) and urge all pharmacists to read the page. He suggests a formal review of the financing of the Society's activities. It is a proposal which should be pursued with vigour. The major sources of revenue for the Society, I believe, come from members' and premises retention fees. Members should now be aware via The Pharmaceutical Journal and have formed their own opinions of the disagreement at the August Council meeting.
Financial support for too many apparently self-indulgent projects of a favoured few would seem to have originally come from the pockets of Royal Pharmaceutical Society members. Perhaps the time has come for an "awareness campaign" to enable the members to become aware of what they do not know.
Now is an opportune time for the Council to summarise those of its achievements over the past 10 years which have made a practical improvement to the quality of life, ie, specifically of the members of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The welfare of the membership is, I suggest, its raison d'être.
G. J. Weaver
Bath