Board Briefs

The Board:
Approved presenting SSVMS Bylaws amendments to Active members for approval. The non-controversial amendments are necessitated by changes to Bylaws of the California Medical Association earlier this year.

Approved renewing the contract with Yolo County to conduct peer review activities at its correctional facilities.

Approved the Membership Report:
For Active Membership — Joseph D. Spahn, MD; Vicki L. Wheelock, MD; C. Heidi Zhou, MD.
For Resident Membership — Gina Tobalina, MD.
For Affiliate Membership — Kenny K. Charn, MD.
For Reinstatement of Active Membership — Diamond Kassam, MD; Bruce D. Wenokur, DO.
For a Change from Active to Retired— Orrin S. Cook, MD; Herzl Friedlander, MD; Wellesley P. Magan, Jr., MD; Lloyd P. Pratt, MD.
For Resignation — Sean Y. Takeuchi, MD
For Membership Termination These retired members no longer maintain a medical license and, under SSVMS and CMA Bylaws, cannot continue as members: — Duane D. Anderson, MD; Frederick V. Baldi, MD; Roger C. Daniels, MD; Mark A. Dentinger, MD; John C. Farrell, MD; Paul D. Forrest, MD; Saul Friedlander, MD; Arthur M. Hanson, MD; Robert D. K. Horton, MD; Helen Klevickis, MD; J. Steele Lipe, MD; Kenneth M. May, MD; John M. McKibbin, MD; Richard F. Pawlowski, MD; Gerald F. Peppers, MD; J. Richard Purviance, MD; Robert S. Reitman, MD; John F. Soderstrom, MD; Godfrey Steinert, MD; James W. Swingle, MD; Malcolm J. Tinney, MD.

Adopted nine classes of membership: Active, Associate, Government Employed, Multiple, Medical Student, Resident, Retired, Honorary, Probationary.

Approved a policy under which the Board of Directors may grant an Active or Government Employed member a leave of absence, or under which it may reduce the annual dues of an Active member.