CVMS Events

We intend to have quarterly membership in-person meetings or events that will serve as a way to provide social interaction, entertainment, food , drinks, updates on the status of CVMS, and a program of one or two speakers on topics of current general interest relating to medicine, healthcare or other topics of importance to all of us. We will usually invite legislators or prospective legislators with whom you can speak directly regarding their views on healthcare and what you would like to see happen in medical care in our local area and beyond. Getting together at these meetings is important for a number of reasons:

• So we can socialize with our friends and colleagues. This is proven to help prevent burnout and loneliness, and to help bring some social enjoyment into our lives. Plus it's a safe place where we can commiserate with our fellow professionals about what's happening to Medicine these days. We can at lease ventilate and go home feeling better.
• So we can get updates about what CVMS and others are doing to reduce our workloads, get better revenue for what we do, and help to improve our lives and that of our patients. CVMS is your voice in all these matters. You have NO input or control otherwise. 
• So we can learn about new ways of practicing, better ways of billing. easier ways of keeping up our EMRs, improving patients' health literacy. 
• So we can organize groups with special interests in sports, journals, books, traveling, collecting, research, writing, antique cars, model railroading, art, photography, etc., etc. You name your interest, we can make a group out of it.
• So at the end of the day, we can say we did the best we could. We spoke up about the problems we see in Medicine today. We became a voice at the table at least. People started listening to us. And we tried to make a difference in changing what we knew was wrong. The more we talk about, and the more we let our legislators know about it, the more likely we are to change it.

News of these events will be posted here under Upcoming Events, in the Calendar, under Webinars, and under the News/What's New tab in the Menu on this site.

CVMS Dinner Meeting

Our dinner meeting was a great success. Everyone showed up and seemed to have a great time. The speaker Susan Hoskins gave a very important presentation on how to renew ourselves as caregivers and prevent burnout. The restaurant provided excellent cuisine. The only shortcoming was that it was difficult for some of the attendees to hear the speaker and to see the slides on the screen due to the background noise and the configuration of the room. We will take this into account when we schedule our next meeting in September.

Upcoming Events

Advocacy Committee Meetings:

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.

Your Comments

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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.