Expressions Newsletter

Dr. Rada Sumareva, President
Dr. Janet L. Harrison, Immediate past President
Dr. Gareth Brock, Vice President
Dr. Joel H. Berg, Secretary
Dr. Linda C. Niessen, Corresponding Secretary and Editor

Dr. Sumareva, Chair, opened the meeting and welcomed the Board of Governors. The President appointed Dr. Joel Berg, third-year Elective Member of the Board, to serve as Secretary for a period of one year. Dr. Leo E. Rouse, second-year Elective Member of the Board, was appointed by the President to serve as Treasurer for a period of one year.

The President then made the following committee assignments:

Fellowship Fund Committee

The President appointed Dr. Berg as chair of this committee with herself and Dr. Tetsu Okumura as members. This committee is responsible for all correspondence related to seeking fellowship applications as well as monitoring monies in the fund account as well as recommending suitable candidates to the Board for fellowship selection.

Membership Committee

Dr. Leo E. Rouse was appointed to serve as chair of this committee with Dr. Berg and Dr. Okumura as members. This committee is accountable for maintaining all membership records, and for preparing and disseminating information about SCADA to prospective members.

Nominations Committee

The President appointed Dr. Harrison as chair of this committee with Dr. Brock and Dr. Rouse as members. This committee will recommend a slate of officers for the 2008-2009 term. The committee also recommends suitable candidates to the Board for the receipt the Alan J. Davis/SCADA Achievement Award.

School Liaison Committee

Dr. Brock was appointed Chair of this committee with Dr. Rouse and Dr. Okumura as members. This committee is responsible for supervising the distribution of “The Creative Clinician Scientist” handbooks. The School Liaison Committee also recommends suitable candidates to the Board for receiving the Burton C. Borgelt/SCADA Faculty Advisor Award.

Orientation Seminar Committee

Dr. Brock was appointed Chair of this committee with Dr. Berg and Dr. Rouse as members. The Corresponding Secretary will also serve on this committee in an advisory capacity.

New Business

A. The 2008 Interim Meeting of the Board of Governors

This Meeting will be held on June 27 and 28 in St. Petersburg, Russia. President Sumareva said that she and the Corresponding Secretary would advise the Board regarding the travel and lodging logistics for this meeting early in 2008.

B. Election of the 2007 participating U.S. Student Clinicians into membership in SCADA.

The names of the students participating in the 2007 ADA/DENTSPLY Student Clinician Research Program in San Francisco, CA were attested to by the recording officer as complying with membership requirements. Membership in the association was unanimously approved by the Board, following a motion made by Dr. Berg and a second from Dr. Brock as follows, according to the Bylaws, Chapter I, MEMBERSHIP, Section 1, QUALIFICATIONS. They are: