2008 WSMA Annual Meeting
A Guide to House of Delegates Meetings
Important Dates for 2008
Delegate Duties
Exhibitor/Contribution Program
A Guide to House of Delegates Meetings
The House of Delegates is the principal policy-making body of the Washington State Medical Association. At its annual session each year, the House acts on numerous reports and resolutions and establishes policy to guide the Association and its members.
This guide provides information about the House’s policy development process. It is designed to help new delegates and alternate delegates understand and participate in the policy process.
Download the Guide [PDF]
Download House of Delegates parliamentary procedures [PDF]
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Important Dates for 2008
August 6
Deadline for reports and resolutions to be received at the WSMA Seattle office for publicaiton in the Delegates Handbook. Email resolutions to hod@wsma.org. August 20
Delegate Handbook distributed to delegates, members of the Board of Trustees, and executive directors/secretaries of county medical societies and state medical specialty societies. NOTE: Alternate delgates and other society officers may order handbooks by emailing hod@wsma.org. August 26
Final deadline for receipt of resolutions at the WSMA Seattle office. Resolutions received after this date must have the consent of two-thirds of the House at the opening session in order to be considered. August 26
Deadline to make room reservations.
The Davenport Hotel
10 South Post Street
Spokane, WA 99201 Single/Double - $150 September 26 - September 28
WSMA Annual Meeting
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Delegate Duties
Delegates are expected to be available for one year of service from the beginning of the House of Delegates meeting until the House of Delegates meeting the following year.
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Exhibitor/Contribution Program
Your company is cordially invited to purchase an exhibit booth at the 2008 WSMA Annual Meeting at $1250.00. In order to encourage exhibiting companies to stay until the show is finished and allow participating physicians greater opportunity to visit the display booths, the Washington State Medical Association will refund $250 to each company/organization that maintains their booth with a present representative until 5:00pm on Saturday, September 27, 2008.
The Exhibition Hall will officially open at 7:00am on Friday, September 26, 2008, and officially close at 5:00pm on Saturday, September 27, 2008. See information below for more details, i.e., booth set-up time, booth teardown time, and display hours.
Meeting Contribution Program – Contributions are accepted for some meeting events such as the WSMA President's Dinner and New President’s Reception, and general coffee breaks in the Exhibition Hall. Contributor recognition is in the form of display signs directly outside the door of the event, and acknowledgment in both our preliminary and final meeting programs.
Spokane, WA was the site of the 2008 WSMA Annual Meeting and was well attended by 500-600 health care professionals, including physicians, physician assistants, nurses and medical group managers. We anticipate the same number of attendees this year.
Once again, this year each company represented with an exhibit is entitled to 2 tickets to the President's Dinner and New President’s Reception. To redeem your company's 2 tickets, please contact Kesley Howard no later than Friday, August 15, 2008.
If you wish to participate as an Exhibitor or Contributor, please download and complete the application below and return it to Kesley Howard at our Seattle office. Booth numbers will be assigned approximately one month prior to the meeting and special booth location requests are on a first received, first paid basis.
Be sure to include your payment (checks payable to the Washington State Medical Association) with your application.
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