Board Briefs

The Board:
Received an update on the activities of the NORCAL Mutual Insurance Company from Mr. Ken Smole, Vice President of NORCAL Mutual.

Elected Director Kuldip S. Sandhu, MD, 2003 Secretary and Director Satya N. Chatterjee, MD, 2003 Treasurer.

Reviewed and approved with amendments, a request to endorse a CMA resolution developed by The California Endowment's Medical Leadership Council on Language Access, "Limited English Proficiency/Language Access."

Approved the Membership Report:
For Active Membership — Nadia R. Alder, MD; Karyl L. Andolina, MD; Gene H. Choi, MD; Okyanus Gurel, MD; Jeffrey R. Helms, MD; Melody M.R. Hsieh, MD; Kegang Hu, MD; Shahmaz Iqbal, MD; Arvind Kumar, MD; Quan T. Nguyen, MD; Carlos A. Perez, MD; Ann-Jerry Peters, MD; Tomasz Rodkiewicz, MD; Mark A. Seaver, MD; Jo Anne Sharma, MD; Michael A. Shea, MD; Paolo V. Troia-Cancio, MD; Eric W. I. Wang, MD; Lisa X. Wang, MD.
For Retired Membership— Elliot Brandwein, MD
For Renewal of Illness Leave of Absence — Daniel J. Ferrigno, MD.
For Resignation — Wilma C. Arguelles-Gaviola, MD (left area); Aung W. Chiong, MD; John H. Howard, MD; Timothy Y. Lee, MD. Recommended to not approve a request for endorsement of a resolution to the City Council regarding opposing a war against Iraq since the subject matter of the resolution was not within the domain of the Medical Society.

The Board:
Approved Tom Ormiston, MD as CMA Alternate-Delegate representing District 6 (Yolo County).

Approved the re-nomination of Dr. Barbara Arnold and the nomination of Dr. Paul Phinney to the CALPAC Board of Directors.

Approved the nomination of Dr. Clint Collins to El Dorado County's First Five Commission.

Approved investment recommendations concerning cash and equity allocations in the General, Building and Scholarship Funds.

Approved SSVMS working in collaboration with the U. C. Davis Medical Student Chapter of the AMA to establish a Medical Student Mentor Program.

Approved the Membership Report:
For Active Membership — Matthew C. Carnahan, MD; Montague G. Carr, MD; David L. Dawson, MD; Sridevi Garapati, MD; Robert M. Jarka, MD; Lisa Y. Law, MD; Randall H. Leefeldt, MD; Grace K. Moi, MD; Kenneth E. Nollet, MD; Qasem M. Noori, MD; Ling Shi-Bertsch, MD; Gregory S. Stewart, MD; Arthur Venegas, MD; Karen T. Woo, MD; Michael A. Zoglio, MD.
For Retired Membership— Herminia V. Balingit, MD; Vincente K. Quan, MD.
For 35-Year Active Membership — Bryant N. Sheehy, MD.