MemberBOD Liaison Call

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Member/BOD Liaison Call

• New York poison centers

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Purpose of call

• BOD report to liaison centers
• Liaison input before Mid-year BOD meeting

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Topics of Discussion

• CAS
• AAPCC Committee Charges
• CSPI Exam in Berlin
• AAPCC Symposium Update
• TESS Survey
• AAPCC Staff Reorganization

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CAS

• BOD developed an action plan
• Engage firm to evaluate cost of rebuild of TESS
• Continue open communication with CAS
• Consider all legal options, including mediation

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Progress to date

• Gartner sent full proposal for rebuild, includes
• Help with vendor selection
• Overseeing rebuild development and implementation
• Long-term vision for interchange and use of data
  b/t AAPCC and poison centers

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Committee Charges

• Charges sent for each committee chair
• Need a copy?
• Managers Committee
• Study present and future labor requirements for
  PCCs
• Benchmarking project
• Mentor new leadership
• Recommendations for AAPCC website
• Committee policies

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CSPI Exam in Berlin

• BOD approved the administration of the CSPI exam
  in Berlin
• Tom Kearney will proctor

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AAPCC Symposium

• Trends in substance abuse An analysis and
  interpretation of existing data sets
• Intro Bob Hoffman
• DAWN, NIDA and TESS- Lewis Nelson
• The internet and community outreach- Ed Boyer
• RADARS- Rick Dart
• Summary and panel

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TESS Survey

• 60 centers participated
• 23 medical directors, 52 managing directors, 207
  specialists, others 328 responses
• TESS data valuable, effective, efficient
• 30 agree that data collection places a manpower
  burden on center
• Half responded that IOM recommendations for TESS
  data system would improve needs of poison center
  or better serve public health
• Lots of written comments

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AAPCC Staff Reorganization

• Rebecca Rembert to Member Services Coordinator
• Michele Parkins to Grants and Compliance Manager
• Communications Director, position to be filled as
  of last week (Chris Falk)
• Fraydoon Razazi- full-time Network Administrator
• Jessica Youniss- Director of Development
• Kathleen Noone- Executive Associate

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Other news

• Quiz Bowl now on last day of NAACT meetings
• Scott Phillips- AAPCC sponsorship of Human and
  Vet Tox

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