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January
2002
Volume 66 |
Number
1
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ASA
NEWS
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2002
Meeting Dates for
ASA Governing Bodies |
ASA President Barry M. Glazer, M.D., has announced that the Interim
Meeting of the Board of Directors will be held in the Chicago
area on March 2-3, 2002. The Annual Meeting of the Board of Directors
also will be held in the Chicago area on August 17-18, 2002.
The first meeting of the House of Delegates will be held in Orlando,
Florida, on Sunday, October 13. The following deadlines have been
established for filing reports to be considered by the House of
Delegates.
| Reports Due |
Reports Mailed |
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*September 6 |
September 3
(5 p.m.) |
September 24 |
*As requested by the 1983 House of Delegates, this distribution
will consist of all reports acted upon by the Board of Directors
at its previous meetings, the minutes of those meetings and reports
from the Speaker concerning conduct of the House of Delegates.
All Board of Directors actions will be footnoted on those reports
previously considered.
The Speaker of the House of Delegates has provided regulations
in the Rules of Order to provide that all reports and resolutions
for the House of Delegates must be in the hands of the Executive
Director no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 3. When
possible, all individuals are requested to submit their reports
by August 30 to provide sufficient time for the Executive Office
to prepare the reports for distribution. The 2002 House of Delegates
will not, therefore, consider reports or resolutions received
after 5 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, 2002.
Calendars and More Coming to Your Mailbox Soon
The twice-a-year envelope mailing of new booklets, brochures
and meeting information for ASA members is now sent separately
from the January and July NEWSLETTER due to postal regulations
governing periodical mailings. This change was implemented in
January 2000.
You will receive your January envelope mailing within the next
few weeks, containing important up-to-date information, including:
- ASA Calendars for Meetings, January 2002 edition (This will
be the last printed issue. All meetings are now posted at
<http://events.ASAhq.org>.)
- 2002 ASA Publications and Services Catalogue
- Information on the 2002 Self-Education and Evaluation (SEE)
program
- Doctors Day 2002 information and poster
- “Office-Based Surgery and Anesthesia” patient education
brochure, new for 2002
- “Sedation Analgesia” patient education brochure,
new for 2002.
Single copies of the above publications are mailed to ASA members
free of charge. Additional copies may be obtained from the ASA
Publications Department (847) 825-5586;
<publications@ASAhq.org>.
ABA Announces …
ASA Solicits ABA Directorate Nominations
The American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) has announced
that the Directorates now held by Steven C. Hall,
M.D., and Mark A. Warner, M.D., end with the Annual
Meeting of the Board in the fall of 2002. Drs. Hall
and Warner are eligible to serve another term.
In accordance with the policy established by the ASA
representatives to the Joint Committee at the ASA
Annual Meeting on October 20, 1961, the component
society secretaries and district directors of ASA
have been notified regarding the procedure to be followed
in submitting the name(s) of a candidate or candidates
for the guidance of the ASA representatives to the
Joint Committee.
These names must be mailed to the ASA Executive Office,
520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573,
with a postal mailing date prior to March 1, 2002.
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