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  • Review President’s letter (Danny)
  • Review of last meeting’s  minutes
  • We should reach out and thank those who ran for the elections (Dave and Alan)
  • Introductions (Sue Woods, Alan Greene, Danny Sands, Gonzalo Bacigalupe, Dave deBronkart, John Grohol, Sarah Krug)
  • Addressing the issue of terms ending – many terms are ending soon
    • How should we go about reconstituting the Board
    • What are ways to get strong leadership on the Exec Board
  • Review of upcoming Prospective Corporate Member Events (Salons) and discussion of how to:
    • Establish a sustainable revenue stream
      • We give the majority of our content away but how do we help potential sponsors internally-justify a membership of $15K
      • SPMs Professional/Patient balance at every level of membership makes the organization unique but needs more to drive revenue
    • Use our developing value proposition
    • Get paid staff involved in our day to day management
  • Sue Woods highlighted the importance of our mission statement as so much of our work over the next year will stem from that
  • Danny Sands asks newly elected exec-committee members to take on a project or initiative to make it their own.  This will help them demonstrate leadership and help the Society. (Sue, Sarah and Gonzalo)