LOUISIANA STATE MEDICAL SOCIETY
H D2023
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES 142ND ANNUAL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER Thomas Trawick, Jr., MD, Speaker of the House called the opening session of the Annual Meeting to order at 8:30AM on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at the Renaissance Hotel in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Reverand Andrew Rollins offered the invocation then the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. REMARKS OF THE SPEAKER Thomas Trawick, Jr., MD, Speaker of the House began his remarks by welcoming all participants and thanking them for making the trip to Baton Rouge. Dr. Trawick announced that the procedure for elections for offices elected by the House of Delegates would be outlined by the Committee on Rules and Order of Business. The Speakers prepared election sheets for all elected offices and previously announced candidates for each office as a slate of candidates which will be presented to the House. As each position comes up for election, the Speakers will indicate the announced candidate(s) and call for any additional nominations from the floor. Any delegate has the right to extract any item from either the proceedings of the HOD or BOG to be debated. If anything was extracted from those proceedings, debate on those items only would occur immediately. Additionally, the Speakers reminded delegates that minutes from BOG meetings cannot be changed. Dr. Trawick reminded the delegates of the process by which resolutions are numbered and categorized. He reiterated the Speakers make only minor editorial changes to the resolve segment of resolutions to clarify their structure prior to publication and mailing to the House. He emphasized most are grammatical or procedural in nature and do not reflect any change to the intent of the resolution. He noted any portion of a resolve can be amended during debate. Because the WHEREAS portions of resolutions are dropped once resolves are adopted, each resolve should always be in a form which can stand alone after adoption.
Dr. Trawick noted the procedure for offering amendments. Amendments should be submitted to the designated LSMS staff member in the back of the House. When the author wishes to introduce an amendment, he will say so then the coordinating amendment will be displayed on the screens. Dr. Trawick explained that the meeting would follow the rules of Sturgis. Dr. Trawick reminded attendees that when speaking at the microphones to identify yourself, who you represent, and state whether you support or oppose the resolution or amendment. REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE Paul Perkowski, MD, Committee Chair, reported that a quorum of certified delegates was present and seated.
Report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business
Anthony Blalock, MD, Chair, presented the report of the Committee on Rules and Order of Business which met earlier in the day. The Committee recommended the following rules for use by the 2023 House of Delegates: 1. Limitation of Debate: The tradition of previous meetings regarding limitation of debate be as follows: Each speaker addressing an item brought to the floor for a vote is limited to two minutes of debate. Each delegate may return to the floor for one minute for the purpose of rebuttal or to summarize his/her position.
2. Election packet was approved as presented.
3. Late Resolutions L-1 was submitted by Rod Clark, MD and accepted to be introduced, however it needs a two-thirds vote by the House to include in the order of business.
The report and recommendations of the committee on Rules and Order of Business were approved by the House of Delegates.
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16 J LA MED SOC | VOL 175 | FALL 2023
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