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 Executive Council Minutes Minutes of the January 11, 2005 Executive Council Meeting PRESENT Doctors: T. Becker, C. Mahoney, S. Forney, R. Hanson, R. Hartley, J. Hendricks, K. Reed, and R. Savage. Also present, K. Lyman, Executive Director. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Thomas Becker, M.D., President-Elect. FINANCIAL REPORT The financial report for December 2004 was reviewed and approved as submitted. PRESIDENT’S REPORT Dr. Becker reported that candidates for the 2005 Executive Council have been contacted and accepted the nominations. They were published in the November/December issues of the Bulletin. PRESIDENT’S REPORT Dr. Becker read a letter sent by the Junior Olympic Games thanking the PCMS for their support and assistance with physicians during the event. LEGISLATIVE REPORT The Legislative Priorities for 2005 were presented and approved. The priorities will be distributed to the membership at the Annual Meeting. They will also be placed on the PCMS website. They will be distributed with the notice to the members of the PCMS Legislative Breakfast at the State Capitol, February 23rd at 7:00 A.M. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT The PCMS has received a letter from the EVP of the AMA Michael Maves, M.D. informing us that the PCMS nomination of Senator Charles Grassley to receive the 2005 Dr. Nathan Davis Award has been selected. Senator Grassley will be presented his award at the AMA National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D. C. in March. The PCMS President, and council members who wish, will be in attendance along with the Executive Director. The PCMS has written a letter of concern to the Iowa Board of Medical Examiners regarding an Optometry group that was advertising in the classified ads in the phone directory under physicians and surgeons. The IBME response was discussed. Washington D. C. Fly-In is tentatively scheduled for September 20th and 21st. The date would only change to the week after this if the room rates are not reasonable. ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted, Kathie J. Lyman. |
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