1. IFMSA Montreal Theme Development Team
Message from Bev <beverly.wudel@cfms.org>
For those of you who haven't heard, the CFMS in partnership with IFMSA-Quebec is hosting the International Federation of Medical Students' Associations General Assembly (IFMSA GA) in Montreal in August 2010. With this comes many great opportunities for Canadian medical students to participate in organizing an international meeting with 800+ medical students from more than 80 countries around the world.
Interested? Want to get involved? Great, cause we need your help! Attached is an email from Amena Ghumman, the Theme Coordinator and a student at Memorial University. She would like to get a representative from each medical school in Canada on the theme development team - the U of S rep could be you! Please contact her asap if you are interested.
If you are looking for other ways to get involved in the meeting, please send me an email so I can keep you in the loop. I know this is a busy time of year for everyone, so I'm hoping to set up a meeting with interested students in early January, before things get into full swing.
Cheers,
Bev
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Beverly Wudel, BSc
VP Global Health
Canadian Federation of Medical Students
MD Candidate 2012 | University of Saskatchewan
Beverly Wudel, BSc
VP Global Health
Canadian Federation of Medical Students
MD Candidate 2012 | University of Saskatchewan
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2. Canadian Doctors for Medicare (CDM) Elections
Dear Member from the Western Region:
Canadian Doctors for Medicare is looking for committed physicians from its membership to serve on the Board of Directors.
Elections will be held by on-line voting from 8 AM on December 10, 2009, until 8 PM on December 15, 2009. (All times Eastern Standard.)
There are 20 positions on the Board and 16 are filled by independent physician members. The remaining positions (two medical residents and two medical students) are elected by the Board. To be eligible for election, members must be in good standing with Canadian Doctors for Medicare (current membership fees must be paid in full). Membership fees can be paid at any time before the close of nominations.
The first meeting of the new Board will be held in January 2009.
Members to be elected to the Board of Directors
The following members will be elected to the Board of Directors:
§ One (1) Representative for the Ontario Region
§ One (1) Representative for the Central Region (Manitoba and Saskatchewan)
§ One (1) Representative for the Western Region (Alberta and British Columbia)
§ One (1) Representative for the Atlantic Region (Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick)
§ One (1) Representative for the Territories Region (Nunavut, Yukon and Northwest Territories)
§ One (1) Medical Resident Director (elected by the new Board of Directors)
§ One (1) Medical Student Director (elected by the new Board of Directors)
Eligibility to nominate and vote for Board members
Practising and retired physicians, resident and medical student members are eligible to nominate and vote for representatives in the regions in which they live, provided they are in good standing with CDM (all required fees are paid). Members may nominate themselves.
Voting
Voting for Regional Representatives will take place from 8 AM on December 10, 2009, until 8 PM on December 15, 2009. (All times Eastern Standard.) Voting will be done electronically. Proxy voting is not permitted. Election results will be announced on December 16, 2009.
The Medical Resident Director and the Medical Student Director will be elected by the new Board on a date to be determined in January 2009 and the results will be announced shortly thereafter.
Terms of office
The term of office for the Regional Representatives will be three years. The Medical Student Director and the Medical Resident Director will serve for two years.
Limits of serving on the Board of Directors
There is no term limit prohibiting Board members from running for re-election.
Removal from the Board of Directors
Members of the Board may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board on the grounds that they or their behaviour are fundamentally opposed to CDM-MCRP’s interests and vision.
Nomination process
Please send your nominations for the Board of Directors to info@canadiandoctorsformedicare.ca by December 4, 2009. If you have any questions, please email or call us at (416) 351-3300.
Required materials
All nominees must send a statement of intent no longer than 250 words explaining the reason they are seeking election and a curriculum vitae that shall not exceed three pages which includes their name, address and best method of contact.
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