Denver, Colorado HCAC Chapter

August 26, 2010 Dear Colleague, We write to invite you to attend the Annual Meeting of Physicians for a National Health Program on Saturday, November 6, in Denver, Colorado. It will be preceded by our popular Leadership Training course, starting at 1 p.m. on Friday, November 5. Both events will be held at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel, 1550 Court Place, Denver. Reserve a room directly by calling the hotel at 800-325-3535 and mentioning PNHP ($149 single/double, $125 senior rate) by October 5. Registration for the Annual Meeting is now available online here. Alternatively, you can print out a copy of the registration form here and mail or fax it in. To register for leadership training (space is limited) please call Matt Petty at 312-782-6006. The theme of the meeting is "From PPACA to Single Payer: Next Steps for Single Payer Activists in the Wake of the Obama Health Plan" with talks by Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now; PNHP co-founders Drs. David Himmelstein and Steffie Woolhandler; pharmaceutical industry critics Donald Light, Ph.D., and Dr. Joel Lexchin; Canadian surgeon Dr. Sherif Emil; labor activist Rose Roach; journalist T.R. Reid ("Sick Around the World"); Dr. Claudia Fegan ("Universal health care: What the U.S. can learn from the Canadian experience"); Dr. Margaret Flowers, arrested for protesting the exclusion of single payer by Sen. Baucus; PNHP state single-payer leaders and more. Help us chart a course for effective single-payer activism in the states and nationally. Last year PNHPers testified before House and Senate committees, spoke at town hall and other meetings on reform from coast to coast, and made numerous media appearances, including on Bill Moyers, Bill Maher, Fox News, CNN, Colbert, Ed Schultz, Democracy Now and more. Today, state single-payer movements from California to Vermont are taking the lead, even as PNHPers continue to turn up the heat nationally for reform, such as with the recent publication of op-eds calling for expanding and improving Medicare on its 45th birthday, July 30. With the passage of PPACA, the surge of national media and congressional interest has ebbed, even as the need for fundamental reform continues to grow. As health care costs continue to escalate, it will become increasingly clear that our single-payer proposal is the only effective remedy for the crisis afflicting our health system. Please join us as we assess the status of the new health law and plan PNHP's policy and strategy going forward. Feel free to forward this message to your colleagues, as well. Yours truly, Quentin Young, M.D. National Coordinator Ida Hellander, M.D. Executive Director

                     PROPOSED HCAC DENVER CHAPTER BYLAWS 8/3/10

1. This chapter of Health Care for All Colorado shall be known as Health Care for All Colorado Denver Chapter (HCAC Denver).
2. HCAC Denver is committed to advancing the mission and objectives of Health Care for All Colorado within the Denver metro region.
3. These bylaws are intended to supplement the state bylaws of Health Care for All Colorado as they relate to individual chapters. The state HCAC bylaws shall take precedence in the case of any discrepancies.
   

The mission of HCAC is to promote social welfare by achieving single-payer, comprehensive health care for all Coloradans.

Article 3: Objectives

The objectives of HCAC are promoting social welfare by:

1. Informing Coloradans about advantages of the single-payer system of financing health care;
2. Creating and/or working with a coalition that will develop strategies for achieving comprehensive, affordable and high quality health care for all Coloradans; and
3. Building a movement that will campaign for a single-payer health care system in Colorado.

Article 4: Membership

1. Any resident of the Denver metropolitan area who supports the mission of HCAC is eligible for membership to HCAC Denver.
2. All members of HCAC Denver shall be entitled to hold office and participate in decisions and activities provided that they have paid the required HCAC membership dues within the past 12 months.

Article 5: Chapter Meetings

1. Chapter meetings of HCAC Denver shall be held on at least a semi-annual basis, preferably more frequently. Email notice of meetings shall be sent to all HCAC Denver database enrollees at least 7 days prior to the meeting date.
2. The quorum for a chapter meeting shall be those HCAC Denver members present at the properly-noticed meeting.
3. HCAC Denver chapter meetings may be called by a Co-Chair or by the Steering Committee of HCAC Denver.
   

1. The Officers of HCAC Denver shall be two Co-Chairpersons, a Secretary and Treasurer.
2. The Officers shall exercise the powers and assume the duties customary of their offices in order to ensure successful day-to-day operation of the chapter.
3. There shall be a Steering Committee consisting of all officers and up to 10 other persons elected by HCAC Denver members.
4. The Steering Committee of HCAC Denver shall assume the responsibility of providing long-range planning to fulfill the goals and mission of the chapter and oversee the work of the various committees.
5. Steering Committee meetings may be called by a Co-Chair or by at least 50% of the members of the Steering Committee. Reasonable notice of the meeting must be given to all Steering Committee members.
6. The quorum for a Steering Committee meeting shall be 50% of the total number of Steering Committee members.
7. The Steering Committee may take action without a meeting provided a majority of the Steering Committee members approve the action and all Steering Committee members are notified.
8. The Steering Committee shall appoint such Committees as may be necessary for the work of HCAC Denver. The purposes, functions, and terms of office of the Committee members shall be clearly indicated at the time of their appointment. These Committees shall be held accountable for following the rules of HCAC Denver and their work will be open and available to members of HCAC Denver.

1. Steering Committee Members and Officers shall be elected at a chapter meeting to be held in December of each year.
2. Officers and Steering Committee Members shall be elected by a majority of those HCAC members present and voting.
3. Officers and members of the Steering Committee shall be elected for a term of one year or until their successors have been elected and installed in office.
4. In the event a vacancy shall occur in any office, such vacancy shall be filled by a temporary appointment by the Steering Committee to fill the office for the balance of the term.

Officers and members of the Steering Committee may be removed from office by a two-thirds vote of those members present at a Denver HCAC meeting called with 7 days notice of the purpose of that meeting.

     These by-laws may be amended by a two-thirds majority of those HCAC members present and voting at any HCAC chapter meeting, provided that notice of the by-law change is given               to the membership 7 days prior to the meeting.

Article 10: General Procedures

Any procedure which is not prescribed in or governed by these Rules shall be governed by the current edition of Roberts Rules of Order.

Denver, Colorado HCAC Chapter

Most Meetings at
Kirk of Bonnie Brae Church, 1201 S. Steele St., Denver

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