Edward Warren, MD, CMD

State Network News Special Issue November 2006, Issue 59 • Front Page: HOD Chair's Message • Message from Executive Director, Lorraine Tarnove • New State Chapter Presidents • 30th Annual Symposium Preparation • CMD Activities in Hollywood, FL • Delegates Needed • State Chapter Receptions • Getting the Word Out • State Chapter Connections Booth • 2007 Nominating Committee • Resolutions Process • Guidelines for Writing Resolutions • Call For Nominations to the CMD Board of Directors • Merging into LANEs • Art Auction to Benefit AMDA Foundation • Congressional Directory • AMDA New Product   Printable Version of This Issue

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State Chapter Meetings Click here for a listing of state chapter meetings.

Important Deadlines Friday, December 14, 2006 Delegate Nominations Due Reminder: Individuals whose names have been submitted as delegates to the House of Delegates meeting are not automatically registered for the annual symposium. Members must register for the annual meeting separately! Preliminary registration information may be accessed online at here. Monday, January 15, 2007 Resolutions, Position Statements, and Policy Papers to be submitted to the House of Delegates must be received in the National Office by this date. Thursday, February 15, 2007 Resolutions, Policy Papers, and Proposed Bylaws Changes Mailed to Registered Delegates.

Are You in Compliance? You must be able to answer YES to be able to vote at the HOD meeting at the 30th Annual Symposium. Your chapter must be in compliance with AMDA's bylaws to have voting delegates. This means that the national office must have the following items on file by Friday, January 26, 2007. Current state chapter bylaws Current state chapter membership list Annual report for each chapter (meeting minutes, chapter activities, dues structure, etc.) For a copy of the annual report template, click here. If you have any questions, contact Kris Bieg, Membership and Communications Coordinator, at 410/992-3114 or kbieg@amda.com.

State Presidents—Selecting Delegates Please note that all delegates must be members in good standing in order to be seated. We will run a check on dues status of all delegates when registered. Please encourage your delegates to be sure their membership is up-to-date.

Board Representatives State Presidents Council David A. Brechtelsbauer, MD, CMD (2007) South Dakota dbrechte@usd.edu Luis L. Gonzalez, Jr., MD, CMD, FACP (2008) Arizona llgonz@cox.net Jeffrey B Burl MD, CMD (2009) Massachusetts jeffrey.burl@fallon-clinic.com House Of Delegates Kendra J. Belfi, MD, CMD (2007) Texas kjbelfi@juno.com Jeffery A. Kerr, DO, CMD (2008) Missouri ens@fidnet.com Kenneth K Steinweg MD, CMD (2009) North Carolina steinwegk@mail.ecu.edu

Agenda Items The State Chapter Working Session will take place on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm and the State Presidents' Council Business Meeting and Breakfast will be held on Saturday, March 31, from 6:30 am to 8:00 am. As always, we are asking that you submit any agenda items in advance for consideration. Please e-mail policy issues to Gaby Geise. If the items are regarding membership or general administrative issues, then send e-mail to Kris Bieg . The deadline for submitting agenda items is January 5, 2007.

Keep National Updated Please submit your annual meeting report and update your state chapter contact information if there have been changes. Also, be sure to tell us about any upcoming state chapter meetings and post the information on www.amda.com.

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Message from AMDA's House of Delegates Chair

Many of you will represent your state chapter at the 2007 AMDA House of Delegates. Some of you will have the foresight to submit resolutions about serious issues in long term care. Each resolution that we bring to the HOD helps AMDA respond to your needs. The Resolution Committee will review them before we meet in Florida and offer constructive advice to help make them appealing and implementable.

When we meet in Hollywood, FL, we will consider all of the resolutions from the membership and from the board. Having several states sponsoring your resolution adds credibility, and you get constructive review from your colleagues. You may also run them by me at e-warren@att.net

"The Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure" by Alice Sturgis will govern the HOD deliberations. It is simple and straightforward. It is the choice of many major medical organizations, including the AMA. Purchase your own copy and read it once. I have asked Verna Sellers, MD, of Virginia to be our Parliamentarian and to help me stay on track. We will be glad to answer any questions you have about procedure.

There are several problems that clog up otherwise finely tuned meetings. First of all, motions come in a certain order. For example, a main motion must be moved and seconded before it can be amended or referred. A summary of motions, their order, vote required, debatability, and amendability will be in everyone's delegate packet. It will be my job to help keep each motion in order. If I err, then you can rise and call for a "point of order". I will listen and we will decide how to proceed.

In Sturgis, the motion to "postpone temporarily" (or table) is handled in a special way. It requires a second, is not debatable, is not amendable, and applies to the main motion as usual. It requires a majority vote in most situations. If there is no motion to "resume consideration" during the same meeting, then the resolution is effectively killed. This allows a bare majority to prevent debate on an issue. Normally motions to limit debate require a 2/3 vote to pass, so Sturgis asks the Chair to determine if both sides have been heard. If they have not, then the motion to "postpone temporarily" also requires a 2/3 vote.

A motion that often needs fine-tuning is the motion to "refer to the board". This motion can be fleshed out in several constructive ways. It could be to "refer to the board for study and report back". The time for reporting back could even be specified. If the issue is urgent, then the motion could be to "refer to the board for action" in which case the board would study the issue and take action based on their findings. There would be a report at the next annual meeting about the actions taken. If you do not flesh out your motion to refer, then I may prompt you to provide those details, so be ready.

Refer to the Guidelines for Writing Resolutions on page 7.

SEND IN YOUR RESOLUTIONS EARLY. Submit them to Gaby Geise at AMDA ggeise@amda.com.

Edward S Warren MD, CMDM
Chair, House of Delegates

In This Issue of State Network News:

Message from Executive Director, Lorraine Tarnove
Having just been to the New York Medical Directors Association, Virginia Medical Directors Association, and the Tennessee Association of Long Term Care Physicians meetings...more

New State Chapter Presidents
As a new state chapter president, AMDA encourages you to participate in the state functions offered at the annual symposium...more

30th Annual Symposium Preparation
This issue of State Network News is devoted to helping you prepare for AMDA's 30th Annual Symposium to be held March 29-April 1, 2007, in Hollywood, Florida...more

CMD Activities in Hollywood, FL...more

Delegates Needed
As those of you know who have previously attended House of Delegates Business Meetings, preparation is crucial to being able to accomplish the substantial amount of business before the House of Delegates...more

State Chapter Receptions
Once again AMDA has received a generous grant from Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems in support of the state chapter functions during our Annual Symposium in Hollywood, Florida...more

Getting the Word Out
Please promote the symposium in your newsletters and encourage your state members to register and join AMDA...more

State Chapter Connections Booth
This year, we will be making special efforts to ensure the most successful annual meeting in our proud tradition...more

2007 Nominating Committee
Steven A. Levenson, MD, CMD, AMDA President, has completed the 2007 Nominating Committee by appointing Daniel L. Swagerty Jr., MD, MPH, CMD, of Kansas to represent the State Presidents Council and Matthew S. Wayne MD, CMD, of Ohio to represent the House of Delegates...more

Resolutions Process
All resolutions, policy papers, and position statements are submitted for consideration and endorsement by the House of Delegates...more

Guidelines for Writing Resolutions
Resolutions set forth background information and propose a course of action or statement of policy...more

Call For Nominations to the CMD Board of Directors
Do you know someone who would be an asset to the CMD Board of Directors? Would the individual you have in mind be willing/able to meet the following expectations of Board members?...more

Merging into LANEs
As you have read in recent issues of AMDA Reports and Caring for the Ages, and through announcements on the AMDA Web site, AMDA is a founding sponsor of the Advancing Excellence in Nursing Homes campaign...more

Art Auction to Benefit AMDA Foundation
The AMDA Foundation will hold the second annual art auction on Saturday, March 31, 2007 from 8 - 11 p.m. at the 2007 AMDA annual symposium...more

Congressional Directory
With the payment cuts enacted in this year's physician fee schedule, as well as new programs such as the Physician Voluntary Reporting Program (PVRP) and possible future reforms such as "Pay for Performance" (P4P)...more

AMDA New Product
Prepare your team and residents for flu season with the "Immunizations in the Long Term Care Setting" toolkit...more