TSA NewsletterSpring 2011

TSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SUMMARY OF ACTIONS JANUARY 23, 2011

  1. Approved the minutes of the September 12, 2010 meeting as written.
  2. Adopted the Guidelines for the Selection of Betty P. Stephenson Circle of Friends Recipients.
  3. Approved 18 Active, 1 Resident and 2 Retired membership applications.
  4. Approved the nomination of Linda Swan Adkins for the TEXPAC 2009-10 June Bratcher Award for Political Action.
  5. Charged the Betty P. Stephenson’s Circle of Friends (COF) recipients with developing speaker criteria for the Stephenson Lectureship, determining whether the ASA President- Elect should present all future BPS Lectureships and if not the COF was charged with creating a list of possible speakers.
  6. Appointed Drs. Scott E. Kercheville, Chair, David F. Gloyna, David W. Mercier and Catherine L. Scholl to the Ad-Hoc Reception Committee to organize a reception at the ASA 2011 Annual Meeting in honor of Drs. John M. Zerwas and Mary Dale Peterson.
  7. Elected Patrick Y. Giam, MD as the District 19 ASA Alternate Director.
  8. Charged Drs. David F. Gloyna, Patrick Y. Giam and Catherine L. Scholl with crafting a resolution to the ASA requesting that the ASAPAC secretarial support be moved from Park Ridge to Washington.
  9. Approved motion to change the language of Handbook Report 312.1 for Districts 9 and 10 to read: The District lines will be represented as they are drawn in the attached map. A  map will be included as part of Report 312.1.
  10. Charged Dr. Joe E. Monk with developing over the next 18 to 24 months a method to host a Tele-Town Hall Conference at the TSA Annual Meeting with members of Congress.
  11. Commended and applauded the TSA Education Committee and the TSA Office Staff for continuously planning excellent programs.
  12. Approved motion to fund the TSA Governmental Affairs Committee (GAC) budget line in the amount of $2,500 in non-legislative years and $20,000 in legislative years.
  13. Approved motion to increase the 2011 annual budget line for the GAC by $10,000.
  14. Encouraged members to participate in TMA’s First Tuesdays.
  15. Approved a $1,500 budget line for the production of brochures to be distributed to the Texas Society of Anesthesia Technicians promoting an educational breakout session for the technicians during the TSA 2011 Annual Meeting.
  16. Approved motion to fund up to $1,000 for an Exploratory Educational Conference to investigate the potential for the TSA to become involved in a statewide surgical quality improvement initiative.
  17. Approved salary increases, cost of living increases and bonuses for the TSA Office staff.

DEADLINE TSA BULLETIN

Members are encouraged to submit articles for the July 2011 issue of the TSA Bulletin to the Editor. Articles, letters to the Editor, comments or input for the July issue must be received by May 20, 2011. Please address to the TSA Editor listed below:
Martin Giesecke, M.D.
c/o Chris Bacak
401 W. 15th Street, Ste. 990
Austin, Texas 78701
Office Phone: (512) 370-1659
Office Fax: (512) 370-1655

TSA COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

Committee appointments will begin soon. Contact H. A. Tillmann Hein, M.D., TSA President-Elect, if you, or someone you know, is interested in serving on a TSA Committee. Please contact Dr. Hein c/o the TSA Office by telephone at (512) 370-1659 or (800) 346-1659, fax (512) 370-1655, or by email at chris@tsa.org.

A list of committees is also available online in the “Members Only” section of the TSA Website at www.tsa.org. If you have any questions about a particular committee please let us know.

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