Region V


States:
Iowa
Kansas
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
South Dakota

Region Links:

Region Director: Sharon Walsh

Director's 2010 Annual Report (submitted by former RD, Konnie Zeitner)

• Distributed minutes from the 2009 Region V meeting at the NSH S/C to state presidents & newsletter editors.
• Distributed updates from NSH S/C 2009 business meeting and the HOD to state presidents & newsletter editors.
• Participated in the mid-year Board of Directors Teleconference meetings.
• Distributed updates for the 2009 BOD teleconference
• Worked with the state meeting planners for Nebraska and Missouri in preparation for the spring 2010 Histology
Symposiums.
• Presented Region V and NSH updates at business meetings of Nebraska, Missouri and the TriState Symposium
• Presented educational workshops and lectures in Nebraska and Missouri.
• Traveled to sites in South Dakota and Kansas to promote interest in NSH.

On-Going Activities:
• Continue to provide information about NSH and Region activities to North Dakota, South Dakota and Kansas Histology professionals (States without active constituent Society status).
• Contacted North Dakota and South Dakota histology professionals to encourage their attempt to become an NSH Constituent Society.

Goals:
Assist North Dakota with establishing an NSH constituent Society; work with histology professionals in Kansas to reinstate constituent Society status.