Full Program

- Day 1 Thursday 24th

- Day 2 Friday 25th

Speakers

Attendees

Agenda Business Meeting 2022 
February 25, 2022

3:00 pm ET

4:00 pm ET

AABCNC Business Meeting

Lynne Opperman

Agenda 

Date, Time & Location

February 25, 2022  •  3:00PM ET (12:00PM Pacific)  •  Zoom

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Expected Attendees

Opperman (President) • Executive Committee  •  Membership

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Order of Business​

1. Approval of minutes of 2021 Business meeting ... PDF

2. Review of Current office holders

   1. President: Lynne Opperman (2020-2022)*

   2. President-elect: Sue Menko (resigned 8/6/2021)

   3. Past President: Sylvia Smith (2020-2022)*

   4. Secretary-Treasurer: Raj Ettarh (2020-2023)

   5. Councilors: Sally Moody (2019-22)*; Gary Bassell (2019-22)*; Carol Gregorio (2020-23)*; Wendy Macklin (2020-23)*

   6. Representative CFAS: Jeff Laitman  (2019-2023)*

   • In-coming office holders

     1. President: Rick Sumner (2022-2023)

     2. President-elect: Alex Robling (2022-2023)

     3. Past President: Lynne Opperman (2022-2023)

     4. Secretary-Treasurer: Raj Ettarh (2020-2023)

     5. Councilors: Carol Gregorio (2020-23)*; Wendy Macklin (2020-23)*; Kirk McHugh (2022-24); Douglas Gould (2022-24)

     6. Representative CFAS: Jeff Laitman (2019-2023)*

        • ​*One year term extension due to COVID pandemic

3. President’s Report and Announcements (Opperman).

   1. FASEB Hill Day 2021 (Smith)​

   2. CFAS Rep report (Laitman)

   3. Memberships (Opperman): AAMC/CFAS, Research!America; Societies Consortium?

   4. Sign-on letters: President authorized signing of 4 letters: 

      • Research!America to President Biden to champion the RISE Act​ authorizing $25 billion to restart NIH research and clinical trials

      • Ad Hoc Group for Medical Research to Appropriations Committee leadership urging $46.4 billion for the NIH base in the final FY 2022 spending bill

      • AAMC-sponsored letter for Medicare-supported GME slots to be included in the upcoming infrastructure package. 

      • AAMC-led Health Professions and Nursing Education Coalition (HPNEC) to endorse $1.51 billion for the Titles VII and VIII programs in FY 2022.

      • AAMC-sponsored letter to support the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act

   5. ​Nominating committee and elections (Opperman): elections of ​president-elect and councilors to the Executive Committee were held in Oct-Nov 2021. Nominating committee (Gwen Childs, Jeff Laitman, Carol Gregorio & Paul Fitzgerald) was carried over from 2020. New president-elect is Alex Robling, councilors are Kirk McHugh and Douglas Gould. President-elect Sue Menko resigned Aug 2021 and was replaced by Rick Sumner.

4. Greetings from AAA (Opperman) - from Valerie DeLeon (president) and Shawn Boynes (executive director)

5. New Chairs

6. Candidates for Emeritus Membership Status (Opperman): Jeff Wenstrup

7. In memoriam

8. Financial Report: (Ettarh) ... PDF

9. Auditors’ Report: (Smith, Sumner)

10. Proposed Budget: (Ettarh) 

11. Membership & Asset history: (Ettarh) 

12. Updates: (Ettarh) — website, association logo.

13. Other Business

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