24th Annual Minority Health Conference Planning Committee

Minutes

February 13, 2002

Attendees

 

                                               

 

Chandra Ford                                                                                                               Maggie Hicken

Aviva Meyer                                                                                                                Karoline Moon

Aundra Shields                                                                                                 Seronda Jackson

Kacey Hanson                                                                                                              Maceo Thomas

Priya Satow                                                                                                                  Shelley Francis

April Perry                                                                                                                   Vic Schoenbach

Kyna McCullough                                                                                                        Yolanda Riggsbee

Barbara Chavious                                                                                                        

                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                   

                                   

 

Item of Business

Status

Next Step

Responsibility Party

I. & II.  Welcome,

Introductions, and

Announcements

Maceo reminded attendees to please register for the conference by Friday, February 15th.

 

Annice Kim volunteered to organize the presider and moderator volunteers.

 

Aundra Shields reported that the keynote address will be shown in the Mayes conference room and we will not publicize this until the week of the conference.

 

 

OCE needs volunteers to stuff packets in the following weeks.

Volunteers will be needed on Tuesday 2/26 from 11-4.

Register for the conference.

 

 

 

  1. Kim organizing efforts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact Barbara Chavious or Yolanda Riggsbee for further details.

 

 

 

 

Committee members

 

 

A. Kim

III. Old Business

  1. Minutes – 2/69/02

 

IV. New Business

a.      Subcommittee Reports

 

1.      Posters/Exhibitors

 

 

 

 

 

2.      Satellite Broadcast

 

 

3.      Speakers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.      Publicity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.      Budget & Fundraising

 

 

                 6.   REACH

 

 

VI. Next Meeting

 

 

No report

 

 

 

 

So far we have received 20 abstracts.  Final revised abstracts are due on 2/15.  So far we have received confirmations from 14 exhibitors. 

 

No formal report. Sites continue to be added.

 

Sessions have been renamed.  Committee voted on new names.  Volunteers are need (15) for the poverty simulation session.  Speakers need to be contacted regarding their AV needs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publicity cards can still be distributed.  The conference information has been posted to Emory University and Morehouse School of Medicine’s websites.  The committee is working on contacting the Independent and Herald Sun for news coverage.  They may want to interview Dr. James.

 

No report this week

 

 

 

No report this week

 

 

February 20th, 2002

HEBE Conference room

4-5pm

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kyna continues to work on exhibitor follow up. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Volunteers are needed to help with efforts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publicity committee continues efforts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kyna McCullough

Seronda  Jackson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C. Ford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.K. Hansen