1. SOMA Presentation National Director of Political Affairs Travis Snyder Touro NV OMSIII travishsnyder@gmail.com 9199233714

2. Congratulations on DO Day on the Hill! Over 800 students, a new record! Write emails to your contacts. Ask them to tour your school! Talk about your medical school. State vs private, employed vs volunteer based.

3. Scholarship News OPAC $1000 student scholarship OPAC $1000 campus scholarship OPAC reception (30+ signups!)

4. Local Directors of PA TouroCOM-NY Rebecca Kowaloffrebecca.kowaloff@touro.eduKowaloffrebecca.kowaloff@touro.edu LMU-DCOMGreg NieckulaGregory.Nieckula@lmunet.eduNieckulaGregory.Nieckula@lmunet.edu LECOM-B Justin Amarojustin.amaro@lecom.eduAmarojustin.amaro@lecom.edu DMUCOM Kyle Carpenterkyle.g.carpenter@dmu.eduCarpenterkyle.g.carpenter@dmu.edu EVVCOM Owen Speerospeer@vcom.vt.eduSpeerospeer@vcom.vt.edu GA-PCOM Marcos SantianoMarcosSa@pcom.eduSantianoMarcosSa@pcom.edu PCOM Stephanie ReeseStephanieRe@pcom.eduReeseStephanieRe@pcom.edu PCSOM Marie Hargishargis1@pc.eduHargishargis1@pc.edu KCOM Sheila KrishnanPAO.KCOMSOMA@gmail.comKrishnanPAO.KCOMSOMA@gmail.com NYCOM Ayesha Hussainahussa01@nyit.eduHussainahussa01@nyit.edu TUCOM NV Scott Thomasdrtomholland@gmail.comThomasdrtomholland@gmail.com UMDNJ Vikram Nigamnigamvi@umdnj.eduNigamnigamvi@umdnj.edu OSUCOM Ryan Searsryan.sears@okstate.eduSearsryan.sears@okstate.edu LECOM I Melissa Ann H. Loveranesmelissaann.loveranes@lecom.eduLoveranesmelissaann.loveranes@lecom.edu WU COMPMatthew Hiestermanmhiesterman@westernu.eduHiestermanmhiesterman@westernu.edu VCOM Michelle Tranmttran@vcom.vt.eduTranmttran@vcom.vt.edu OUCOM Starla Lylessl249306@ohio.eduLylessl249306@ohio.edu WVSOM Dan Sudersdsuders@wvsom.eduSudersdsuders@wvsom.edu TUCOM CA Christine Page-Lopezcpl4280@yahoo.comPage-Lopezcpl4280@yahoo.com TUCOM CA Skye drenguis@gmail.comdrenguis@gmail.com

5. Still no local Directors from: 4-5 schools

6. Conference call Keith, local Directors of Political Affairs discussed: Scholarships, AOAI membership, OPAC, OBI, DO Day, local Political Affairs position responsibilities.

7. Paul Ambrose meeting Conference call March 1-3 rd AMSA/COSGP/SOMA

8. OBI Osteopathic Political Honors Society –2 nd annual inarguaration of new members Sat 12:45-1:15 this room, w/ Dana Block. Future recommendation: –Make the National Director of Political Affairs an honorary member and President –Streamline requirements DO Day attendance for two years OPAC member for two years Letter from a senior member of State Osteopathic Org detailing local activity

9. Finals Thoughts Independent thought, your opinion. Be curious about the many political forces affecting you. Why are certain residencies hard to get into? Are preceptors getting credit for teaching you?

10. “Just because you don’t take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” - Perciles