Participants: Larry Chu, Nancy Finn, Sarah Krug, Danny Sands,

Board Retreat

We agreed on the list of attendees, location in Boston, date of October 26 following Connected Health. Sarah, Danny, and Nancy will investigate specific hotel accommodations; develop a budget and an outline of the program. Nancy to confirm the participation of a local facilitator.

Updates on Elections 

First ballot for the office of President 2013-2014 has gone out to the Board. Voting deadline is Friday Aug. 9

Second ballot for President-elect will go out Monday August 12 to the Board. Voting deadline is August 16.

A ballot will go out August 14 to the Board for election of the chairpersons of the Board. Deadline is August 16.

A ballot will be emailed to the entire membership on 8/19 asking them to vote for two member-at-large candidates. The deadline for this ballot will be Friday Aug 23,

MedicineX and SPM representation

MedicineX will provide SPM a unique lounge space and table for meeting and  greeting new members who signed up for membership when they registered for the conference. There are 172 new SPM members. There will also be a table in the lobby where attendees can pick up materials about SPM, record a video about their experiences as a patient and interact with current SPM members. Additionally, SPM president Sarah Krug will present a plenary address to all attendees of MedicineX, talking about our mission and initiatives.  There will be a separate panel with Sarah Krug and Alan Greene discussing patient provider collaboration.