9/17/09 3rd GM minutes

 AMSA Fall 2009-Week 3 General Meeting Minutes (09/17/2009) 

Highlights of the Meeting:

• The new Community & Environmental Health/Global Health Action Committee Chair, Wenting Guo, was introduced to the member.

• Reminder on the AMSA-ARC conference. Last early bird registration is September 18^th ($20 ticket). Afterwards, $25 until September 25^th. Then it is $40. The event is for two days and attended by various deans of admissions of medical schools. The fee includes entrance fee, lunch for both days, and a t-shirt. Event on October 3^rd-4^th. Transportation will be arranged by the board and perhaps housing as well. For more info, please contact Stephanie Stramotas (sstramotas@gmail.com).

• Sign-up for hospitality event of the Graduate Student Fair on October 7^th-8^th. Event is co-sponsored by AMSA. Contact Tiff Gee for more info (tiffanygee11@gmail.com).

• Activity: Anonymous Human Sexuality Questionnaire activity and discussion. For more information and the recap of the event, contact Shrina Shah, the Race, Ethnicity & Culture in Health/Gender & Sexuality Chair (shrina89@gmail.com). The exercise’s purpose is to dispel any assumptions on a person’s sexuality through the result of a specific population (i.e. members who were in attendance). Physicians rarely talk about this aspect of human health. However, it does not mean that it is not important.

• Membership applications were accepted. Next general meeting is the final time they will be accepted. The room will be Tan Oak on the 4^th floor of the MLK Student Union building from 7-8:30 pm and the topic is Immigrant Health and Health Disparities.