MINUTES

GENERAL  MEMBERSHIP  MEETING

SOUTHEASTERN ASSOCIATION OF ADVISORS FOR
THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS

Saturday, April 16, 2005     Nashville, TN

Anne Ewing (President) called the meeting to order at 11:00 am.    Approximately 45 members were in attendance.  Secretary Susan Morrison presented the minutes of the 2004 meeting in Washington, D.C.,  which  were approved without correction. The agenda was approved. Ewing noted that there would be no evaluation forms for this meeting. 

 Members attending their first SAAHP meeting were recognized----Linette Aguiar (Univ of Miami), Benjie Blair (Jacksonville State Univ), Marilynn Cleveland (Oklahoma State Univ), Lisa Eldin (Univ of Memphis), and Pamela Hathorn (Oklahoma State Univ).  Ewing reported that Susan Morrison will be resigning from the office of secretary  in June 2006  after nine years in that position due to the demands of her position at the College of Charleston. 

Nominating Committee Report:   Jerry Putnam, speaking for the committee comprised of himself,  Joe Rackley and Anne Ewing,  presented the slate of candidates for this year’s election: 

            For President-Elect

                        Lisa Alty  (Washington & Lee University)

                        Keith Garbutt    (University of West Virginia)

            For Executive Board Member-at-Large   (2 to be elected)

                        Barry Fox   (University of North Carolina—Ashville)

                        Pamela Hathorn (Oklahoma State University)

                        Richard Reeder   (University of Tulsa)

                        Laura Thompson   (Furman University)

There were no nominations from the floor.  Ballots were distributed, with a reminder that there is one vote per institution, collected and counted while the meeting continued.

Ewing reported that Tom Oeltmann had been named by the SAAHP Board to serve as the next representative to the NAAHP Board.

NAAHP Executive Director Comments:    Susan Maxwell (NAAHP Executive Director) recognized Tom Oeltmann with a small gift as Program Chair for this meeting.  She also reported on plans for the 2006 NAAHP meeting, noting that there had been a change of dates and meeting hotel from what was previously announced.   It will be June 25-29, 2006, at the Downtown Hilton in Portland, Oregon, with a negotiated room rate of $129 (plus taxes).    Laura Thompson is the SAAHP representative on the program committee.   

Susan Maxwell also reported that the regional rotation for NAAHP meetings will continue with the three meetings to follow---------2008 in Chicago, 2010 in the southeast in a location to be determined, and 2012 in the northeast in a location yet to be determined.   

Susan Maxwell also noted that the Pre-Health Advisors Manual (PARM) is a re-write with lots of new information and all allopathic and osteopathic schools.   It costs $25.00 and can be purchased at the meeting.

Election Results:

Anne Ewing reported the results of the election:

For President-Elect, Lisa Alty was elected.

For SAAHP Executive Board Member-at-Large, the two elected were:                                                  

Richard Reeder   (University of Tulsa)
            Laura Thompson   (Furman University)

NAAHP Greetings:  Jerry Putnam, NAAHP President-elect,  brought greetings from NAAHP President Larry Sullivan.  He outlined some of the things that NAAHP has been doing:   representing advisors to the professional organizations, the PARM, Virtual Evaluations, Diversity initiatives (headed by Hugo Lane and Larry Sullivan), and getting Robert Sabalis (AAMC) to respond to concerns about  “Traffic Rule #10.”

Treasurer’s Report:     On behalf of Treasurer Gerald Seebach, Anne Ewing presented the financial report.  The balance of June 28, 2004, was approximately $24,600.  Income, including meeting registration fees of $3300 and dues came to $4850.  Expenses totaled $2290, though many of the meeting expenses were pending.  The balance was $27,186.  The report  was approved as presented.

Report on 2007 SAAHP Regional Meeting:   Anne Ewing reported that the next SAAHP meeting will be joint with the Southern Group on Student Affairs (S-GSA) of AAMC and may be in Gulf Shores, Alabama, or in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

Resolutions: Anne Ewing read four resolutions.  All were approved by the membership.   They were:

(a)                     Be it resolved that the Executive Committee and the General Membership of SAAHP express its appreciation to Tom Oeltmann and his staff for program, hotel and general meeting arrangements in Nashville.

(b)                     Be it resolved that the Executive Committee and the General Membership of SAAHP recognize and express appreciation to the sponsors listed in our program for their gracious support of this meeting.   [Secretary’s note:  These sponsors are:  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, The University of Kentucky College of Medicine, The Medical University of South Carolina, The University of Tennessee—Memphis, the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Eastern Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, The Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, NOVA Southeastern University, St. Louis University School of Public Health, Vanderbilt University College of Arts & Sciences, Georgia Campus-Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, and the American Dental Education Association.]

(c)                     Be it resolved that the Executive Committee and the General Membership of SAAHP express appreciation to Anne Blum and James Small as they rotate off the SAAHP Executive Council as at-large members.

(d)                     Be it resolved that the Executive Committee and the General Membership of SAAHP express appreciation to Frank Pinkerton as he rotates off the NAAHP Board of Directors as our at-large member.

Before adjournment of the business meeting, the Presidency was turned over to Tom Oeltmann who thanked everyone for their role and participation in the conference.

 The meeting adjourned at 11:55 am.

Respectfully submitted,

Susan J. Morrison
Secretary, SAAHP