Members Present: James Roach, MD; John Dormans, MD; Frances Farley, MD; Peter Newton, MD;. Howard Epps, MD; Henry Chambe
MINUTES of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA May 7, 2010 Waikoloa, Hawaii Members Present: James Roach, MD; John Dormans, MD; Frances Farley, MD; Peter Newton, MD; Howard Epps, MD; Henry Chambers, MD; Matthew Bueche, MD; Matthew Dobbs, MD; Todd Milbrandt, MD; Richard Schwend, MD; B Stephens Richards III, MD; Randall Loder, MD; Jennifer Weiss, MD Staff Present: Teri Stech, Executive Director Cristina Cabral, Society Coordinator I.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order on May 7, 2010 at 7:50 AM by President James Roach, MD. He welcomed the new members of the Board and thanked Dr. John Dormans for an outstanding year of leadership. i.i
Disclosure/Conflict of Interest
Dr. Roach asked the new Board members to update their disclosure of interest statements on the AAOS database. II.
August Board Meeting
The summer Board meeting will be held August 20 in Rosemont, IL. The meeting will begin at 7:00 AM therefore all Board members should plan on arriving Thursday evening, August 19th. The meeting will end no later than 5:00 PM. III.
Nominating Committee Process
There has been some discussion about restructuring our nominating process. Dr. Roach would like to develop a task force to look at our process and study how other organizations implement their nominating committee. A change is our process would require a bylaws change. Further discussion on this will take place at the August board meeting. IV.
Mexico-Active or Corresponding Membership
Dr. Roach will ask a group from the membership and bylaws committees to look at allowing members from Mexico to apply as Active members of POSNA. Currently, surgeons from Mexico are eligible to apply for corresponding membership. Further discussion on this will take place at the August board meeting.
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2010-2011 Committees
A committee reference book will be distributed to all board members and committee chairs within the next two weeks. The book lists all committee members contact information and committee charges. Dr. Roach encouraged the council chairs to contact their committees and ask them to arrange conference calls early to review charges for the upcoming year. VI.
Presidential Line Conference Call Summations
Dr. Milbrandt commented on how helpful the summations were and hoped they would be continued to be distributed to the entire board. Dr. Roach confirmed that we’ll continue distributing these and asked that if anyone had questions, thoughts or comments from these that they contact him. VII.
Designated Clinical Trial Grants
We discussed this idea at the board meeting earlier this week. Matt Dobbs will present a proposal on these types of grants at the August Board meeting. All agreed increased advertisement was necessary if these types of grants were going to be accepted for funding. VIII.
Adjournment
The second POSNA Board of Directors meeting was adjourned at 8:00 AM. Respectfully submitted, James W. Roach, MD, President Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America JR/ts
