March 6, 2003 - ACR Chapter Executive Update
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6 March 2003 For
questions and responses contact: ACR Office of Council and
Chapter Services 1891 Preston White Drive ACR Web site: www.acr.org
ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE – Scroll down for the complete
articles. 2003
ACR Executive Director/Secretary Meeting
Looking
for a Speaker for Your Chapter’s Meeting
Can the ACR Provide Data About Residents in
My Area? News From the Chapters – Texas Radiological Society Prepares for Capitol Hill Visits AMCLC Information Box 2003 ACR Executive
Director/Secretary Meeting When – Sun., 11
May 2003 from 12:00 noon – 1:15pm Where – Hilton
Washington and Towers, Washington, D.C. Contact Person – Trina Madison, 800.227.5463, 4998 This year’s
meeting includes the opportunity to meet with staff of the ACR Office of
Council and Chapter Services and learn about the new ACR Chapter Recognition
Program, an award program aimed at acknowledging exemplary chapter
activities. If your
chapter does not have an Executive Director/Secretary please consider sending
another chapter leader to attend this meeting. Looking for a
Speaker for Your Chapter’s Meeting? This year
almost half the ACR chapters plan to include an ACR speaker as part of their
meeting program. Based on survey
data collected from previous chapter surveys, many chapters feel this adds
value to their overall meeting.
The ACR provides these speakers as part of the Chapter Visitation
Program. If your chapter is
planning an upcoming meeting, you may consider including an ACR speaker as
part of your program. For
further details or to request a speaker, please contact Trina Madison at
either trinam@acr.org or 800.227.5463,
ext. 4998. Can the ACR
Provide Data About Residents in My Area? Absolutely. Each year the ACR engages in an
effort to collect data on diagnostic radiology and radiation oncology
residents throughout the U.S. and in Canada. This project begins every June when the College
communicates with each approved training program for the names and
contact information about the program’s residents and fellows. This information goes into the ACR
membership database. Each year
the ACR succeeds in collecting information from about 97% of the residency
programs. For more information about how
the ACR collects this information, contact Lynn Anderson at 800.227.5463,
ext. 4792 or lynna@acr.org. Are Residents Members of My Chapter? In most cases, yes. But, only if your chapter has elected to include residents and student fellows as automatic members of your chapter. Rosters are sent to each chapter at least twice a year. Two types of rosters are sent: (1) All Chapter Members and (2) Prospective Members. Residents will always be listed on the Prospective Members list, regardless of whether or not your chapter considers them to be automatic members of your chapter. The chapter is assigned to members-in-training according to the location of their training program. Once their training ends, the member-in-training is sent information about how to officially join an ACR chapter as a dues-paying member. For more information on how to
utilize the information contained in the chapter rosters you receive, or to receive
a new roster, contact Barbara Quattrone at 800.227.5463, ext. 4907, or barbaraq@acr.org. News From
the Chapters The Texas
Radiological Society Prepares for Capitol Hill Visits The TRS recently sent an email
to all councilors and alternate councilors to help them prepare for making
Congressional visits when they come to Washington in May. Specifically the TRS leadership hoped
to clarify the process Soapbox will use to make the appointments and the time
frame in which participants should plan to be available to make their
appointments. Attached is a copy
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2003 ACR Annual Meeting and Chapter Leadership Conference
Information Box When: 10-15 May 2003 Where: Hilton Washington & Towers in
Washington, D.C. Additional Information on the Web: www.acr.org Upcoming Deadlines ·
March 2003 – Resolutions available on
the ACR Web site. CD-ROMs with
resolutions to be sent to chapter officers, councilors and alternates ·
11 April 2003 – Deadline for AMCLC
meeting registration ·
14 April 2003 – Deadline for hotel
reservations ·
1 May 2003 – Deadline for submitting
Fellowship nominations for the 2004 convocation |
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