Congratulations to the elected PPA Officers for the 2010-2011 school year! They are:

• PPA President: Megha Patel
• PPA Vice President: Wendy Chen
• PPA Treasurer: Aylar Ansaritalesh
• PPA Secretary: Steffi Thomas
• PPA Historian: Hannah Do
• PPA Public Relations: Ali Mohammed-Ali
• PPA Webmaster: Michael Pham

I’m sure the 2010-2011 Officers have many great new ideas to make the 2010-2011 UH Pre-Pharmacy Association even better than this year and will continue to keep PPA exciting! Congratulations again!

The 2009-2010 PPA Officers would like to thank everyone for their fantastic support this year and coming out to all of our wonderful volunteer opportunities and events! The 2009-2010 Officers worked very hard to make PPA a great experience and I hope you feel we succeeded!

I hope everyone had a wonderful time, has a great summer, and is waiting to do it all again next year!

See you all around!

Lawrence Moore – 2009/2010 PPA Webmaster

Those running for an Officer position for next year will be required to give an election speech lasting no longer than 4 minutes. At the end of the the meeting, PPA members will turn in ballots to vote for their 2010-2011 Officers.

You MUST be a paid member and bring an ID to vote. To prevent illegitimate voting, we will be marking off each voter’s name from a list of paid members as the ballots are being turned in.

Don’t forget to sign up for the banquet if you plan on attending! The banquet will be masquerade themed.

Also, if you are attending Rock the Block on April 17th, don’t forget to check your email and turn in your waiver for the event.

Good luck to everyone running in the elections!

See you all at the next meeting!

Our guest speaker will be Clinical Oncology Pharmacist Nwabugwu S. Ochuwa!

Also don’t forget that Officer elections are on April 13th at 6pm in the Cougar Den! If you are planning to run for an Officer position, you need to present a 3 to 4 minute speech at this meeting.

And lastly, be sure to double check the Spring PPA Points Sheet and Fall PPA Points Sheet to make sure you name/peoplesoftID/points are correct!

See you guys at the meeting!

If you don’t sign up, you can still walk in and donate blood to earn a PPA Point, but this makes things easier for us! Thanks! =D

The names of each candidate for each officer position has been posted on the forum.  Here’s the direct link to the thread: http://uhppa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=123

If you want to switch which position you are running for or cancel, e-mail UofHPPA@gmail.com and we will change it.

Also, our meeting next Tuesday might be canceled/postponed, so check your e-mail on Monday for an update on the situation. 

A list of PPA Officer positions and their duties has been posted in the forums. If you plan to run for an officer position, be sure to sign up! Currently there are no eligible members running for President, Treasurer, or Webmaster so sign up before it’s too late!

Be sure to come by our Blood Drive with Gulf Coast Regional Medical Center on Tuesday March 2nd from 8am to 2pm and donate blood! You can earn an extra PPA point, get a super cool t-shirt, and save lives!

Good luck everyone in your classes and pharmacy school interviews!

The second meeting will be in the Cougar Den at 6pm and we will have guest speakers Ms. Lewis from the UH College of Pharmacy and the American Red Cross.

Be sure to pay your membership dues and pick up your PPA t-shirt if you have not already. Membership dues are $35.00.

Remember that your name will not be on the active members list sent to the UH College of Pharmacy if you have not paid your membership fees, even if you have accumulated the 25 point minimum per semester.

A new blood drive event with Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center has been added to the Event Details and Registration page but registration will not open until the event details are confirmed. I will update you when the registration has opened!

Also don’t forget to bring food or drink items for extra points (woohoo!) to the PPA Spring Social on February 16th at 6:30pm in the UC game room. Remember that all soft drinks must be Coca-Cola brand.

See you guys this week!

Registration for the Houston Food Bank event at JC Penny’s has been opened again so if you were not able to register before, you have a chance to register before it fills up again!

We are having a Spring Social event on February 16th from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the UC game room. You can earn up to 3 extra points at the event by bringing 3 food or drink items! (1 point per item)

Hope everyone’s semester is going well! Don’t stress out too early!

Kaplan will be a guest speaker at the meeting and we will have membership forms available for new members. Don’t forget, the membership fee is $35!

The AIDS Walk, our first volunteer event of the Spring semester has been added to the Events page! Volunteer spots are limited, so sign up early!

EDIT 1-12-10: Added a group event at the Houston Food Bank to the Events page! Space is limited. Sign up!

If you have any questions, feel free to email UofHPPA@gmail.com

PPA hopes everyone is enjoying their winter break! We’d like to thank everyone that participated in our volunteer and social events and we look forward to seeing everyone again in the spring! Enjoy yourselves!

The Fall Winter Social is this Saturday at noon. You can earn up to 5 extra points 3 extra points for bringing food/drink items, 1pt per item. See you there! (Yes it’s 3 max now, sorry for the confusion)

The new agenda has been posted in the forums for those who were not able to get a copy at today’s meeting.

Thanks to everyone who donated canned goods at today’s meeting, good luck on your finals!