Participants: Nick Dawson,  Dave DeBronkart, Peter Elias, John Grohol, Nancy Finn, Sarah Krug, Josh Seidman, Jon Wald, Peggy Zuckerman
Minutes Approved

Executive Committee Updates
Dave DeBronkart was appointed to the Internet Hall of Fame, an honorary lifetime achievement award that publicly acknowledges a distinguished group of visionaries and leaders who have made contributions to the development and advancement of the Global Internet.

Nancy Finn will be speaking at the Global Alliance for Health Promotion meeting in Geneva, Switzerland on November 16. Her talk, sponsored by the World Health Organization and the International Telecommunications Union, is entitled Advancing Health Equity for Women and Children with e-Health.

Josh Seidman moderated a workshop entitled: Partnering with Patients on Value, Coverage, and Reimbursement, at the annual Partnering for Cures meeting, where decision-makers from across diseases gather to discuss ways to reduce the time and cost of getting new therapies from discovery to patients.

Report on the Connected Health Symposium
Our participation in the Connected Health Symposium was a resounding success with much visibility for SPM.  Our new SPM brochure was stuffed in the bag of every attendee; we had a very busy booth where people stopped by to learn about us and pick up buttons which were prominently displayed throughout the conference.
Sarah Krug and Danny Sands ran panels at Connected Health, incorporating patient experiences. They were also the emcees for the conference on Thursday and Friday again providing SPM with a great presence. .
The SPM Reception was extremely well attended. We collected names/e-mail addresses and many individual signed up as members.  Our long-time member, Heather Sobko, donated prizes for a raffle.at the reception and one of the winners was a new member.   We also owe a huge thank you to three members who stepped up to help us  put together all of the necessary components including: Mary Beth Schoening who wrote our brochure, Tami  Rich who organized the reception and Laura Manning  Hill, who coordinated all of the work connected with the booth. 

Candidates for president-elect.
The Executive Committee has voted two individual whose names will appear on the ballot for election as President-Elect: They are Mark Reikeifsteck and Joseph Ternullo.  The candidates are being asked to submit a profile and statement to the SPM Board about why they wish to assume this position.  The Board will then vote on the President-Elect at their next meeting.

SPM Membership-Leadership Wireside Chat 11/19/15 at 4pm ET.
On Thursday November 19 SPM will hold a wireside chat on Google Hang-Outs, open to all members.  This will be a real-time Q&A between members and the Leadership on issues relevant to the Society.  Nov 19 will be a Pilot session with the intent that it will be a recurring virtual meeting.  Our moderator John Hoben will work with members of the Executive Committee to  outline the objectives for this session and prepare an agenda and determine whether  this session will be live or recorded.

YouTube
Our channel subscribers now number 100 thanks to hard work of our newsletter editors Mayank and John Hoben. This means SPM will get a custom YouTube channel. You can find SPM videos at: http://youtu.be/