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Annual Business Sessions
Minutes of the Annual Business Meeting, November 25 & November 27, 2007 The annual business meeting of the Radiological Society of North America was convened at RSNA 2007 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Two sessions were held. The first began at 10:15 a.m. and concluded at 10:24 a.m. on Sunday, November 25. Following a recess until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 27, the second session was held. R. Gilbert Jost, MD, president of the Society, presided throughout the sessions. Theresa C. McLoud, MD, president-elect and secretary-treasurer, served as parliamentarian.
Minutes of the business meeting held at RSNA 2006 (sessions on Sunday, November 26, and Tuesday, November 28), which were published on the Society's web site, were approved.
The secretary-treasurer reported on registration figures for the meeting. As of Saturday, November 24, 2007, a total of 55,620 individuals registered for the 93rd Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting. This total includes 23,250 professionals.
Reports were accepted from the officers and committee chairs. These reports can be found on the Society's web site.
Bylaws: John J. Smith, MD, JD, chairman of the Committee on Bylaws and Resolutions, advised the membership that the Board of Directors recommended Bylaw amendments to discontinue the office of historian. The specific amendments were published in the October 2007 issue of Radiology.
The following changes to the Bylaws were approved by a two-thirds majority vote of the Society members present and voting at the Business Session:
| 3.10 | Enumeration. |
| President
President-Elect/Secretary-Treasurer
First Vice-President
Second Vice-President
Third Vice-President
Chairman of the Board
Historian |
| 3.124 | The terms of office of the First Vice-President, the Second Vice-President, and the Third Vice-President and the Historian elected at an Annual Meeting shall begin at the conclusion of that meeting and shall terminate at the conclusion of the next Annual Meeting. |
3.136 | Historian. The Historian shall provide for the preservation and safekeeping of such museum specimens as may be obtained for exhibit and shall be responsible for their preparation and exhibition at the Annual Meeting, and shall file and list such roentgenograms, photographs, lantern and other slides, electronic media and other articles for reference as the Historian deems to be of significant historical value. The Historian shall present a yearly report at the annual business meeting of the members of the Society. |
| 3.144 | Vice Presidents and Historian. In the event of a vacancy in any of the offices of First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, or Third Vice-President or Historian, the Board of Directors shall appoint a successor to serve until the conclusion of the next Annual Meeting. |
| 5.12(B) | The Committee on Nominations shall nominate one Active member for each of the following elective offices of the Society: President-Elect/Secretary-Treasurer, First Vice-President, Second Vice-President, Third Vice-President, Historian and one Active member for each elective place to be filled on the Board of Directors. |
Awards: The president announced to the membership and for the official record that Honorary Memberships were awarded to Francisco A. Arredondo, MD, Guatemala City, Guatemala; Byung Ihn Choi, MD, Seoul, Republic of Korea; and Christian J. Herold, MD, Vienna, Austria. The president also announced that Gold Medals, the highest honor of the Society, had been presented to R. Nick Bryan, MD, PhD, Philadelphia, PA; William R. Hendee, PhD, Whitefish Bay, WI; and James H. Thrall, MD, Boston, MA.
Election: The Committee on Nominations consisted of David E. Avrin, MD, PhD, San Francisco, CA, and Robert R. Hattery, MD, Tucson, AZ, members; and Theresa C. McLoud, MD, Boston, MA, Chairperson. Dr. McLoud presented the committee's slate of nominees for election.
The officers elected were: President-elect Gary J. Becker, MD; First Vice-President Robert A. Novelline, MD; Second Vice-President Guadalupe M. Guerrero Avendano, MD; Third Vice-President Herbert W. Mower, ScD; and Board Member to serve a six-year term, Ronald L. Arenson, MD.
There was no new business presented and no unfinished business.
Gary J. Becker, MD
2008 President-elect/Secretary-treasurer
