Board Members: Drs. Biaggi, Grazian, Sherman, Bakriwala, Morgan, Skay, Fasciani, Swift, Boermans, Millet, Cervantes, Lavin, Meisel, Ardakani, Wong, Gampel, Newman
Guests: Nancy-Jo and Dr. Allison Pierce
Call to order: 6:45pm
Secretary: Dr. Wendy Gross (Not Attending)
No Report
Treasurer: Dr. Michelle Biaggi
Reviewed November Minutes. Motion by Skay and Meisel to approve meeting minutes as written. Motion passes.
President-Elect: Dr. Robert Grazian
Reviewed 2017 P&L
SDCOS donations made to:
- Braille Institute ($500)
- AOA disaster relief ($2,250)
- LOVC ($1,629)
- Richard Rex memorial fund ($300)
- California Vision project ($543)
(Donations to LOVC, Richard Rex memorial fund, and California Vision project paid for by proceeds from the SDCOS Golf Tournament)
Immediate Past President/Richard Rex Liaison: Dr. Ketan Bakriwala
2017 Recap of year and Holiday Party Review
President: Dr. Michael Morgan
Goals for Board Meetings
Holiday Party Considerations/Alternatives
HOD February 9-10 at the SD Marriott
Vendor Liaison: Dr. Dave Sherman
-Sponsor Update
-Motion by Sherman and Morgan to approve Empire/Essilor Labs, EyeCarePro, NVision, VSP Global, Zeiss Meditec/Vision as Platinum sponsors. Motion passes.
-Motion by Sherman and Skay to approve sustaining sponsors: ABB Optical, Alcon Labs, Coopervision, Golden State Web Solutions, Gordon Schanzlin New Vision Institute, Konan Medical, La Jolla Lasik, McGee Group, Optovue OCT, Professional Optical Labs, Shamir Insight, Shire, Synergeyes, Vistakon, Vision West, Walman Optical, Wells Fargo Banking/Finance, Waddell & Reed, WestPac Financial
Governmental Affairs: Dr. Dick Skay
Key person day is April 18 in Sacramento, CA
Professional Affairs: Dr. Amanda Dexter (Not Attending)
No Report
HCDS: Dr. Drew Fasciani
No Report
LOVC Liaison: Dr. Erin Swift
Update on LOVC and awards for January Meeting
Communications: Dr. Nickolet Boermans & Dr. Lucia Millet
February newsletter: due January 15th
Webmaster: Dr. Susan Cervantes
No Report
OD Relations: Dr. Michael Morgan (for Dr. John Fitzpatrick)
List is used weekly and seems to be appreciated. Would like to see more docs on the list so please encourage colleagues who need fill in work to contact JFP.
Peer Review: Dr. Paul Lavin
No Report
Public Awareness: Dr. Bob Meisel
1) Monarch Screening – Monday February 26th (need 2-3 more docs)
2) Monarch Exams – Monday and Tuesday March 12-13 (need 1 doc per day)
3) Health Fair UCSD – Montgomery Waller Park 10am-2pm on April 14th
4) Golf Tournament Sunday – July 22nd Location TBD
5) Evaluate/Change November Board Meeting (AAO Meeting is that weekend) to November 1st
Membership: Dr. Eric White (Not Attending)
No Report
Trustees:
Dr. Patty Cheng (Not Attending)
Dr. Michael Kling (Not Attending)
Dr. David Ardakani
Dr. David Wong
Dr. Dana Gampel
Honorary Board Member:
Dr. Byron Newman
Guests:
Nancy-Jo Sinkiewicz
Dr. Allison Pierce
Meeting ended: 7:50pm
Next board meeting: Thurs March 8th, 2018 at True Food Kitchen in Fashion Valley Mall at 6:30pm