Board Meeting Minutes, February 14, 2017

Participants: Dave deBronkart, Kyra Bobinet, Judy Danielson, Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, Terry Graedon, John Grohol, Sarah Krug, Bruno Nardone, Danny Sands, Joe Ternullo, Jon Wald, Susan Woods Minutes from Board and Executive Committee approved Treasurer and Membership Report John Grohol We have approximately 400 members. The membership numbers are up over last year but flat since Jan 2017 Volunteer Recruitment Danny Sands Danny Sands has developed a form on Google Docs where members can indicate their specific skills and interests to volunteer. We will match the skills with ongoing projects. Emails will be sent to members who sign up to volunteer. Emails will also be sent when members renew requesting that they update their profile, We currently have 21 new volunteers as a result of this initiative. Project leaders will be connecting with these volunteers and assign them tasks. We will develop an email that is sent automatically to all prospective volunteers. JOPM Terry Graedon The Journal has just published its most recent article and has more articles than ever before in the queue. A high proportion of these submissions are research articles. We also have more people signed on as reviewers and continue to look for additional reviewers. The Board voted to transition the Journal to become part of JMIR Publications, a leading e-health publisher. Under the arrangement, the Journal would be jointly published by both JMIR and S4PM and continue its focus on participatory medicine. ...
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