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RFS Membership Committee - Meeting Minutes June 2005
Home Review Residents Executive Committee Subcommittees Membership
Membership Committee Meeting
June 15, 2005
8 PM CST
Members Present:
- Ginnie Scroggins, M.D.
- Amy Kirby, M.D.
- Dan Entrinkin, M.D.
- Gregg Miller, M.D.
- Greg Galdino, M.D.
- Kelly Foster, ACR staff
- Joseph J Budovec MD
- Ryan M Christie MD
- Ryan S Fajardo MD
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Members Not Present:
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AuntMinnie Discussion Forum:
JACR approached for 3 way collaboration between Auntminnie, JACR, and
RFS. The idea was not supported in regards to AuntMinnie, because the
ACR leadership would rather have it on the ACR website, in an effort to
facilitate traffic. EC discussed and consensus thought that the website
needed to be revamped, and that better access to those not involved
would be more effectively done with AuntMinnie. Long term this could be
converted to ACR. Again, however, after approaching this with ACR
leadership, it was thought that this really needed to be ACR based.
They are willing to give a great deal of resources into revamping the
website to facilitate the project.
Summary of the pertinent points with the article would be placed on the
ACR website for topic information.
It is the overall feeling that the ACR website has to be user friendly
and layout has to be navigated without a lot of digging. Some of the
trouble lies in staffing and the ability to devote time to update.
Hopefully with the resources promised, these issues can be addressed and
resolved.
AFIP housing database
Lots of people had undesirable housing, or in unsafe areas at the last
AFIP. No database exists currently for housing. Survey conducted at the
last AFIP addressed housing issues, with the results distributed to the
committee by Ginnie Scroggins. Ongoing data is needed. State level
involvement may lead the local push for more information. Once the
information is published to the website, this will in hope facilitate
involvement and traffic on the ACR website as well. AFIP would like to
collaborate with the ACR RFS to update their information as well, and
maybe even to direct the residents to the ACR website. The preliminary
data will be given to Kelly and should be integrated into a format that
can be searched easily from a standardized database.
Advertisements should be posted on both AuntMinnie and possibly in the
testimonial video at AFIP to direct people to the ACR website for
housing information.
Ideas to improve the website:
- Navigation
- Better organization
- More educational links
- Career development and negotiations
- Discussion Forum
This may be of value for both the resolutions as well as for the resident’s section
Chapter Handbook:
Financial matters - fundraising for events can come from vendors, state
chapters, etc., and could be expounded upon in the handbook. Contact
information needed for state chapters. Presidents of state chapters
should be compiled and updated regularly. This could be garnered from a
state chapter level as well. It needs to be available on the web.
Again, this will ultimately fall on the ability to update and maintain
the ACR website.
Introductory Pamphlets:
Introduced to the residents at the meeting, but overall feeling was that
the copy didn’t address the RFS at all. Nancy Cook is the contact
person for the revisions, and the changes will have to be done by late
summer, as this will go to press early fall.
DVD disc could navigate several of the things we are developing for
awareness. (Testimonial video, AMCLC presentation, etc)
RSNA reception:
- Gift ideas
- Discounts with publishers to get books?
Other:
Means for surveying residents about matters they feel are important.
- Web based survey
- Discussion forums
Program directors submit approximately 98% of resident information, but
about 68-70% for emails for those residents. The most effective way to
communicate is felt to be via the state chapters to program
representatives to contact their own individual programs, and that each
program representative serves as a direct liason for their program.
Action Items:
- Circulate questionnaire for AFIP database
- Amy Kirby, Greg Miller and Ginnie Scroggins
- Look at the resident’s section and email any recommendations all members of committee
- Career development portion of the website needs participation.
- Contact information for the state sections and program representatives.
- Greg Galdino and Greg Miller
- Working with ACR to update and maintain website
- Updating the pamphlet sent out as introduction
- Joe, Ryan, Dan Entrinkin, and Ginnie Scroggins
- Surveying residents about important issues
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