Attending: Drs. Jocelyn Liao, Keith Chow, Wendy Lam, Melanie Mason, Elaine Chung, Carrie Lee, Bruce Abramson, Rad-bert Chin, Larry Thal, Stephen Chun, Jim Winnick, Ron Seger, John Rosten, Bruce Mebine, Yuka Akera, Ms. Britney Kitamata-Wong, Jim Heitzig.

1) Secretary Report Yuka Akeraa) Board Meeting Minutes Approval, by consensus as amended.

2) Treasurer Report Jocelyn Liao: Summary of how much weve spent last quarter, Expenditures $1,250 for admin-istration, $1,250 for UCBSO students, $600 for last Board mtg. YTD income $28,242.67, YTD expenses $21,687.11. Checking account balance is currently $19,590.21, Savings account balance is $15,537.59.

3) President Report Keith Chow: BAOC is not a recognized entity with voting power at the COA level, we are able to come together and bounce ideas off of other leaders in this room. We represent the SF Bay Area, including UCBSO students, growing our organization. We dont need a vote at COA, we are here to share ideas, to be a conduit to information and move-ment within our organization. Information sharing is our goal, please write up a summary prior to board mtgs. Please reply to Keiths e-mails to confirm receipt of his messages.

a) Staff Status Jim Heitzigi) Newsletters are much better. We have content from various societies and students, classifieds have taken a back

seat to the important information. Make sure Jim is on your society e-mail circulation so info can be posted on our master calendar. Allows all our members to be informed. Continue to send Jim announcements and articles for future inclusions.

ii) Better society content all societies responsible to submit ONE article or announcement. Not asking to write a whole new column. Use something from your previous Society newsletter or e-blast. When Jim sends out requests prior to each Newsletter, please contribute.

iii) Website - Master Calendar to be created. Info will be pulled from various sources including each societys website/newsletter so please place Jim on your societys email list. This will help our website continue to improve. This is a year of change, we have a year to decide if there is use for the website. Click on Master Calendar for anyone to see whats going on in any society. Jim cant put anything on the calendar unless we send him info. Please respond to his requests for information, hes being met with silence currently. Send him something within one week.

iv) Jim has been fully updated on his role with the Annual Meeting. He is available to each committee at your disposal.

4) ACCOS Report Wendy Lam (President), Melanie Mason (President-elect)a) Upcoming Events:i) Forum Event - 10/19/2014 at UCBSO, Your Optometry Career: From Start to Finish: Real Talk for New Grads and

Optometrists Finding the Ideal Employment, Employees, Practice, and Exit Plan featuring two panels on employment and practice management, with 1 hour of free glaucoma CE, speaker Glen Ozawa.

(b) Refreshments sponsored by BAOC?ii) GMM 10/21/2014 at Scotts in Walnut Creek, HSV Keratitis: Diagnosis, Drug Resistance, and New Directions,

Thought Provoking Cases in Anterior Segment - Mika Moy, OD and Chris Wilmer, OD iii) Re-vamping our GMMs, three will be weekend meetings, one is Installation, on Sunday mornings. Plus two evening

meetings. One is at Ruth Chris Steakhouse, to encourage ACCCOS members to attend. Members will be able to attend free. Dates and locations are set, speakers are still being planned. There will be a business portion of the meeting for the Sunday meetings, but not for the evenings.

iv) Newsletters will still go out monthly to keep membership updated for the year.v) Upcoming event: Panel discussion with Dr. Ong spearheading, how to find employment, and find doc who fits into a

practice. Buying and selling 15 docs, 16 students are signed up, plus 8 panel and moderators, Sunday 10/19, 489 Minor Hall. Asking BAOC to sponsor refreshments.

5) SCCOS Report - Elaine Chung (President)a) Past Events:i) September 18, 2014 GMM & Business Meeting - Herpes and Ant segment - Andrew Mick, O.D.

BAOC Quarterly Board Meeting AgendaOctober 13, 2014 @ 7:00 p.m.

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(1) RSVP: 113 attended, 6 students(2) COA Town Hall meeting(a) Future Bill highlights (see notes below)(b) Healthcare delivery system(i) VSP future doc(ii) Medicare Advantage, optometry is not listed in the codesiii) September 2, 2014 - Young OD Meeting: Practice Purchase and Marketing Marcus Leung (Financial advisor and

Ronnie Gipson (Business Attorney) (1) 7 Attendeesb) Upcoming Eventsi) October 14, 2014 Young OD meeting: Vitreo-macular interface disorders - Dr. Amir Dessouki from the Retinal Diag-

nostic Center. ii) October 16, 2014 - GMM & Business Meeting Infant Vision Exam Clinical Pearls - Dr. Deborah Orel-Bixler, ODiii) Winter Event: Sat. Dec 6, Lark Creek Blue Santana Row, Buffet dinner, Casino night c) Other Issues:i) MCT protocol doctor on probation seeking community service, MCT is a paid program and does not qualify,

however there are other programs such as CVF which could help satisfy community service. Decision was made to have all MCT docs sign a contract to state current licensure is in good standing, as well as carry own malpractice insurance. Probation means license is active, but may be restricted for a particular health plan. For State Board, community service is required. Its still safe for them to treat the public.

ii) AB 1877 vetoed (see VSP report)iii) President Council topics: Deadline to submit topics?d) Future Billi) Where are we positioning ourselves? Physician extenders? Primary Eye Care?ii) Glaucoma lasersiii) Lumps/bumpsiv) Vaccinationsv) Inclusion of Lab tests: CLIA glucose testing, lab testsvi) Inclusion of imaging tests (MRI without need to collaborate with primary care doctor/ophthalmologistvii) Removal of mandated referralsviii) Medication restriction removal such as Latisse for treatment of hypotrichosisix) Ability to remove foreign body with choice of instruments

6) SFOS Report Carrie Lee (President)a) Past Events:i) GMM - 9/23/2014 Sponsored by Allergan - Restasisb) Upcoming Events:i) GMM - 10/28/2014 Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries George Tanaka, M.D.ii) GMM - 11/18/2014 New MD who joined West Coast Retina will be speaking on topic TBD.iii) We will resume programming in January.

7) SMCOS Report Radbert Chin (President-elect) in place of MJ Lew (President),a) Past Events:i) GMM - 8/26/14- Fabry Disease - Pinakin Davey OD at Crystal springs golf courseii) GMM - 9/23/14 - Allergic Eye Disease - Navigating Diagnosis and The Sea of Therapeutics - Harry M. Green OD,

PhD at Crystal springs golf course b) Upcoming Events:i) GMM - 10/28/14 - Floaters and Flashing lights - Louis Chang MD, at Samaritan house, San Mateo.(1) At this meeting we will be training on concussion detections with the King Devick test by Carole Hong OD. And the

first 20 ODs to RSVP will be receiving the testing kit valued at $50. This is to prepare us to train the athletic coaches at the local high schools.

i) Holiday Party - 12/6/14 - The Lodge at Twin Pines in Belmont2

ii) In August, one member noted a TV ad that had AOA logo, with Think About Your Eyes.com is a link of Lenscrafters advertising for their locations. Called Dr. Cockerell, AOA Pres, to verify use of AOA logo. Its a private site which costs money to join, Lenscrafters has listed all of their locations on this site as Trusted Doctors Near You.

8) REOS Report Bruce Abramson (President)a) Past Events: One meeting since last BAOC, sponsored by Nova Bay pharmaceuticals. Product for Meibowmian

Gland Dysfunction antibiotic, out of Richmond, CA.b) Upcoming Events: 4 GMMs a year, trying to find a chair for the meetings committee. Last one was planned 2 weeks

before.c) Other News: Holiday Party planned in December, as well as a Past Presidents Lunch to get them back into active

society roles. Perhaps a newsletter for the society. Or use BAOCs newsletter distribution for info dissemination.

9) UCOSA Report Britney Kitamata-Wonga) New entering Class.b) BAOC-Berkeley Mentorship Program (BBMP) Updates:i) BBMP Welcome Reception: Sunday, October 5, 2014 20 docs, 32 students. Last year we had 9 docs, 10 students, so

its a big jump. 14 docs, 27 students were there at the event. Good mingling event. Got funding from the graduate assembly, $500 for supplies, utensils, to save the BAOC money as much as possible.

ii) Have been sending info on fellowship information to Jim, will continue to write articles about UCBSO. Donation of $40,000 to school, got matching funds for remodel for third floor of Minor Hall, $80,000. Projected completion is Aug 2015.

iii) BBMP Closing Reception: Sunday, April 5, 2015

10) UCBSO Report Larry Thala) Upcoming CE events at Berkeley Optometry: Annual Alumni Reunion, Sat 10/25, and Sun 10/26 is the Annual Shel-

don Golden Translational Research Program. Speakers are outstanding, can still sign up on the website. Classroom portion and workshop.

b) November will have meeting at Academy on Friday.c) Transition report: John Flanagan as Dean, narrowing in on what hed like to see as vision for next 10 years. Would

like to attend BAOC mtg soon. d) Dr. Thal will be retiring for the 3rd time at the end of December.e) Oct 4th, Drs. Winnick, Wilsoet, Daphne Chan, Theresa Woo, for Foresight students (undergrads) 1.5 hr exchange for

what ODs are doing.

11) BAOC Externship Program Report Stephen Chuna) We have 20 + SF Bay Area doctors serving as mentors with all 32 UC Berkeley graduate optometry students who

applied to the program being placed and matched. b) October 5, 2014, BAOC-UC Berkeley Optometry-UCOSA launched this years Mentorship Program.i) 489 Minor Hall at the School. Coordinated by Britney Kitamata-Wong and Karen Wong.ii) Formal introduction of each of the participating mentor doctors and their bio-sketches.iii) Dr. Stephen Chun, BAOC Externship chair discussed history and the new focus of the Mentoring/Externship Pro-

gram.iv) Four very lively, interactive, 10 minute Q & A networking group sessions among rotating mentors and mentees. Help

docs and students get together, and help raise our profession to new heights. Seasoned docs can communicate advice, knowledge, and skill. Each doc was introduced, highlighting outstanding characteristics of each docs. Q&A for students to talk to each group. Docs and students wanted to stay longer for more exchanges.

c) The closing reception and dinner is slated for April 12, 2015 at UC Berkeley. Will be able to bring the idea together and come back for discussion Not too late to send in application, will link it to BAOC website for inclusion in the newsletter.

d) Britney Kitamata-Wong and Karen Wong are doing a superb job. Kudos and many thanks to Krystal Tan Varnichsarn (UCBSO 4th yr.) immediate past BAOC student representative for her hard work, leadership and vision for initiating and spear-heading last years successful pilot mentoring program and to the many dedicated MENTOR DOCTORS for their gifts of time, knowledge and expertise that they share with the participating optometry students.

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12) VSP Report Jim Winnicka) AB 1877 Failed legislation: Medical legislation passed through both houses unanimously, was vetoed by governor.

Link for Covered California website allowed adults to find a link to stand alone vision plans. Did not cost Covered California anything. Increased level of Bureaucracy was reason cited by governors office. CA and HI has tried, everyone in the state except governor wanted to do this. COA actively supported the effort, combined effort by everyone

b) Policy changes around reimbursement for new VSP practices. Professional fees are currently in review. Getting complaints for established docs noticed new practices were getting higher fees due to fee freeze and VSP calculations. Unin-tended repercussions. Do new docs get paid less? Currently under review by a committee, will let us know what happens.

c) Current management changes in Luxottica. CEO has left, CFO was named CEO, but resigned shortly after, new CEO is the latest CFO, will see if they settle down soon

13) COA Report Ron Seger (Trustee) John Rosten (President)1. Bill 492 Update was dropped last 2 weeks of legislative session. Heard in appropriations committee, had passed B&P

committee. For various reasons, in particular the leadership of the assembly, there was a big misunderstanding about what the bill was about. Last 2 weeks, everyone is having bills heard by appropriations, so there is more word of mouth, not written documents. Would have allowed us injections and nothing else. There is already a new bill in the works, and the next ses-sion will be an easier group to work with. Good working relationship with the leaders of both sides. Depends on the election in 3 weeks, but in general, it will be more favorable. One of the key races is district 4. Daryl Steinberg. Richard Pan vs. Roger Dickenson. Supporting Dickensons campaign by COA. Language going forward will be similar to what weve seen. Protocols, formularies, YAG lasers, lumps and bumps, will be included in the new bill. Gives us an advantage to what to expect next time. Biggest delay was in B&P committee, close to a year of time involved. Options were studied thoroughly. Determination of how many procedures are needed will be in the hands of the schools. 9/26 was an editorial by CA Healthline, VP of CAEPS, stud-ied how many procedures they felt was necessary prior to being certified. Good presence on the capitol. Will not know what the members of the B&P committee will consist of. Some will move up to Senate, will not remain in the House. Do not want to make enemies on the way. Leadership should change.

2. Presidents Council Update: Suggestion for the agenda. 4 societies represented on the committee. Topics for discus-sion. Mtg will begin with Dr. Rosten giving state of COA address. Small group discussion to make local societies successful. 8 tables with each table having a topic. Depending on participants. Each will move through tables 1-8. Membership value, recruitment organization, division of labor, how to run a society mtg, implement COA strategic plan, translate to local level. Maintenance of advocacy effort at the local level. Strategic plan: improve communication with our local society leaders. Each table topic will be presented to the group. How to make society more effective, learn from successful society models. Topics have been set. Last part will be to get feedback from participants, was it helpful? Will it help direct society, was the concept useful? Must identify what is valuable, did committee do their job? Notifications went out 3 weeks ago. Committee members have been calling to enhance participation. All Pres should have been contacted. Bruce has not been contacted. Question: Will there be a venue for discussion for current topics, and not just leadership presentation? Will be an opportunity to talk to John Rosten at the beginning. This years focus will be on leadership training of the society Pres/ elects. May not be adequate time for societies to bring up topics, as the format limits free discussion. Each table will have 20 minute discussion. 8 topics are set in advance. Suggestion from board, to consider having one of tables, or adding #9, to address issues concerning docs. Bringing ideas from societies to COA. Focus for this year was decided by the committee. To involve the committee members at every step of the process. Emphasis was how to run the society, for the new leaders with societies that are struggling. So-cieties need to be viable. But dividing Presidents makes the council less effective. There will still be time for group discussion, the goal was for everyone to participate in smaller group settings. Large groups often leave a small number of participants. Decisions were made by the committee. If any Presidents feel strongly about things, they will have the opportunity to speak up. Open forum for peoples minds to come together. Often recommendations come out of PC for HOD, especially in light of whats transpired in recent legislation. Often it all starts at PC. Rotating nature of 4 societies, will be able to receive feedback and survey.

3. HOD Update check e-mails for submitting by laws changes, in November, as well as Resolutions.4. Anti-trust policy, cant create agreements where we discuss fees. Bill Howe can provide us with the statement.5. Welsch Allen device used by school nurses, autofrefactor given to parents. Non-providers using technology, illegal for

nurses to use and dispense.

14) New Business:a) Presidents Council Discussion

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b) Annual Meeting March 22, 2015i) Head Committee Executive Officers(1) South San Francisco Conference Center reserved with half deposit.(2) Contact names and numbers obtained.(3) Same Salons as previous.(4) Partnership Program Packets complete.ii) Administrative Committee - ACCCOSiii) Partnership Program / Raffle Committee - REOS(1) Partnership Program Annual partnership(a) Contract Term: Calendar Year(b) 3 Golds at $3,500 = 10,500 (One Gold is Speaker Sponsored)(i) Attendee email list.(ii) E-blasts (through BAOC Staff) - 3(iii) Website Advertising Half-size Page(iv) Monthly Newsletter Advertising Full-size Page(v) Annual Meeting1. Exclusive Premium Table - First Priority location2. 5 min. (max) meeting presentation.(c) 6 Silvers at $1,250 = 7,500(i) E-blasts - 1(ii) Website Advertising Eighth-size page(iii) Monthly Newsletter Advertising Quarter-size page(iv) Annual Meeting1. Premium Table 2. 60 second meeting presentation(2) Presidents Proposal allocate $600 towards two I-pad Mini raffle Grand prizes.iv) Speaker Committee SCCOS (1) Dr. Peter Kehoe, AOA President 2008-2009 Topic: Primary Care Electrodiagnotics, Evidence-Based Eye Care of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus.(2) CE COPE? v) AV Committee - SFOSvi) Facility Committee - SMCOSvii) UCOSA Role?

15) Quarterly Board Meetings Lets be strategic to optimize our time together. 2nd Monday of Montha) 2/9/15 Pre-HOD Pre-Annual Meetingb) 5/11/15 Post Annual Meeting New Term

16) General Board Meeting Adjournment

17) Executive Sessiona) New Budget Approval. Supplies, nametags, snacks. BAOC, in co-sponsoring event, donate $250, for Your Optomet-

ric Career, from Start to Finishb) Society Committees: Sponsors needed.

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