GEMA Conference Call #14 November 30, 2012, 11a-12p EST Minutes Present were : Drs. Kathy Clem, Jim Holliman, Mark Hauswald, Adam Levin, Ian Martin, Hani Mowafi , Vicken Totten, Janis Tupesis, Scott Weiner, and Ms . Holly Gouin I. Leadership changes (Martin) a. Vice-President. Dr. Adam Levin has agreed to serve out the Vice-Presidential term of Dr. Walker, and to run for the office. b. Chair, Development Committee – Dr. Jorge Otero stepped down, Dr. Janis Tupesis is serving out the term. c. Chair, Benefits, Education, and Services Committee – Dr. Walker has also stepped down from this committee, and Dr. Hansoti will complete the term. II. Membership (Weiner/Levine/Gouin) a. Total membership is now 145, which makes us the second largest Academy. Of these, some 74 are full dues-paying faculty, 59 are residents, 5 are fellows, and 7 are medical students. Over the next year, we plan to aim to grow the faculty portion of the membership. b. Drs. Martin and Clem reported on changes at SAEM. SAEM has created a new layer of leadership (Committee of Academy Leadership (CAL)) ,which includes the chairs of each Academy (Academies have only 15% of membership, but this 15% is the most active part of the membership.) The first phone meeting this new group will be on December 13. The BOD has charged the group to decide on a more unified Academy fee structure for faculty, residents, and students. As a result, GEMA may be asked to get rid of its “free for residents” category. c. There was a discussion on the effects of this potential fee structure on Program Directors and residencies. The conclusion was that residents who really are interested will be ready to pay the fee. d. Strategy updates: (Weiner). Dr. Weiner sent out a list of all the Global EM Fellowship directors, separated into those who are SAEM or not, and GEMA or not. He plans to focus recruitment efforts on those Fellowship Directors who already are SAEM members but not GEMA members. He will draft a letter explaining why they should join GEMA and be will including the “Why GEMA?”
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