Weekly eNewsletter December 20, 2011 LAFP Special Constituencies Forum Seeks Delegates to 2012 NCSC

LAFP Special Constituencies Forum Seeks Delegates to 2012 NCSC

 
 
altIf you want to get more involved in your state and national academies, being a delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) annual National Conference of Special Constituencies (NCSC) is the perfect opportunity.


NCSC will be held Thursday-Saturday, May 3-5, 2012, in Kansas City, Mo. This unique conference pulls together delegates from each state to discuss issues facing family physicians. It is the goal of LAFP to send someone new each year in the following five recognized special constituencies:
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) Physicians—an active member of AAFP who self-identifies as GLBT or who is supportive of GLBT issues. 
  • International Medical Graduate (IMG) Physicians—an active member of AAFP who graduated from medical school outside the United States, Canada or Puerto Rico. 
  • Minority Family Physicians—an active member of AAFP who is Black, Asian, Hawaiian Islander, American Indian, Eskimo or Hispanic. 
  • New Physicians—an active member of AAFP who has been in practice less than seven years.
  • Women Physicians—an active member of AAFP who is a woman.
NCSC is an excellent opportunity to meet similar family physicians from across the United States, to discuss and form resolutions that shape AAFP policies, and to be possibly elected for various leadership positions for the conference or even as a delegate to the annual AAFP Congress of Delegates.

If you are chosen to be an LAFP delegate to NCSC, LAFP will reimburse eligible expenses (with the submission of a delegate report and receipts), and you will have a great opportunity to get to know the staff and leadership of both AAFP and LAFP as they are also in Kansas City for the Annual Leadership Forum. Please consider this excellent opportunity to become active with your family at LAFP.

If you are interested as serving as a delegate to NCSC, please send a statement of interest to Membership Coordinator, Bilee Yelverton, no later than Friday, Jan. 6, 2012.
If you would like more information or have any questions, please contact Bilee at 225.923.3313


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