2022 Atlanta Board of Trustees Meeting

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes--January 13, 2022 Call to Order: The Board meeting was called to order at 6:02 PM (MT) Roll Call: Dr. Harold Bays, Secretary/Treasurer

Attendees : Drs . Craig Primack, Ethan Lazarus, Marisa Censani, Lydia Alexander, Ms. Sandra Christensen, Drs. Michelle Freshwater, Larry Richardson, Angela Fitch, Harold Bays, Anthony Auriemma, Suzanne Cuda, Bharti Shetye, and Carolynn Francavilla Brown. Teresa Fraker (OMA Executive Director and Ms. Dana Wicklund-Stifter (Operations and Governance Manager). Dean West and Nikki Haton Shanks (Association Laboratories) joined the call during their presentation. Conflict of Interest Disclosures : Dr. Ethan Lazarus addressed Conflict of Interest Disclosures and asked that once updated, the BOT are to send to the Executive Director. New disclosures should be revealed at the beginning of future meetings. Meeting Agenda and Consent Agenda Consent agenda included minutes from Board of Trustees meeting from 9/13/2021. Motion to accept Meeting and Consent Agenda Motion by: Dr. Harold Bays Second: Dr. Lydia Alexander Approval of Meeting and Consent Agenda: No Objections Rules of Order for Board Meeting Dr. Lazarus discussed the Rules of Order for Board Meetings, that was attached to the materials distributed to board prior to meeting. No further discussion or questions. Code of Conduct Dr. Lazarus provided background on the Code of Conduct for both Board and Members. The Codes of Conduct are being presented to the board with boilerplate language, board input is being requested during this discussion. Motion to amend the preamble of the Board Code of Conduct from, “individualized approach comprised of nutrition, physical activity, behavior therapy, and medication to help patients lose weight”, to “individualized evidence based-treatment to help patients lose

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