Maryland Melanoma Center
at
Franklin Square Hospital Center
Department of Surgery and Division of Surgical Oncology
Presents: Melanoma Symposium 2012
Comprehensive Melanoma Treatment:
Mole to Metastases

All ONS members have until Feb. 15, 2012 to vote for national positions. The chapter can win an award if a large % of members vote.

And one of our chapter members, Barb Biedrzycki, is running for office.

It only takes a couple of minutes to vote. Please take those few minutes and vote.

You should have received a letter or email from ONS concerning elections for national.

The instructions for voting are in these messages. This includes the internet address (https://www.directvote.net/ons/ and your member number and assigned e-signature (election password).

If you did not receive any communications,call 412-859-6256 or email election@ons.org.

Please take the time to vote.

Sally

In an effort to provide CE's to members, spotlight our members, and collaborate with other professional organizations, GBCONS is co-sponsoring the GBCONS Symposium 2012 with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Maryland Chapter.
This joint venture will allow attendees to receive up to 4 CE's. The 4 CE's are being provided utilizing 2 CE applications and approvals.

The first unit will be Spotlight on Our Members and the second will be supplied by LLS.

The normal GBCONS meeting fee will apply to the Spotlight on Our Members portion of the symposium. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society is providing Myeloma Today free of charge.

Please register for this event using the form on the bottom of the GBCONS flyer. If you are registering for the Myeloma Today presentation alone, please indicate that on the form.

We hope to see you at MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center on Feb. 11, 2012.

If you have any questions, please contact Sally Brown at 443-777-7962.

Hi All.. Check out the information on a free webinar on the nursing role in healthcare policy. See the newsletter and contact Trisha Kendall for more information on this or any healthcare policy issues. She had an exciting article in the December Newsletter.

Hi all,
Please see the attached brochure for a chemotherapy class taking place at Hopkins. Thanks Nancy

Greetings!

Here is the December newsletter for GBCONS.
Hope everyone is having a great holiday season!! Only 2 more days in 2011 - Yikes!!

Happy New Year!

Karen O

Happy Holidays to everyone!!

In today's economy, news about affordable CE's opportunities is always a gift. It is wonderful to be able to provide information about two affordable upcoming CE events.

GBCONS will present a symposium on Feb. 11, 2012 highlighting the work of two of our chapter members, Drs. Joann Coleman and Barbara Biedrzcki, and a presentation on myeloma. This will be held in the Crawford Conference Center at Franklin Square.

The Maryland Melanoma Center at Franklin Square is hosting the Melanoma Symposium 2012, also in the Crawford Conference Center at Franklin Square on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012.


Keep your ears and eyes open for the details in the new year.

Again, Happy and safe holidays

Sally Brown

The GBCONS Board and The Continuing Education Committee would like your input to determine topics for future events. Please click on the link below (You may have to copy and paste it into the browser) and take about a few minutes to give us your opinion.

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/SGQN5XX
If you have any questions, you may respond within the survey or you can email Barbara Van de Castle at bvande1@jhmi.edu. Thank you for your time. This survey will be open for 2 weeks.

Due to lack of after work access to the current post office box, the contract for the post office box was not renewed.

Please do not use PO Box 18417.

Please send mailings to
9103 Franklin Square Drive #2300
Baltimore, MD 21237
Attention Sally Brown

Thank you

Approximately 3 years ago, the chapter rented a post office box. This allows chapter mail to be sent to one location instead of chapter board of directors' and Program Committee members' homes. While providing one mailing address, it means that someone must pick up the mail.

The need to pick up mail at the PO box is taken into consideration when the deadline to respond is established. Most date specific chapter mail uses postmarked by; not received by. The PO box is checked 2 or 3 business days after the postmark date to allow mail to reach the PO box in Rosedale. Another pick is made closer to the meeting day.

Occasionally, the response does not get to the PO box before the meeting. This may be a delay in the mail or the response was mailed late. This means that the response and payment have not reached the program committee prior to the meeting. If this happens, when you sign in at the meeting, the Program Committee will ask you to pay the fee at that time. When the RSVP and payment is received, one of your payments will be returned to you.

If you realize that you have missed the response deadline, don't mail the response slip and payment, please contact me at 443-777-7962 or sally.brown@medstar.net. I will contact the Program Committee. This will enable the committee to provide the meeting facility with an accurate attendance number.

Sally Brown