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Email Voting Record

Introduction
Members are vast distances apart. Meetings in person are time consuming and expensive. Yet this Association is committed to decisions being made by the majority. The Association adopted bylaws which govern a system of email voting that permits the majority to determine policy. See bylaws for details. The following issues have been presented to the members. Here is the outcome of their votes.

  1. 9/2/05 - Financial statements. Approved

  2. 9/27/05 -Attend AAMC as an exhibitor, recruit evaluators and site visitors. Approved

  3. 11/15/05 -Establish Accreditation Applications Standing 
    Committee. Approved

  4. Attend/participate at FSMB annual meeting. Approved

  5. Attend-participate-exhibit at AMEE annual conference. Approved

  6. Committee Chairs role is Executive. Schools absorb their Committee member’s expenses. Approved 

  7. 11/18/05 - Approved site visitors may become non-voting members of Applicants committee. Approved

  8. 11/28/05 - Absorb cost of training site visitors. Approved

  9. 12/15/05 - Approve accreditation standards. Approved

  10. 12/16/05 - Obtain FAIMER data bank. Schools complete
    questionnaire. Approved

  11. 12/20/05 - Accept Credential committee’s recommended site visitors. Approved

  12. 12/21/05 - Employ Chief Operational Officer. Approved

  13. 2/14/06 - Deadline for financial commitment. Approved

  14. 2/17/06 - Dissolve Scheduling Committee. Approved

  15. Maintain a data bank of accredited schools Tabled to 3/17/06

  16. 3/22/06 - Add Founding Member. Denied

  17. 3/26/06 Obtain data base document and evaluation report from NYS for schools that had applied for clinical training. Post the documents on IAOMC's website. Denied

  18. June 2, 2006 Permit regulatory observers. Approved

  19. June 2, 2006 Seek government recognition. Approved

  20. June 2, 2006 Develop a Certification process. Approved

  21. June 2, 2006 Develop recognition of Comparable Standards. Approved

  22. June 2, 2006 Inquire of governments without a medical school. Approved

  23. June 27, 2006, Avid Haramati, MD, approved as a site visitor.

  24. July 19, 2006, Barry Diner, MD, DABEM, approved as a site visitor.

  25. 09/11/06, Site Visitors: Chinoy, Ingles and Wolfsdorf Approved

  26. 09/29/06, Site Visitors: Frank, Haddad and Marshall Approved

  27. 10/2/06, Site Visitors: Mets, Muhammad and Nelson Approved

  28. 10/05/06, Site Visitors: Schuster, Patil and Cato Approved

  29. 10/09/06, Site Visitors: Berkow, Scheidner and Trowers Approved

  30. 10/11/06, Site visitors: Adison, Colenda and Martin Approved

  31. 10/16/06, Accept applications from new schools 1/1/07 Denied

  32. 11/09/06, Site Visitors: Rawick and Kachur Approved

  33. 11/11/06, Dissolve Standing Committees Approved

  34. 11/14/06, Site visitors, Gumport and Hillard. Approved

  35. 11/17/06, Site visitors, Veech and Tekian. Approved

  36. 11/20/06, Site visitor/Evaluator Sullivan. Approved

  37. 12/1/06, Site Visitor Diane Elissa Heestand. Approved

  38. 12/5/06, Site Visitor Marek Drozdzik. Approved

  39. 1/5/07, Roberta Sonnino, Site Visitor. Approved

  40. 1/7/07, Trevor Beedham, Site Visitor. Approved

  41. 1/10/07, Advisory Council requested to recommend International Standards for. “New and Developing Medical Schools”. Approved

  42. 1/15/07, Sonia Crandall, site visitor, Approved

  43. 2/3/07, Join the Global Health Council Approved

  44. 3/7/07, Site visitor E, Haavi Morreim Denied

  45. 3/7/07, Site Visitor Lawrence Marshall Opas Approved

  46. 3/7/07, Site Visitor Elect Chair, Secretary establish criteria to chose site visitors and develop process for them to chose from among their group. Approved

  47. 3/9/07, Site Visitor Anna Kostrzewska Approved.

  48. 3/9/07, Site Visitor Mciej Jozwik Approved.

  49. 3/9/07, Government Observers elect Chair and Secretary, establish criteria to chose Government observers and develop process to chose Government Observers from among their group Approved

  50. 3/9/07, Site Visitor Maria Winnicka Approved

  51. 3/9/07, Site Visitor Irina Kowalska Returned for details

  52. 6/10/07 Establish a new site visitor panel, including the Chair to be a voting Trustee. Approved

  53. 6/10/07 Each Section Chair of the Advisory Council become voting Trustees. Approved

  54. 6/10/07 Site Visitor T.L. Chambers. Approved

  55. 6/10/07 Establish a search committee to report to the Board on their recommendations for a new Executive Director to begin on October 1, 2007. Approved

  56. 6/10/07 Officers Nancy Perri will serve as Secretary and Mahendra Patel as Treasurer. Approved

  57. 6/10/07 President and Vice President to be discussed at the first seating of the full Board. Approved

  58. 6/10/07 Place on IAOMC’s website approved countries/schools, except any former founding members who has requested their school’s reports not be made public. Approved

  59. 9/24/07 - Accept President’s Report. Approved

  60. 9/24/07 - Expand data base to all schools. Approved

  61. 9/24/07 - Adopt Ethics Committee recommendations. Approved

  62. 9/24/07 - Accept the Search Committee Report. Approved

  63. 9/24/07 - Divide 0ffice of President and Executive Director. Approved

  64. 9/24/07 - By laws be amended; annual meeting on or about 3/17 of each year at location Board determines. Approved

  65. 10-23-07 - Mala Chinoy to be Executive Director effective Nov. 1, 2007. Approved

  66. 12/12/07 – Elect Henry Haddad VP to 3/17/07. Approved

  67. 12/17/07 Recognize Comparable Standards Approved

  68. 12/17/07 Academic Review/Auxiliary Membership Approved

  69. 12/17/07 Ethics Committee Chair permanent voting Board member. Approved

  70. 12/26/07 James Appleyard was elected Secretary to March 2009 Approved

  71. 4/2/08 Academic Review Registered Membership. Approved

  72. 4/2/08 Annual Membership Dues structure. Approved

  73. 4/23/08 Amended By Laws. Approved

  74. 6/3/08 Advisory Council Report and Recommendations – Approved

  75. 7/3/08 Modify By Laws on annual meeting quorum. Denied

  76. 8/7/08 Mortada El-Shabrawi proposed to be added to the site visitor panel and become a member of our Advisory Council Section 1. Approved

  77. 9/30/08 LCME standards are comparable to IAOMC standards. Approved

  78. 10/25/08 Aamir Al Mosawi be accepted as a member of our site visitor panel and member of Advisory Council Section 1. Approved

  79. 1/9/09 Elizabeth Kachur was elected to become Chair of the Site Visitor panel and become a Trustee. Approved

  80. 2/11/09 Government Observer panel. Approved

  81. 3-9-09 Clinical teaching guidelines referred to the Advisory Council. Approved

  82. 6/15/09 Dhrubajyoti Borah to become Temporary Regulator/ administrator Panel Chair. Approved

  83. 9/15/09 Advisory Council Computer based learning amendments. Approved

  84. I/19/10 Official Condolence Resolution to honor Professor Richard Gumport.  Approved

  85. 1/29/10 Professor E. Haavi Morreim was elected to become Chair of Advisory Council Section1. Approved

  86. 5/14/10 Dr. Syed Ziaur Rahman was elected to become Chair of Advisory Council Section 3. Approved

  87. 9/27/12 Elect Dr. Syed Ziaur Rahman as Secretary. Approved

  88. 10/15/13 Participate with George Mason University SciCast project. Approved

  89. 3/30/15 Elect Linda Adkinson Evaluator. Approved