CVMS Committees

Most organizations require a committee structure to help divide the work, accept certain  responsibilities and be accountable to the Board for working on certain challenges and finding solutions. CVMS is no different. As an active organization interacting within our three cities, CVMS has many of those same challenges that need to be carefully considered and acted upon to maintain our function, support our mission and provide the service to the community that we intended to do from the beginning. Currently, all of our functions are being managed by just a few people. But as we grow, we definitely need to spread out the workload, become more efficient and not be so dependent upon so few individuals.

If you are interested in becoming a committee member for something important - a medical community that works to improve healthcare for all, a brotherhood of physicians that can provide benefits for ourselves, the community and our patients that only a group can accomplish, please send an email now to cvmedsoc@gmail.com.

Advocacy Committee:

The Advocacy Committee is composed of several members of CVMS who are interested in working on the following (These are suggestions to be decided on by the Committee):

• Creating proposals for us to make to the Medical Society of Virginia at our annual October meeting (Indentifying a problem (Whereas) and creating a solution (Resolution).
• Personally inviting legislators to our membership meetings.
• Writing newspaper articles regard the problems we are facing in healthcare today.
• Writing one advocacy article per month that will be published in our newsletter.
• Arrange meetings with legislators.
• Asking legislators to give talks at our meetings.
• Consider becoming a delegate or alternate delegate to attend the yearly MSV meeting to vote on multiple important issues and to support our policies. We need 5 delegates and 5 alternate delegates in case one or more of the delegates can't make it to the meeting.
• Make recommendations to the CVMS Board that will enhance our advocacy program.

Meetings are held every month on the second Wednesday at 7PM by Zoom.

Here is the link...

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7161954603?omn=89408092466

Social Committee

A Social Committee needs to be formed to assist with the following tasks:

• Scheduling and arranging our quarterly membership meetings, including location, food, notification of members and/or nonmembers, invitations and other preparations as required.
• Arrange for other social gatherings such as happy hours, visits to the Zoo or Aquarium, Tides games, the Chrysler Museum or other local points of interest. Try to get discounts for members at these places.
• Go around to various restaurants and try to get discounts for our members in return for an ad in our newsletter. If no discount ask for an ad for $500 per year.
• Ask local doctors and dentists offices to provide discounts for our members in return for an ad in our newsletter.

Finance Committee

A Finance Committee needs to be formed to assist with the following tasks:

• Provide a finance report at each Board meeting.
• Track income and expenses.
• Alert the Board regarding any financial problems.
• Coordinate with our accountant to be sure taxes are prepared and delivered on time for both the Society and the Foundation.
• Coordinate with Social Committee on creating at least one fundraising event once a year.
• Monitor and follow through with requests and filings required by the Virginia Registered Agents Agency.
• Make recommendations to the Board.

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Newsletter

Stay up to date on issues and news you need to know. The CVMS Bulletin is published monthly and will list concerns that local physicians have expressed about healthcare in Coastal Virginia and how we can make it better. We will provide potential solutions and let you know what is happening behind the scenes to help solve these problems. Membership is not currently required to receive the newsletter.