Title: COMMITTEE UPDATES: Notes from Section Leadership Conference Call – Jan. 30, 2004
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Section/SPIG: Community Health Planning and Policy Development
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Nominations - Paul Meissner
Governing Council:
Seats on the APHA Governing Council are based on the proportion of total APHA membership a section represents. Presently we have eight Governing Council members. CHPPD will have seven seats on the Governing Council for 2004 and 2005. There is a need to replace Walter Tsou and Karen Valenzuela who were elected to Association-wide offices. To reduce our Governing Council allotment to seven members, we will replace only one of these vacancies. This will be done by appointment. Anyone interested in serving for one-year terms please contact Paul. We will also need two new Governing Council members. Paul asked members to get nominee names and short bios to him by March 1, and he has to submit it to APHA by March 5. Ideally we would have four or more nominees for the two new slots. If you are interested, please contact Paul to receive a nomination form (self-nomination is fine).
Section Council:
We currently have six Section Councilors; two have terms that expire this year. We need four or more new nominees for 2004. Marilyn Price resigned and will be replaced by Amy Carroll.
Leadership Positions
Chair-elect and Secretary-elect: At the end of the upcoming Annual Meeting, Tom Piper will take over as Section Chair for a two-year period. To ensure leadership continuity we need to elect a Chair-elect who will take over after the 2006 Annual meeting. It seems like a long time away, and is certainly difficult for many of us to project that far in advance, but all Section members are encouraged to help in identifying interested candidates. Please contact Paul for a nomination form.
Program - Judy Gorbach
Deadline for submission of abstracts to CHPPD has been extended deadline to Feb. 12, 2004.
CHPPD has11 invited sessions and 93 reviewers lined up When people ask for invited sessions, the decision was made that the person organizing session should be CHPPD member. This is a strategy to get new unaffiliated members, rather than draw people away from other sections.
Membership - EmyLou Solomon
CHPPD has 1,872 members, 6.1 percent of APHA. CHPPD is working with APHA to make sure the section has the latest contact information for its members, particularly for e-mails. As a member, please let APHA or the Section know if you have a new address or new e-mail. You can check the status of your listing on the Members Only Web page, <www.apha.org/private>. We want to keep you up to date and involve you in our work – but to do so, we need to know how to reach you.
The committee will be working to improve the new member orientation information and coordinate with APHA membership initiatives. Suggestions and volunteers as always are welcome.
Policy – Toni Pickard
New policy proposals are due on Feb.13, 2004. Please visit the APHA Web site at <http://www.apha.org/private/ppolicy.htm> to view this year’s policy development guidelines which contains a calendar of important dates and deadlines for each step of the policy development and review process. You will need your username and password for the "Members Only" section of the APHA Web site to view this information. If you have any questions, please email APHA at <policy@apha.org>.
Newsletter and Web Page – Tom Piper
See From the desk of the webmaster that appears after the Message from the Chair.
Students – Amy Carroll
The Public Health Student Caucus Liaison program is new. The liaison will be working with the Membership and Nominations committee as well as preparing a regular piece for the CHPPD newsletter.
APHA Action Board – Monica Chan
Action Board has three committees that will be reviewing policies and commenting whether the policy should be archived or whether further association needs is needed. . The committees are: Access to Care; Disparities; and Infrastructure. Monica is on the Access to Care Committee
APHA Executive Board – Karen Valenzuela
Exciting news – LCD projectors will be at the Annual Meeting. People will be able to access abstracts online. The meeting is at the new Washington Convention Center, a block away from APHA headquarters. At its recent meeting, the Executive Board reviewed and adjusted a strategic map that the Governing Council previously reviewed, taking account of feedback. The Association Treasurer reported a positive fiscal balance. It was also proposed that Dr. Georges Benjamin’s title change from APHA Executive Director to Chief Executive Officer (CEO).