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Hi Rhonda and Vicky,
Thank you for your suggestions. Dr Meyer was a wonderful advocate and mentor, and it is our hope that we make him proud of how we are keeping ARCOS standing on its own as a Not-For-Profit, National Organization and doing what is best for membership!
The ARCOS Board was approached by CORD, after CORD surveyed program directors and ARCOS membership for this collaboration to move our conferences together for fiscal and educational reasons. It is quite a comfort to know that our program directors in CORD respect us for what we do and are excited to work with us!
We have spoken to the AAOS Housing and Meetings Leadership, and they continuously told us that we do not fall under their guidelines and that there will not be any changes for 2025. We board members were taken aback (shocked) as well when we were told more than once, specifically, we are not recognized as an AAOS Committee, Affiliate/Alumni, or Specialty Society under their guidelines.
Another reason for moving our conference is that the AAOS monopolizes all the hotel/conference space in each city. As a result, our conference planning is delayed, and we find ourselves struggling to secure a location at competitive rates. The costs for ARCOS and for membership to attend conferences is also a big concern. We want to make the conference available to as many members as possible. Additionally, as I mentioned in my original post, we are also responding to requests from our post-conference surveys that ask for lower costs for rooms and affordable locations.
Thank you for your support of the board as we continue to work hard to make the ARCOS Conference available and educational for all our members!
For further discussion on this hot topic, several of Board of Directors have cleared their schedule so that we may have an open discussion tomorrow, Wednesday, April 17, at 1:30PM Eastern Time. Please use this link and add the time to your calendars! https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84012379797?pwd=wZs16uIeZ3OPY47ItNWnnlReLJ4tXJ.1
Thank you and we look forward to further discussion,
~ARCOS Executive Board
Happy Halloween!!!
UPDATE: once you register for this session you can forward the Zoom information to your faculty and residents to join in.
Thursday, November 2, 2023, at 3:00 PM (Eastern)
VR simulation is fast becoming a popular and effective teaching tool for anything from police enforcement to flight instruction. Please invite your faculty, PD, fellows, residents, and students to view the session with you so they may observe this cutting edge learning environment.
Zoom in to see what you can expect of VR with our host, Danny Goel, MD, CEO | Founder – PrecisionOS.
To register:
- Login to your ARCOS account at https://www.arcosonline.org
- Select Upcoming Events on the menu bar
- Select View as List
- Select the virtual session – PrecisionOS: The Trusted Simulation Provider for Residents, Program Directors, and Program Coordinators and complete the registration
- You will receive an email confirmation with ZOOM link to forward to your program faculty, residents, etc
Contact me with questions! llewis8@wellspan.org
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