CHPPD Committee Charges   This year, several of the Section committees were give specific charges by the Section Council in order to improve the infrastructure of the Section and to improve the Section's ability to attract active members and conduct business during the course of the year. The specific charges are as follows:  

Program Committee

The committee was charged with reviewing the call for abstracts for possible updates and changes prior to the printing of the call for abstracts in the summer of 2004. In addition, several policies were established regarding submission and review of invited abstracts. These include:

• Formal invitations for a session will come only from the Section chair. This does not preclude persons seeking such a session from approaching the chair and requesting a session. Invited sessions will be determined no later than Dec. 31 of the preceding year.
• Abstract submissions will still be required for invited sessions - with one abstract per presentation, rather than one for the entire session.
• While no cap will be set, Section members agreed that up to 25 percent of the sessions may be invited by the chair (give or take a few percentages). Regarding preference being provided to Section members, invited sessions should be organized by, but do not need to be presented by, a Section member.
• The Program Committee was also charged with attempting to have an additional meeting for Section business scheduled, and to try to have four or five presenters per scientific session whenever possible.

Policy/Resolutions Committee

The Resolution Committee was charged with establishing mechanisms to review and comment on proposed policy resolutions presented to APHA for consideration. In addition, the committee was asked to consider and develop mechanisms for involving the Section in development of policy statements for consideration.

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