Some of the Awards changed descriptions w/o approval by Executive Committee. Home Office caught this error and has corrected it. Changes to Award descriptions must be vetted thru the Awards Committee and presented to Executive Committee for approval. (INFO) Membership (Ortega) Membership Survey Follow-up Plan of Action (Ortega) President identified 9 key topic areas that need attention and follow-up action (work is already in process for some): Lack of direction, change or growth of AsMA assign – to Long-Range Planning Committee for further development. Comment made to recruit younger members into the LRPC – send any suggested members to President (GOV201103-2 Membership Survey Result Lack of direction, change or – growth of AsMA Sides) – Clear path for advancement in the Association (how one advances in the Association is unclear) assign to the – Fellows Group, potentially along with Associate Fellows. President’s Page for April journal issue addresses this topic. Comments: include professional career development in this process not just how many meetings attended or committees involved in…(ER201103-2 Membership Survey Result – Develop and Publish Clear Path for Advancement in AsMA Fellows/Associate Fellows Chairs) – Lack of relevance of the journal to clinical practice – assign to E&T for consideration and action. Related comment from ED: he was invited to visit with/speak to the FPA flying – physicians association [must be pilot and physician] anticipate we will receive affiliate application from them in the near future. FPA is looking for an umbrella organization to join with. They have fully developed CME program, etc. Potential for journal articles also. They are actually interested in Constituent membership but need to deal with concerns of their own life-time members. (ER201103-3 Membership Survey Result Lack of Relevance of the Journal to – Clinical Practice E&T Committee) – Need for increased performance and life support focus assign to LSBEB, AsPS, AsHFA, HF Committee, – IAMFSP (MS201103-1 Membership Survey Result Need – for Increased Human Performance and Life Support Focus LSBEB/AsPS/AsHFA/IAMFSP/Human Factors – Committee) Lack of operational relevance at the annual meeting – assign to SPC SPC has historically emphasized science over operational abstracts. If we want more operational abstracts we’ll need to give direction to SPC. (ER 201103-4
Some of the Awards changed descriptions w/o approval by Executive Committee. Home Office caught this error and has corrected it. Changes to Award descriptions must be vetted thru the Awards Committee and presented to Executive Committee for approval. (INFO) Membership (Ortega) Membership Survey Follow-up Plan of Action (Ortega) President identified 9 key topic areas that need attention and follow-up action (work is already in process for some): Lack of direction, change or growth of AsMA – assign to Long-Range Planning Committee for further development. Comment made to recruit younger members into the LRPC – send any suggested members to President (GOV201103-2 Membership Survey Result – Lack of direction, change or growth of AsMA – Sides) Clear path for advancement in the Association (how one advances in the Association is unclear) – assign to the Fellows Group, potentially along with Associate Fellows. President’s Page for April journal issue addresses this topic. Comments: include professional career development in this process not just how many meetings attended or committees involved in…(ER201103-2 Membership Survey Result – Develop and Publish Clear Path for Advancement in AsMA – Fellows/Associate Fellows Chairs) Lack of relevance of the journal to clinical practice – assign to E&T for consideration and action. Related comment from ED: he was invited to visit with/speak to the FPA – flying physicians association [must be pilot and physician] anticipate we will receive affiliate application from them in the near future. FPA is looking for an umbrella organization to join with. They have fully developed CME program, etc. Potential for journal articles also. They are actually interested in Constituent membership but need to deal with concerns of their own life-time members. (ER201103-3 Membership Survey Result – Lack of Relevance of the Journal to Clinical Practice – E&T Committee) Need for increased performance and life support focus – assign to LSBEB, AsPS, AsHFA, HF Committee, IAMFSP (MS201103-1 Membership Survey Result – Need for Increased Human Performance and Life Support Focus – LSBEB/AsPS/AsHFA/IAMFSP/Human Factors Committee) Lack of operational relevance at the annual meeting – assign to SPC SPC has historically emphasized science over operational abstracts. If we want more operational abstracts we’ll need to give direction to SPC. (ER 201103-4
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