55th Annual Meeting
ACADEMY OF PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE

November 19–22, 2008
InterContinental Miami, Miami, Florida

ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
Saturday, November 22, 2008   •   1:45pm – 2:30pm

The Annual Business Meeting is held in accordance with APM Bylaws. All members are encouraged to attend. It follows the Dlin/Fischer Award Lecture on Saturday.

Agenda items will include the election of officers and councilors. The proposed slate of nominees for 2008 APM leadership positions is below.

Also on the agenda are proposed amendments to the APM Constitution and Bylaws, the governing documents of the Academy. Changes to these documents are not taken lightly and require a vote of the members at the Annual Business Meeting. The proposed changes come from actions based on the outcomes of the Long Range Planning sessions held by the Council last November in Amelia Island, and which were debated at the June 4 Council Meeting in Baltimore. They have great significance to the mission and operation of the Academy, so your careful reading of these proposed changes from the Council is important. A full discussion will be held in Miami before a vote.

2008 Council Nominations
The Nominating Committee respectfully submits the following slate of officers and councilors for submission to the membership five months before, and to be voted on at, the Annual Business Meeting in Miami, Florida, on November 22, 2008.

OFFICERS (1-year terms):

• President-Elect: David F. Gitlin, MD, FAPM (Boston, MA)
• Vice President: John L. Shuster, Jr., MD, FAPM (Birmingham, AL)
• Secretary: Donald L. Rosenstein, MD, FAPM (Bethesda, MD)
• Treasurer: Wayne J. Katon, MD, FAPM (Seattle, WA)

COUNCILORS (3-year terms):

• Steven A. Epstein, MD, FAPM (Bethesda, MD)
• Maryland Pao, MD, FAPM (Bethesda, MD)
• Christine E. Skotzko, MD, FAPM (Morristown, NJ)

Amendments to Constitution & Bylaws
The Council recommends changes to both the Constitution (for Standing Committee names) and the Bylaws (for Council and Committee memberships). To meet the requirements of the Constitution and Bylaws, the following proposed amendments are presented to the Membership for action at the Annual Business Meeting in Miami, Florida, on November 22, 2008.

The Constitution amendment is below.

For the amendments to the Bylaws, please see the affected sections of the Bylaws in the PDF file, Amendments to APM Bylaws.

For the complete version of the documents to which the amendments apply, see the PDF file APM Constitution & Bylaws (November 2006).

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT

ARTICLE VI. COMMITTEES

Section 1.1

There shall be the following Constitutional (standing) Committees: Executive Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, Nomination Committee, Governance Committee, Finance Committee, Membership Committee, Education Committee, Communications Committee, Clinical Practice Committee, Research Committee, and Annual Meeting Committee.

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