2021 House of Delegates 1 Mr. Williams informed the board that the January 23-25, 2021 House of Delegates meeting was in 2 jeopardy of being canceled due to many factors, all related to the current pandemic. After discussing all 3 options, the following motion was made:
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MOTION (APPROVED)
THE IN-PERSON JANUARY 2021 HOUSE OF DELEGATES WILL BE POSTPONED UNTIL AUGUST 2021.
2021 House of Delegates – Virtual Option
10 Dr. Beau Clark, Vice Speaker of the House, presented a virtual/hybrid option for continuing the operations 11 of the House of Delegates between now and August 2021 as there would be 19 months in-between 12 meetings. Dr. Clark stated the time between meetings was nothing new as the Society had gone 24 months 13 between meetings as a result of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and 16 months between 2008 and 14 2010 when we shifted the meeting from September to January. What would be new is this virtual/hybrid 15 process that is loosely based on what the Colorado Medical Society and others are currently using. 16 Highlights include: any member could submit an issue (resolution) through an online portal; issue goes 17 through an internal LSMS legal review; issue is reviewed and report prepared from the speakers to the 18 author; issue forwarded to virtual reference committee for debate and approval; report of the reference 19 committee reviewed and acted upon by the board; actions of the board ratified or rejected by the entire 20 membership. After many questions and much discussion, the board took no action. The item/concept 21 will be revisited at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the board on September 16, 2020.
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Adjournment
24 With no additional business to discuss, Dr. Williams adjourned the meeting at 7:35 P.M.
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Attending:
Katherine Williams, MD, President Will Freeman, President-Elect Lee Stevens, MD, Immediate Past President Reece Newsome, MD, Vice President
Steen Trawick, MD, Speaker of the House William “Beau” Clark, MD, Vice Speaker of the House Richard Paddock, MD, Secretary-Treasurer David Broussard, MD, Chair, Council on Legislation George Ellis, MD, First District Councilor Ann Borreson, MD, First District Alternate Robert Chugden, MD, Second District Councilor Allen Vander, MD Third District Councilor Frederick J. White, III, MD, Fourth District Councilor Brian Gamborg, MD, Seventh District Councilor Lance Templeton, MD, Eighth District Councilor Anthony Blalock, MD, Ninth District Councilor Nicholas Viviano, MD, Tenth District Councilor Amberly Nunez, MD, Young Physician Section Member Omar Leonards, MD, Resident/Fellow Section Member Jacob Boudreaux, Medical Student Member
Absent:
Adrienne Williams, MD, Fifth District Alternate
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