Approved September MSCLS Board Meeting Minutes

Memphis Society for Clinical Laboratory Science

Board Meeting Minutes

September 8, 2011

Submitted by: Angela Phillips, MSCLS Secretary

• The business meeting was held at the St Francis Hospital-Memphis Lab Conference Room and was called to order at 6:16 pm by John Bandura, President.
• The minutes from the August 4, 2011 meeting were submitted by Angela Phillips, Secretary, and approved as written.  (Moved: Heisse, 2^nd: Clary)
• The treasurer’s report was presented by Donna Clary, Treasurer, and approved as written. (Moved: Duncan, 2^nd: Jamison)
• Student Liaison Report: none given
• Old business discussed:
• John Bandura, President, spoke on increasing membership
• The blog, http://www.memphislablinks.blogspot.com/, is now live
• New business discussed:
• UTHSC will now be offering an MLT to MT program
• Goals for 2011-2012 to include more volunteer work as a society
• Encourage renewals and new memberships
• CLMA and ASCLS have begun merger discussions
• Announcements:
• There are several job openings in the Memphis Area:
• SFH-M, SFH-B, St. Jude, The Medical Group
• Next meeting
• Dawn Hesse, MT of Bio-Rad to present “Hemoglobin A1c—Not Your Average Analyte”, with meeting held at Baptist Hospital Memphis, on October 6, 2011 at 6:00pm.
• GMABB—Lifeblood, September 15
• Adjournment:
• Meeting adjourned at 6:26 pm by John Bandura, President.
• After the business meeting, the continuing education session was presented by Lani Collins and Linda Pifer—Ehrlichiosis and Other Tick-Borne Infectious Diseases in Tennessee