Resolve to Get Involved
2004 Interim HOD Meeting, Nov. 5-6

MMS House of Delegates (HOD) meetings and Reference Committee hearings provide the forum for delegates and members to address today's health care issues and Society matters. The next meeting of the House of Delegates will be held on Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6, 2004 at the Sheraton Framingham Hotel.

Any MMS member can submit a resolution to the HOD. Before drafting a resolution, however, members are encouraged to present their ideas to an MMS committee or to their district medical society. Committees sometimes suggest more effective ways to address specific ideas or requests, while district medical societies may agree to co-sponsor a resolution, giving it added "weight" in the HOD.

The deadline for resolutions for the Interim Meeting is September 21. Members can access resolution-writing guidance and submit resolutions online at www.massmed.org/pages/resolution_submittal.asp or e-mail them to resolutions@mms.org.

MMS members (and interested non-members) can provide testimony on resolutions during Reference Committee hearings at the Framingham Sheraton on Friday, November 5, beginning at 10:30 a.m. MMS members are welcome to observe the two sessions of the House (Friday, November 5 and Saturday, November 6), but only delegates may participate in debate on the House floor.

- Annemarie Tucker

For a listing of MMS Committees, visit www.massmed.org/leadership/governance_3.html, or contact Susan Boutin at (800) 322-2303, ext. 7206. For more information on writing resolutions, contact Annemarie Tucker at atucker@mms.org or (800) 322-2303, ext. 7332.

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