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1/10/06

-The nominating committee submitted the following slate of officers for next year. Following discussion the following were approved.
President- Dr. Silverstein, President-Elect- Dr. Courey, Vice-President- Dr.Vitale, Treasurer-Dr. Galkin, Secretary-Dr. Prabu, Program Chair-Dr. Ashmen
-The Board voted to update the salary of the executive secretary.
-Motion by Dr. Silverstein, seconded by Dr. Weiner and approved: Amend the ByLaws: Article IV, Section 7: To be inserted after the first sentence: If the Acting President is to serve more than 6 months of continuous service before the next scheduled election, he or she will be entitled to be called “President” for all purposes related to this Dental Society, including, but not limited to, historical records. This change in title is to be made effective as of the date that the office of President becomes vacant. If this change passes, it shall be retroactive to September 13, 2005. This motion now needs to be presented to the membership at the February meeting and must be approved by a 2/3 vote of the members in good standing present. (You can read the By-Laws under the Archives section of our web site).

-Motion by Dr. Silverstein, seconded by Dr. Weiner and approved: That “Life Members” may invite guests to the January general meeting during which they are presented with Life Membership. MCDS will pay the cost of dinner for up to 4 guests per Life member.

2/14/06

Dr. Richard Kahn was elected the NJDA Treasurer for 2006-07. Dr. Dan Krantz will be serving as NJDA Vice-President for 2006-07. Congratulations to both.

Dr. Vitale reported that Jim Schultz, Director of Governmental affairs for NJDA, notified him that MCDS could contribute up to $7200 annually provided that the MCDS tax status with the IRS is not a 501C3. Dr. Courey contacted MCDS’s accountant who informed him that MCDS is in fact a 501C3. The necessary paperwork will be submitted changing the tax status and the contribution will be discussed as soon as notification is received that the change has been made.

Motion to amend the Bylaws by Dr. Silverstein, Seconded by Dr. Galkin: To amend the By-Laws, Article I, Section 6. Dues. a.: For the sentence starting with “A recent graduate member,” change this sentence to: A recent graduate member dues structure shall coincide with the recent graduate dues structure of the NJDA. Motion passed.

2/21/06

General Meeting Business
Dr. Silverstein re-read the motion regarding the change to the By-Laws proposed at the last meeting regarding officer position vacancies. The motion passed. The word “Acting” is now removed from Dr. Lawson’s title.
Dr. Silverstein read the motion from the minutes above regarding the dues structure for recent graduates.
Dr. Lawson re-read the slate of officers which were approved by the nominating committee. There were no nominations from the floor, and nominations were closed. The slate of officers was properly moved, seconded and approved.

4/1/06

Dr. Glickman brought up an issue that was presented in the NJDA resource manual. There was an issue with a line item published in the resource manual recently mailed to members regarding which dental staff members can apply sealants and topical applications of fluoride after dental prophylaxis.
A task force was established that will meet over the summer to develop a dental assisting program sponsored by MCDS.

5/9/06

Paresh Patel has agreed to be the chair of the dental shadowing program.
Dr. Glickman brought up the idea of reinstituting the Colleague Program. It was decided to concentrate on promoting study clubs first and see how many people would be interested in this.

10/10/06

The Board decided to allow staff members to attend all three of the upcoming full day courses.

11/14/06

• Dr. Silverstein made a motion to spend up to $5000 on a new printer for the Society. The current one has had numerous problems and needs to be replaced. The motion passed unanimously.
• Dr. Ashmen made a motion to purchase an LCD projector. The motion was tabled so that Dr. Silverstein can research different models for the Board’s consideration.
• The Executive Secretary requested and was granted a cost of living increase. This was unanimously approved.
Dr. Ashmen asked if staff should be invited to all CE courses unless specifically exempted by the speaker. This was tabled until the next meeting

1/9/07

Mark Vitale made a motion to authorize the purchase of an LCD projector and spare bulb. The projector will be kept in the care of the current Program Chairperson, and used at MCDS meetings. Passed.

Bob Ashmen made a motion to invite staff members to MCDS full day courses, at the descretion of the Board. Pricing will also remain at the descretion of the Board. Motion passed.

2/15/10

A retired life member asked for a discount for a full day course (Tanka 4/8/11). MCDS member rate was $90, staff was $85. We offered him $70.

10/15/17

It has been the recent policy of the Board - just memorialized here: For our full day CE courses, if a NON-MCDS member calls NJDA to pay their next year's dues in full, and pays the full NON-member fee to register for the course, once we get validation from NJDA that the are now MCDS members, we will write them a check to reimburse them for the difference between the non-member, and member fee for the course at the time that hey registered.

4/10/18
The cost for a non-MCDS member guest to attend an MCDS Tuesday night General Meeting was changed from $50 to $75 by unanimous approval.

10/9/18
The official schedule for the General Meetings was approved as follows:
Registration and hors d’oeuvres 6:00-7:30
Business Meeting 7:30-8:00
Speaker 8:00-9:00
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