AOA Board of Trustees and House of Delegates
Annual Business Meeting
July 14-19, 2009
Fairmont Hotel, Chicago, Illinois

News from the Meeting

AOA Executive Director's Report to the AOA Board Reviewing the AOA's accomplishments during the past year, AOA Executive Director John B. Crosby, JD, highlighted the AOA's response to tough economic times. "We have not only met the recession, but we have beaten it," Crosby said. "We have balanced our budget. We have put aside money for our reserves. We are planning for the future—and the future, I think, is very bright for the AOA." In addition, Crosby honored Leo Isen, who has been the stenographer for the AOA House of Delegates since 1962.   

For questions on the agenda, resolutions and report, please contact Carol-Lynn Zurek at czurek@osteopathic.org.

Housing

Welcome to the Annual House of Delegates/Board of Trustees Meeting for the American Osteopathic Association at the Fairmont Hotel Chicago. Due to the high demand of attendance for this year’s event, additional housing arrangements have been made. If you would like to book a hotel room at the nearby Swissotel Chicago, please call (312) 565-0565 or use the following passkey when registering at the Swiss.

Make your reservations online by visiting the Fairmont Chicago Hotel's Web site.

Airfare Discount

is offering special meeting discounts for attendees of the American Osteopathic Association Annual Convention. Purchase your ticket(s) online at www.united.com or call (800) 521-4041 at least 30 days in advance, and receive a 5% discount off the lowest applicable fares.

At United.com, enter your origin and destination, travel dates and your promotion code number 550KM. Available flights will display, and those that qualify for the discount will be clearly identified with a red star symbol, which means that the itinerary is "electronic certificate eligible." When you select an electronic certificate eligible flight, United will automatically calculate and present your discounted fare. This special offer applies to flights to or from the US only.

There are no fees for booking on line. Note the CODE 550KM is case sensitive and the characters need to be capitalized. This special offer applies to travel on domestic segments of all United Airlines, United Express, TED and United code share flights (UA*) operated by US Airways, US Airways Express and Air Canada.