employees can get reimbursed for the resort fee. In addition, Jeff is currently negotiating for reduced rates for Disney World tickets. Review and Approval of Agenda • Phil Scarpa asked if everyone had reviewed the agenda and if anyone had comments. No comments were made. Extractions • Valerie Martindale trial to extract the Membership Committee and Awards Committee reports from the Consent Agenda. No other extractions were requested. Consent agenda approval • Roland Vermeiren moved to accept the amended agenda. The motion to accept the agenda as amended was passed unanimously. Approval/Acceptance of Council Minutes Sunday, May 11 • – Kris Belland moved to accept the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Joe Ortega identified several changes: Page 10 should say instead of “face-to-face” “fact-to-face.” At the bottom of page 10, it says that insurance companies and trial boards of licensure are responsible for MOC. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is responsible for MOC. They put it out there. The boards, like the American Board of Preventive Medicine, are responsible for implementing MOC for Board Certification. Page 11 should refer to Journal-based CME instead of Journal-base CME. Council members voted to approve the minutes as amended. The motion passed unanimously. Approval/Acceptance of Joint Council Minutes Thursday, May 15 • – The second set of minutes considered was for the Joint Council meeting held on Thursday, May 15. Joe Ortega moved to approve those minutes. Roland Vermeiren said that his name was spelled wrong in the Representation and Advocacy Report section of the minutes. Council members voted to approve the minutes as amended. The motion passed unanimously. (Closed) Governance Kris Belland, Vice President for Governance, introduced each Governance item on the agenda. President’s Report • Phil Scarpa said that it was his lifelong dream to be President of AsMA. He loves the organization. His theme this year is a Difference in Aerospace Medicine with the Help of AsMA.” The “Making organization is a powerful tool to help us make things happen and to influence our field. The goal of the organization is to improve the health, safety, and human performance of those who fly in the air and
employees can get reimbursed for the resort fee. In addition, Jeff is currently negotiating for reduced rates for Disney World tickets. • Review and Approval of Agenda Phil Scarpa asked if everyone had reviewed the agenda and if anyone had comments. No comments were made. • Extractions Valerie Martindale to extract the Membership Committee and Awards Committee reports from the Consent Agenda. No other extractions were requested. • Consent agenda approval Roland Vermeiren moved to accept the amended agenda. The motion to accept the agenda as amended was passed unanimously. • Approval/Acceptance of Council Minutes – Sunday, May 11 Kris Belland moved to accept the Minutes of the Council Meeting held on Sunday, May 11, 2014. Joe Ortega identified several changes: Page 10 should say “face-to-face” instead of “fact-to-face.” At the bottom of page 10, it says that insurance companies and boards of licensure are responsible for MOC. The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) is responsible for MOC. They put it out there. The boards, like the American Board of Preventive Medicine, are responsible for implementing MOC for Board Certification. Page 11 should refer to Journal-based CME instead of Journal-base CME. Council members voted to approve the minutes as amended. The motion passed unanimously. • Approval/Acceptance of Joint Council Minutes – Thursday, May 15 The second set of minutes considered was for the Joint Council meeting held on Thursday, May 15. Joe Ortega moved to approve those minutes. Roland Vermeiren said that his name was spelled wrong in the Representation and Advocacy Report section of the minutes. Council members voted to approve the minutes as amended. The motion passed unanimously. (Closed) Governance Kris Belland, Vice President for Governance, introduced each Governance item on the agenda. • President’s Report Phil Scarpa said that it was his lifelong dream to be President of AsMA. He loves the organization. His theme this year is “Making a Difference in Aerospace Medicine with the Help of AsMA.” The organization is a powerful tool to help us make things happen and to influence our field. The goal of the organization is to improve the health, safety, and human performance of those who fly in the air and trial trial
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