Fall 2009 BOG Resolutions

[ Note: The text of resolutions 1-f09 thru 19-f09 is available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format and Microsoft Word 6.0/7.0 format. ]

Nineteen resolutions will be heard at the Fall 2009 Board of Governors Meeting in Scottsdale, Arizona. Please review each resolution and then indicate your support or opposition by September 14, 2009. Your comments will be used as part of your Governors' testimony on behalf of the chapter at the BOG meeting.

After reading the resolutions, please send your comments indicating whether or not you support a resolution by emailing ACP Rhode Island Chapter Governor, Nitin Damle, MD, FACP.

Resolution 1-F09. Developing a Database to Assist ACP Chapters with Satisfying Practice Gaps Requirements and Support Future CME Applications
(Co-Sponsors: Alaska, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Wyoming Chapters)

Resolution 2-F09. Giving Chapter Council Members Access to the Chapter Portal
(Sponsor: BOG Class of 2013)

Resolution 3-F09. Re-wording and Re-prioritizing the ACP Goals
(Sponsor: Oklahoma Chapter)

Resolution 4-F09. Offering the Opportunity to Serve as Regent First to Qualified Past ACP Governors
(Sponsor: Oklahoma Chapter)

Resolution 5-F09. Establishing a Formal Mechanism for Timely Communication of BOR/Executive Committee BOR Actions
(Sponsor: BOG Class of 2012)

Resolution 6-F09. Recognizing the Board of Governors as the Truly Representative Source of ACP Policy
(Sponsor: Oklahoma Chapter)

Resolution 7-F09. Creating Policy Requiring that Canvas Bags Distributed at the Annual Internal Medicine Meeting Are Environmentally Friendly, Re-Usable, “Green” Grocery Bags
(Sponsor: Virginia Chapter)

Resolution 8-F09. Recognizing Past ACP Leaders at the Annual Internal Medicine Meeting
(Sponsor: Oklahoma Chapter)

Resolution 9-F09. Granting Complimentary Governor Registration at the ACP Internal Medicine Meeting
(Sponsor: BOG Class of 2013)

Resolution 10-F09. Allowing Executive Directors to Attend BOG Meetings
(Co-Sponsors: Georgia, Alaska, Florida, Nebraska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wyoming Chapters)

Resolution 11-F09. Adding a Session to the Board of Governors Meetings to Discuss the Outcome of Prior Resolutions
(Sponsor: District of Columbia Chapter)

Resolution 12-F09. Adopting a Policy of Mandatory Email Addresses for Members
(Sponsor: Illinois Southern and Illinois Northern Chapters)

Resolution 13-F09. Implementing Further Steps to Discourage the Use of the Term "Provider" and "Prescriber" in lieu of "Physician"
(Sponsor: District of Columbia Chapter)

Resolution 14-F09. Proposing ACP Policy that Limits the Dictates of the Commission on Best Practices
(Sponsor: District of Columbia Chapter)

Resolution 15-F09. Disclosing Formulas Used to Achieve Physician Efficiency Rankings
(Sponsor: Florida Chapter)

Resolution 16-F09. Proposing ACP Policy to Encourage Routine Inclusion of Physicians’ Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment to Include Further Details on Patient End-of-Life Choices
(Sponsor: Wisconsin Chapter)

Resolution 17-F09. Endorsing the Smoke Free Movies Campaign
(Sponsor: Indiana Chapter)

Resolution 18-F09. Promoting Education, Developing Policy, and Supporting Legislation that Addresses the Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diet-related Disease and Makes a Healthy Diet Available and Affordable for the U.S. Population
(Co-Sponsors: Maine, Ohio, Oregon, and Vermont Chapters)

Resolution 19-F09. Supporting Restrictions on Tanning Establishments
(Sponsor: New York Chapter)

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Nitin S. Damle, MD, FACP
ACP Governor for Rhode Island

Nancy Baker-Hobin
ACP Rhode Island Chapter
Ph: 401-725-8671
Email: NBaker4@cox.net