UT-APhA-ASP
Meeting held on September 28, 2006

• Meeting called to order at 12:30 p.m.
• Welcome and Administration
• Welcomed and recognized newly assigned committee chairs
• Membership:
• Dues ($55) due October 1st
• See John Blanchett or Frank Le (fhle@mail.utexas.edu)
• Fundraising -- See Mario Varela (mvarela@mail.utexas.edu) or Laura McHenry (mchenrylaura@mail.utexas.edu)
• Goal is to raise $1,000 to purchase brick for the National APhA Headquarters building
• Give what you can. $3 from each member will bring us to our goal
• MRM Update -- Dawn Pogue (dlpogue@mail.utexas.edu)
• All paperwork will be turned in September 29 by 8am
• A mandatory meeting will be scheduled for those attending. Dawn will send e-mail with more information
• Corresponding Secretary Election
• Maggie Dinh is current Corresponding Secretary but we need one more to help her with her duties, especially collecting reports for the national meeting in Atlanta
• Elected -- Jennifer El-Khoury
• Historian Election
• Jimmy He and Dana Sharp
• Committee Report -- Kunal Patel and various committee chairs
• Congratulations to all 27 committee chairs and thanks for all of their effort in helping make UT-APhA-ASP successful
• Operation Diabetes -- Jamie Ecklund (jamiekitty@mail.utexas.edu) and Cindy Luu (cindyluu@mail.utexas.edu)
• Costco Screening on 9/30 from 10am-2pm (1 hour shifts)
• Diabetes Seminar -- Innovative Treatments in Diabetes Therapy
• RSVP/sign-up sheet was passed around during meeting
• Location: Rm 2.108
• Time: 12pm-1pm
• Operation Immunization -- Sapana Desai (spd55@mail.utexas.edu) and Irvin Nguyen (minhirvin@mail.utexas.edu)
• Thank you to those who attended immunization training
• Patient Education Booth on 9/29, located on campus at West Mall from 12pm-3pm
• CPR classes at SSB
• Dates: 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 11/19, 12/3, and 12/10
• Times: 9:30am-3:30pm
• Cost: $45
• Heartburn Awareness -- Marybel Montemayor (marybel_montemayor@mail.utexas.edu) and Meena Ramanathan (rrmeena@mail.utexas.edu)
• Patient Counseling Training session 10/13, 12:30pm-1:30pm
• Room TBA
• Expect an email with more information
• Spoil-a-Faculty -- Grace Wang (ghwang@mail.utexas.edu)
• Professor nomination sheet was passed at during meeting
• P3’s will pick profs from P3, P2, and P1 years
• P2’s will pick profs from P2 and P1 years
• P1’s will pick profs from P1 year
• Profs will be at next meeting for their gift presentation
• Profs on nomination sheet will be on next semester’s sheet to allow everyone to nominate profs they have had in class
• SSO (Secondary School Outreach) -- Kunal Patel
• Chairs – Nick Davis (nbdavis@mail.utexas.edu) and
• Daniella Bailey (drb965@mail.utexas.edu)
• Committee meeting will be held 10/4 from 12pm-1pm in Rm. 2.114
• Patient Counseling -- Jennifer El-Khoury (jelkhoury@mail.utexas.edu) and Lynn Stamps (stamps@mail.utexas.edu)
• Preliminary competition on 11/2, time TBA
• Sign-up was passed around during meeting for those who wish to compete or would like to be a committee member
• Local competition tentatively set for 11/21
• How competition works: Participants will receive a list of 10 drugs one week prior to the event to prepare information for counseling. On the day of the competition they will receive one prescription for one of those medications and will be asked to counsel a patient (usually an LPPA member) in front of a video camera. The tapes will then be judged and the top 10 will get to participate in the local competition. 1st prize at Local - $200, 2nd prize at Local - $150, 3rd prize at Local - $100 and the 1st prize winner receives a stipend to attend and compete at national annual meeting in Atlanta.
• Anyone is invited to compete.
• Email will be sent more information about committee meetings and any times/locations
• ISFS (International Pharmaceutical Students Federation)
• o Chairs – Ben Ereshefsky (b.ereshefsky@mail.utexas.edu) and Stephanie Popiak (spopiak@mail.utexas.edu)
• Committee meeting on 10/16 in LRC conference room from 12pm-1pm
• SPIN (Student Political Information Network)
• Chair – Chris Nguyen (hoainamnguyen1@mail.utexas.edu)
• Committee meeting on 10/2 from 12pm-1pm at 4th floor tables
• Come with ideas for brainstorming ideas
• Email will be sent out
• Professional Development
• Chair – Mario Varela (mvarela@mail.utexas.edu)
• Committee meeting will be on 10/5 from 1pm-2pm in LRC
• Introduction of Brandon Patterson -- APhA-ASP National President (Elect)
• Welcome to all P3’s, P2’s, and P1’s
• Talked about where pharmacy students fit into the organization and profession of pharmacy
• APhA has a place for you at all times during your career to help maximize your success and the success of pharmacy
• APhA is a collective voice, provides opportunities for growth, and actively promote the future of pharmacy
• All you really need to do to be a leader is to care about what you do, do a good job, and set an example
• Talked about opportunities at both MRM and Annual Meetings
• Introduction of Tech Sergeant Waterman of the United States Air Force
• Email: marvin.waterman@rs.af.mil
• Phone: 512-478-3988
• Website: www.airforce.com
• Qualified pharmacists receive bonuses
• A Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP) is available – pays for last 2 years of pharmacy school, get stipend of $235/month, pays for books/tuition, medical benefits
• Your first assignment is in U.S.
• If sent overseas, you will be in well-protected “Green Zone”
• Commissioned Officer Training, which is not the same as Basic Training, but is a 5-week course, class from 7:30am-4:30pm, free weekends, some physical exercise
• Presented a gift to John Blanchett – a bag with various small gifts
• Grace collected Spoil-a-Faculty nomination sheets
• Meeting adjourned to take organization photo in front of Economics Building