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Meeting Announcement

Date:     March 4, 2003

Place:       Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
4525 Oak Street

Kansas City, MO 64111

Time:        11:30 am Lunch

Rozzelle Court

12:30 pm Presentation

Mezzanine Room (above North entrance to the Museum)

2:00 pm Optional Museum Tour

Speaker:    Richard Massoth, PhD, Diagnostic Medical Physicist, certified by the ABR
(American Board of Radiology) in Diagnostic Radiological Physics.

Topic: Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Safety

Menu: Nelson Chicken Salad (poached chicken breast with water chestnuts, celery and olives in special dressing, garnished with fresh fruit)

Luncheon roll, iced tea and coffee, Dessert

Directions: See Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art website http://www.nelson-atkins.org/information/parking.htm

The entrance to the Nelson-Atkins' new parking garage is off of Oak Street, just south of 45th Street.  Parking is $3 with validation. Please allow extra time due to construction at the museum.

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Cost:        $20 members

$25 non-members

Reservations:    The reservation deadline for the March 4 meeting is by 5 pm on Friday, February 28.

NOTE: There are only 32 seats available for this meeting. After 32 reservations are taken, a waiting list will be used to fill in cancellations. Please sign up as early as possible. Please no walk-ins!

After the reservation deadline, "A reservation made is a reservation paid."

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

Please mark your calendars for the following dates and times:

April 8, 2003, 6:30 am dinner New date

ASIH presentation

Unity Village, Lee’s Summit MO

2003-2004 Officer Nominations

"According to the Bylaws of the AIHA Mid-America Section ("Local Section"),
it is my responsibility as Past-President to act as Chair of the Nomination
Committee for 2003.   In accordance with these responsibilities I am now
seeking nominations for the positions of President-Elect, Secretary, and
Treasurer.  I would encourage all of you who haven't yet served as an
officer in your Local Section to consider doing so.  I have found it to be
a very rewarding method of contributing to the profession.  In addition, it
has provided me opportunities to learn about the inner "workings" of AIHA.

The position of President-Elect is essentially a three-year commitment,
since the nominee will automatically transition to the position of
President and then Past-President.  The positions of Secretary and
Treasurer are each one-year commitments.  However, the Local Section
encourages candidates for these positions to consider a two-year commitment
in order to provide some consistency.  These Local Section officer
positions serve during the administrative year of May 1st to April 30th.

Nominations must be received by the end of this month so that the
candidates can be presented to attendees of the March 2003 Local Section
meeting.  At this meeting, one of the current officers will announce the
proposed slate of candidates and will ask for any nominations from the
floor (members in attendance).  Any nomination made at the meeting must be
with the name of the person and agreement by the nominated candidate to
accept the office position.  The slate must be closed and approved by vote
of the attending membership as the approved candidate ballot.  In March, a
ballot will be issued to all paid members to hold the election.  The
returns will be sent to my attention, counted, and verified by a second
party.  The newly-elected officers will be announced and presented to the
membership during the April 2003 Local Section meeting.

Please send me your nominations for the positions of President-Elect,
Secretary, and Treasurer, along with a brief one paragraph bio of the
candidate, no later than February 28, 2003.  I would be pleased to discuss
this opportunity in greater detail with anyone interested.  My contact
information is listed below."

Lance Erickson, CIH, CSP, CHMM
Sr. Risk Control Administrator
Risk Management Services
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Phone:  (816) 274-8776
Fax:  (816) 545-6550
lerick2@hallmark.com

TREASURER'S REPORT
JANUARY 2003 TREASURER'S REPORT
Geoff Smith

Beginning Balance (12/02/02) $ 4783.82

Revenue (Interest) $       1.97

Ending Balance (12/31/02) $ 4785.79

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

2003 Kansas City Area Safety and Health Conference
Professional Development on Feb 20, Conference on Friday, Feb 21
Embassy Suites Hotel on the Country Club Plaza- 220 W 43^rd, KCMO

2003 Kansas City Area Safety and Health Conference has been POSTPONED until July 17&18.

2003 Mid America Safety, Health & Environmental Conference & Exposition
May 6-9 at Tan-Tar-A Resort

ASP – CSP and CHMM EXAM PREP COURSES COME TO MISSOURI

ASP, CSP, and CHMM Exam Preparation Courses will precede the Annual Mid-American Safety, Health and Environmental Conference in early May this year at Tan-Tar-A.

A Math Prep Course will be presented Sunday May 4, with the ASP, CSP and CHMM courses to follow Monday thru Wednesday, May 5 – 7. Dave Langlois and Mike Wiegand, Baton Rouge, LA, will teach the ASP and CSP courses while Bill Christie, Director of Education and Training for the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers will instruct the CHMM Overview Course.

Of special note, qualified candidates can sit for the CHMM exam the afternoon of May 9, immediately following the conference. Applications to take the exam must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the exam date. An application form, fee schedule and full information about the exam can be found at www.ihmm.org.

For information about any of the courses, contact the Missouri Safety Council at (573) 636-8167 or e-mail mosafety@socket.net.

The Affordable Comfort Conference
Kansas City Marriott Downtown, Kansas City, Missouri, Monday, March 31 through Saturday, April 5
               Core Conference Wednesday morning through Friday noon
PREMIER BUILDING PERFORMANCE CONFERENCE
HIGHLIGHTS:  Workshops, Short Courses, In-field Sessions, Trade Show, Field trips

CEUs, Certification and Re-certification opportunities
Scholarships available

www.affordablecomfort.org for program schedule and content,
presenters, costs, and to  view targeted agendas (after Feb 22) for
Green Building Champions, Affordable Housing, Weatherization,
Builders, Building Performance Contractors, Code Officials,
Home Inspectors, HVAC Contractors, Multifamily
Champions, Insulation Contractors, Raters, Remodelers,
Policy Makers / Program Managers, Insulation Contractors, and Health
Professionals

REGISTER ONLINE:  www.affordablecomfort.org
View the brochure:   http://www.affordablecomfort.org/html/03-bro.html.
Or call (800) 344-4866, ext. 10, for information.

INFORMATION:

Interesting article in Kansas City’s The Business Journal, “Insurers in Kansas exclude mold from policies” by Richard Gintowt.

http://kansascity.bizjournals.com/kansascity/stories/2003/02/17/daily19.html

Attend an interesting conference? Read some interesting news which would be of interest to others? Come across any humorous stories? Know of any job openings? Send them to Vicki Bender vbender@kcp.com for publication in the AIHA Mid-America Section Newsletter.

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