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Symposium 2015, Wrap Up

28 January 2015 by Chris MacKay

On behalf of the meeting organizers I wanted to thank everyone who took the time (and braved the snow!) to join us either in person or by the internet for a very productive and important meeting. The goal first and foremost of this meeting was to foster increased communication, and I think we have very much achieved that goal!

Below are a number of items I would like to bring to your attention:

Next Steps

Call for Volunteers! We are working to solidify this collaborative effort, so we are asking for volunteers to help us draft two documents in the next 2 months:
1. a document describing the vision, mission, values, partners, and roles of this collaborative effort. This will be done in close collaboration with the Buen Samaritano.
  - the page for this effort is here.
2. a proposal for the form that this collaboration will take going forward
  - the page for this effort is here
Please email me if you are interested in being a part of these drafting discussions: crmackay@gmail.com (discussions will likely be conducted by email and teleconference).
- we plan to also incorporate critical input from our partners at the Buen Samaritano during this drafting process, and will not ‘finalize’ anything (in so much as we can finalize anything) without posting it here for consideration and comment.
Interested in being a part of the Pre-Conference Meeting in La Romana in March 2015? To start the ball rolling on a conference bringing together representatives from the many entities working in and around La Romana, a pre-conference meeting will be taking place in March 2015 in the Dominican Republic. If you are interested in being involved, please email Lawrence Loh at lawrence.c.loh@gmail.com
Symposium 2016…Kansas City? We are looking to have the next iteration of this meeting next year. Folks from Village Presbyterian Church just outside Kansas City will be investigating whether than can host next year. Keep an eye out for updates, and if you are interested in helping out just send me an email.

Things to Look Forward To:

Videos and presentations from the symposium will be posted on this website at http://med.hbsgrupos.org/documents/meetings/2015-01-24-batey-symposium/ over the next week for those who missed any of them, or for those who want to re-watch some of the sessions. As we move forward on our initiatives other resources will also be posted to this website as well.

If you have ideas about the website, what should be posted here or suggestions on how to make it better just let me know (any and all ideas are welcome!)