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Minutes of the
Louisiana State Medical Society Board of Governors Meeting – June 3, 2020
Call to Order
8 Katherine Williams, MD, President, called the meeting to order on Wednesday, June 3, 2020, at 8:30 9 A.M. Dr. Williams led the board in reciting the Physician’s Prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance.
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Verification of Quorum
Dr. Paddock verified the presence of a quorum.
Approval of Minutes
15 After reviewing the minutes of the March 11, 2020; March 24, 2020; April 21, 2020 and May 14, 2020 16 board meetings, the following motion was made:
MOTION (APPROVED)
ACCEPT THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEETINGS ON MARCH 11, 2020, MARCH 24, 2020, APRIL 21, 2020,
AND MAY 14, 2020 AS PRESENTED.
Strategic Planning
25 Dr. Williams reminded the group that at their May 14, 2020 meeting the board agreed to make strategic 26 planning, for the future operations of the society, the focus of today’s meeting. To that end, Dr. 27 Williams created four ad hoc committees to address specific areas for future planning needs. The ad hoc 28 committees included Member Structure, Membership, Corporate Structure, and House of Delegates. Dr. 29 Williams then appointed herself as Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Members Structure, Amberly 30 Nunez, MD, Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Membership, Richard Paddock, MD as the Chair of the 31 Ad Hoc Committee on Corporate Structure and Beau Clark, MD as the Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee 32 on the House of Delegates. The committees were then filled by the remaining board members present at 33 the meeting and each committee was assigned a staff liaison as follows: 34 35 Ad Hoc Committee on Member Structure: Katherine Williams, MD, Chair; Brian Gamborg, MD; Jeff 36 White, MD; Andy Blalock, MD; and Sarah Edwards. 37 38 Ad Hoc Committee on Membership: Amberly Nunez, MD, Chair; Will Freeman, MD; Allen Vander, 39 MD; Jacob Boudreaux and Terri Watson. 40 41 Ad Hoc Committee on Corporate Structure: Richard Paddock, MD, Chair; Lance Templeton, MD; 42 Michael Roppolo, MD; Robert McCord, MD; and Lauren Bailey. 43 44 Ad Hoc Committee on the House of Delegates: Beau Clark, MD, Chair; David Broussard, MD; Nicholas 45 Viviano, MD; Omar Leonards, MD; George Ellis, MD and Maria Bowen. 46 47 Dr. Williams informed each group that the goal was for each group to spend the bulk of the day 48 reviewing current policies, procedures, protocols, etc. and then begin discussing possible changes that 49 would lead to increased efficiencies and effectiveness, greater membership numbers, and higher revenue 50
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