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Standing Committees, Chairs and Members for the Calendar Year 2010
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| ADVISORY |
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Chair
William H. Parker
Members
Advisory Committee Members
Purpose: Provide Board with periodic response to issues of concern or importance. Hold Advisory Committee meeting.
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| AUDIT |
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Chair
Anthony A. Luciano
Members
Fred M. Howard, David L. Olive
Purpose: To review the annual audit and the policies and procedures of the AAGL.
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| BYLAWS |
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Chair
Dan C. Martin
Members
Mark H. Glasser, John Y. Phelps, Lisa M. Roberts, James M. Shwayder
Purpose: To review and revise existing by-laws; updating and adding as needed.
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| COMPENSATION |
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Chair
C.Y. Liu
Members
Linda D. Bradley, Keith B. Isaacson, Resad P. Pasic
Purpose: Annual report on the performance of the Executive Vice President/Medical Director, Executive Director, and JMIG Editor.
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Chair
Franklin D. Loffer
Members
Art Arellano, Linda Michels
Purpose: To review and approve all educational programs prior to presenting them to the Board of Trustees. To review all program evaluations and provide a summary to the Board of Trustees. To recommend CME programs to the Board of Trustees. (Monitor and assigned staff person are responsible for adhering to ACCME requirements).
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| ETHICS |
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Chair
Ralph J. Turner
Members
G. David Adamson, Barbara S. Levy, John L. Marlow, Paul F. Vietz
Purpose: To alert the Board of Trustees of ethical issues that should be addressed. To receive all problems which have ethical considerations from the Board of Trustees or any interested person. To formulate responses and actions on any such deliberations. Upon such request the Ethics Committee is to hold a meeting and report back to the Board.
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| FINANCE |
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Chair
C.Y. Liu
Members
Linda D. Bradley, Keith B. Isaacson, Resad P. Pasic
Purpose: To oversee the finances of the AAGL. Quarterly reports will be presented by the Secretary-Treasurer.
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| NOMINATING |
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Chair
Resad P. Pasic
Members
Linda D. Bradley, Grace M. Janik
Purpose: To provide a slate of officers and new board members for the succeeding year. The slate to be elected by the vote of the membership.
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| PRACTICE |
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Chair
Malcolm G. Munro
Members
Jason A. Abbott, Tommaso Falcone, Volker R. Jacobs, Ludovico Muzii, William H. Parker, Togas Tulandi
Purpose: To review and prepare for publication Practice Guidelines as developed by consultants which are determined by the Board of Trustees.
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| PUBLICATIONS |
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Chair
Meir Jonathan Solnik
Members
Neena Agarwala, Ted Lee, Lawrence L. Lin, Herbert M. Wong
The Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynecology
- Review Annual Editor’s Report
- Establish objective criteria for JMIG editor
- Evaluate Editor’s performance annually.
NewsScope
- Review, at least annually, quarterly publications and make recommendations for improvement.
EndoExchange
- Review, at least annually, periodically and make recommendations for improvement.
- Consult with and agree with editor any listserv messages not posted or significantly changed.
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| WEBSITE |
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Chair
Aarathi Cholkeri-Singh
Members
Amy L. Garcia, Nash S. Moawad, Steven F. Palter, John S. Rich, Assia A. Stepanian
Purpose: To develop and maintain the AAGL website as a service to patients, our members and the AAGL.
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