Minutes from the Executive Committee

The meeting was called to order by Dr. Shiva Gaur on August 7, 2005 at 8.10 am

Members Present: Drs. Shiva Gaur, Jagdish Dang, Satish Chawla, Bina Kapila, Bhushan Pandya, Nikhil Goyal, Ashutosh Gupta, Ajay Singhal, Dinesh Jain, Satish Katpalia, Raj Marwah, Rakesh Nanda

Others Present: Sudershan Dang

Topic	Discussion/Conclusion/Recommendation	Action
Committee thanked Drs. Bina Kapila and Jagdish Dang for organizing the convention for 2005	Unanimously applauded	FYI
Nominations for Executive Committee for 2006 President Dr. Ved Prakash Kaushik President elect Dr. Satish Chawla Sec/Treasurer Dr. Bhushan Pandya Past President Dr. Shiva Gaur Chair CME Committee Dr. Rakesh Nanda Membership Committee Drs. Dinesh Jain, Ajay Goel, Ajay Singhal, Bipin Nagra, Jay Marwah Sandesh Dr. Satish Chawla Webmaster Dr. Nikhil Goyal Convention Host Dr. Ved Prakash Kaushik By Laws Committee Dr. Jagdish Dang, Dr. Ashutosh Gupta Members at large Drs. Chandra Edwin, Ravinder Malik, Ajay Goel, Sudhir Ranjan Liaison Committee Drs. Ashutosh Gupta, Vijay Jain, Jagdish Dang, Dinesh Jain, Sudhir Ranjan Youth Members Natasha Rastogi and Divya Kaushik UCMC representative Dr. Sudershan Dang	Unanimously approved	To be posted on the website
Bylaws and Mission statement review	To be reviewed by Drs. Jagdish Dang and Ashutosh Gupta for any updates	To be presented to the executive committee in 2006
Involvement of new physicians including residents	Various options discussed. These include Job fairs, individual members supporting resident’s expenses.	To be implemented in future programs.
Communications	Eventual goal of putting Sandesh on the website and encouraging membership to review it from there.	FYI
Inviting the Dean of MAMC and MAMCOS President for Convention	Approved. The cost of the convention will be differed. Travel expenses will not be provided.	FYI
2008 convention	Dr. and Mrs. Marwah offered to host the convention in San Antonio, Texas. Approved	FYI
Contribution to Synapse	Committee felt that MAMCOAANA cannot contribute funds as an organization, but will encourage the membership to contribute on individual basis.	Dr. Gaur to communicate with Synapse.

(Signed)

Bhushan H. Pandya
Secretary/Treasurer