2022 Summer Executive Board Meeting Minutes

2022 Summer Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Saturday, June 18th, 2022
CDA Resort

President Joe Sramek called the meeting to order at 1:15pm. Present for the meeting are Dr. Joel MacDonald, Allie Whipple, Jessie Tarnow, Dr. Brad Duhon, Dr. Justin Davis, Dr. Joe Sramek, Dr. Erik Parker, Dr. Brad Lega, and Dr. John Clough

1. Approval of Winter meeting minutes
a. Dr. MacDonald made a motion to approve the minutes of the 2022 Winter Exec Board Meeting. This motion was seconded and      passed unanimously.
2. Report of the President – Dr. Joseph Sramek
a. Linda Liau had to cancel due to contracting COVID. Brad Lega has been able to get replacement talks scheduled.
3. Report of the Vice President – Dr. John Clough
a. We have 23 vendors this year. 1 Gold sponsor, 2 Silver sponsors, 18 bronze sponsors, and 2 covid sponsors. There are 2 outstanding payments from sponsors (Boston Scientific and Olympus) which should come through soon.
4. Report of the Treasurer – Dr Erik Parker
5. Current Account Balances
a. Wells Fargo $164,754
i. Resident Fund $8,987 ($12,187)
b. PayPal $2,172
c. Eventleaf $5,710
d. Pending Vendor Payments $5,000 (Olympus and Boston Scientific)
e. Total Assets $177,636 ($124,057)
6. Membership Dues
a. 72 Active Members in 2022 (up from 64 last year)
b. Moved out of Rocky Mountain region
i. Darbi Invergo
c. Retired from practice
i. Jodie Leavitt
ii. David Moss
d. 35 Members Paid Dues in 2022 – $5,875 including past dues (19 by meeting last year)
i. 29 – Quickbooks invoice
ii. 5 – PayPal
iii. 1 – Check
e. QuickBooks Invoicing
f. New Members?

7. Resident Fund
a. 2022 Donations: $800

8. 2019 Annual Meeting (2018 total)
a. Registrations 88 (69)
i. Physician 23 (19)
1. Member 17 (11)
2. Non-member 1 (5)
3. Residents/Fellows 3 (1)
4. Senior 0 (0)
5. Invited guests 2 (2)
ii. AHP 5 (4)
iii. RMNS Staff 2 (2)
iv. Exhibitor 58 (44)
b. Vendor 23 (15) $72,750 ($50,250)
i. Abbott $2,500 – Bronze
ii. Aesculap, Inc. $1,500 – COVID
iii. Azurity Pharmaceuticals (Gliadel) $2,500 – Bronze
iv. Boston Scientific $2,500 – Bronze
v. Cerapedics $2,500 – Bronze $500 – Additional Rep
vi. Depuy/Synthes (Johnson & Johnson) $4,750 – Silver
vii. Donohoe & Associates $1,500 – COVID
viii. Globus Medical $4,750 – Silver
ix. GT Medical Technologies $2,500 – Bronze $500 – Lanyard $500 – Portfolio $750 – Program
x. Integra/Codman $2,500 – Bronze
xi. Invenio Imaging (NIO Laser) $2,500 – Bronze
xii. Isto Biologics $2,500 – Bronze
xiii. KLS Martin $2,500 – Bronze
xiv. Kuros Biosciences $2,500 – Bronze
xv. Medexus Pharma Inc. $2,500 – Bronze
xvi. Medtronic $9,500 – Silver (x2) $2,500 – Bronze
xvii. Olympus Corporations of America $2,500 – Bronze
xviii. Omniscient Neurotechnology $2,500 – Bronze
xix. OssDsign USA Inc. $2,500 – Bronze
xx. Phasor Health, LLC $2,500 – Bronze
xxi. SI-Bone $2,500 – Bronze $1,000 – Welcome Reception
xxii. Southwest Surgical $2,500 – Bronze
xxiii. Stryker Spine $2,500 – Bronze
xxiv. Cancelled:
1. Ipsen Biopharmaceuticals $2,500 – Bronze
c. Meeting Registration/Payments $14,200 ($11,200)
d. Other (Banquet, BBQ, etc) $16,360
e. Total In $103,310 ($70,340)
f. Meeting Costs TBD
g. Net TBD

9. Overall Financials
a. June 2018 $140,239
b. June 2019 $189,338
c. June 2020 $143,807
d. June 2021 $124,057

10. Miscellaneous
a. AANS NREF funding has begun
i. $2500 annually x 10 years (Pd in 2017-2021)
b. Resident Stipends
i. Send $250 per resident?
ii. Send prizes for talks ($750, $500, $250)

c.
11. Report of the Secretary – Dr. Justin Davis
a. We do have the programs here on site. No issues with them being shipped this year. This will be Dr. Davis’s last meeting as Secretary, due to his term ending. Discussion was then had about suitable people to fill each of the roles that will be open after the meeting this year. The recommendations from the board will be as follows.
b. Treasurer: Justin Davis
c. Secretary: John Clough
d. Vice President: Erik Parker
e. President Elect: Mark Mahan
f. CME Chair: Brad Lega
g. Member-at-large: Christian Bowers
h. Scientific Program Chair: Wissam Asfahani
12. Report of the Website Administrator – Dr. Joel MacDonald
a. Website is going fine
13. Report of the Historian
a. Dr. MacDonald has taken over for Dr. Elliott who is dealing with health issues in his family. Discussion was had about a better way to submit photos to the historian. We also had discussion about having more of a social media presence for the society.
14. Report of the Membership Committee – Dr. Duhon, Dr. Sramek, Dr. Seiff
a. New Member Applications: 2 new applicants since winter exec meeting
i. Salah Aoun (Active)
ii. Kenneth Jenkins, Jr. (Associate)
15. 2022 Annual Meeting – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
a. Local Arrangements Report – Dr. Brad Duhon
i. Dr. Duhon gave an excellent overview of the planned social events for this 2022 annual meeting
b. Scientific Program Report – Dr. Brad Lega
i. Speakers have been found to fill in for the slots originally allotted for Dr. Liau
ii. Several residents have switched to virtual presentations
16. Future Sites
a. 2023 Alaska – Dr. Kelly Schmidt
i. Dr. Schmidt was unable to be present for the meeting, but sent a PowerPoint outlining the meeting at the Alyeska resort in Girdwood, Alaska next yer. Board agreed that everything looked good and no changes were necessary at this time. The guest speakers are going to be Dr. Richard Fessler and Dr. Ganesh Rao
b. 2024 La Cantera, San Antonio, TX – Dr Brad Lega
i. Dr. Lega went over some logistics for 2024 meeting. All of the social events still need to be finalized. The room blocks need to be converted to direct billing rather than the RMNS paying for all of them.
17. Old/New Business
a. NREF update.
i. We have now paid 5 years of a 10 yr pledge
b. Nominations for AANS – president elect, vice president, 2 directors at large, 3 nominating committee members.
i. Discussions were had regarding people we would like to nominate for the aforementioned positions in the AANS.

Respectfully Submitted,

Justin Davis, MD
Secretary, RMNS