The majority of the maintenance and development of the AMI is overseen by its committees. Committees are created, and their chairs appointed, by the Chair of the Board of Governors. All AMI members are encouraged to volunteer their services in committees in order to enhance the AMI and their profession.
Professional Guidelines Tonya Hines
The Professional Guidelines Committee educates AMI members, clients, and the general public on issues related to business practices and employment of medical illustrators. The committee gathers both statistical and empirical data through surveys, interviews, and peer reviews. The committee conducts a biannual Compensation & Pricing Survey, and writes and updates the Medical Illustration Business Practices booklet. Currently we are rewriting the Business Practices booklet chapters 4-7. Volunteers with strong writing skills are needed to do research and be reviewers for specific chapters. In the fall of 2008, we will begin preparing the Compensation & Pricing Survey Questionnaire and seeking an online survey company to host the survey in May 2009. The committee could particularly use volunteers who have experience conducting surveys, statistical analysis, or database design. We also have a special need for someone who knows how to set up a wiki for the Business Practices booklet.
Needs: welcomes new members with experience in writing, surveys, statistical analysis, database design, or wiki set-up.
Professional Exhibits
Jill Rhead
The Professional Exhibits Committee (PEC) serves as an umbrella committee for the Salon Hanging Committee, Salon Judging Committee and the Awards Committee (salon aspect only). This committee is comprised of the chairs of the Salon Hanging, Judging and Awards Committees which are considered subcommittees of the PEC. See these subcommittees under the Meetings section.
Public Relations Amanda Behr
The Public Relations committee coordinates the public face of the association in a manner consistent with the goals of the Board and Long Range Planning Committee. The committee works in tandem with several other related committees including the Annual Meeting, Professional Liaison, Publications, Communication Editorial Council and Professional Exhibit committees.
Needs: welcomes new, active members.
Artists Rights Rick Gersony
The Artists Rights Committee serves as a conduit for advocacy for the intellectual rights and professional rights of medical artists. The committee is responsible for direct advocacy on behalf of and in conjunction with the membership. It is also responsible for facilitating education and discussion of relevant issues within the association.
Needs: welcomes for new members.
Continuing Education Carolyn Holmes
The Continuing Education committee is a part of the AMI's Certified Medical Illustrator program and is charged primarily with evaluating the AMI's annual meeting content and a variety of other educational offerings for Continuing Education Units (CEUs). As part of a pilot program, a subcommittee has recently been formed that selects video and/or audio tapes from AMI meeting content for rebroadcast on the AMI web site.
Needs: looking for new members particularly with experience in audio/video media to work on rebroadcasting workshops and seminars on web site.
Scholarship Tami Tolpa
The scholarship committee reviews and ranks applications from eligible graduate students for Vesalius Trust Grants and for the annual Inez Demonet Award. Applications include master’s theses, transcripts, portfolios, and personal references. The process begins in November and ends in January for the Vesalius Trust awards, and begins in January and ends in March for the Inez Demonet award.
Needs: occasionally needs new members.
Advertising and SponsorshipEd Zilberts
The Advertising and Sponsorship Committee is tasked with developing relationships with commercial vendors and distributors to help generate non-dues revenue into the AMI. Additionally, the committee coordinates the delivery of "in-kind donations" and supports and provides acknowledgement of participating commercial sponsors for the annual conference. Sponsorship connects with key groups involved with the annual conference including the Meeting Host, Technique Showcase, and Workshop committees and works with AMI management, Web and Newsletter committees to coordinate corporate advertising. The committee will also be involved with suporting future on-line educational initiatives.
Needs: welcomes new members.
Ethics Carol Pienta Larson
The Ethics committee updates AMI’s ethics procedures as needed and receives all complaints of unethical and/or substandard practices on the part of AMI members. The committee determines whether any charges should be brought before the Board of Governors, facilitates the process and, in the event of discipline of a member, ensures that the Chair of the Board conveys the details and circumstances (and names of those involved at the discretion of the Ethics Committee and the Board) to the membership via AMI newsletter and/or the next AMI Business Meeting.
Newsletter Zina Deretsky, Lydia Gregg
The Newsletter Committee oversees content and publication of the AMI News, the Association's official newsletter, currently published every four months. Editorial duties are handled by the editor-in-chief as well as the committee chair. Contributing authors from the general membership and assigned columnists provide content: greater contribution makes a more interesting and robust issue. The AMI News is the official means by which the AMI's financial statements, presidential addresses, awards and election candidates are presented within the association: it provides a very important link between members for this reason.
Needs: looking for new members to help produce and/or write.
Newsletter Editorial Board Anne Erickson
The Newsletter Editorial Board assists the Chief Editor with the focus, management and editing of the Newsletter.
Needs: welcomes new members with a new perspective.
Journal Editorial Board Gary Schnitz
The Journal Editorial Board is headed by the Editor, one of the three Associate Editors of the Journal of Biocommunications (The JBC). This committee is responsible for the solicitation, review, and processing of manuscripts and artwork for the publication.
Needs: would welcome new members but responsibilities limited due to structure of committee.
Web Design Editorial Board Robert Morreale
The Web Committee identifies, advises, and advocates for web needs and services for the Association of Medical Illustrators (AMI). The Committee considers and recommends web-related policies and procedures and takes a proactive role in promoting the integration of web and new media in an effort to support the professional and administrative needs of the AMI.
Needs: great opportunity for new members
AMI Communication’s Editorial Board Cory Sandone
This committee oversees all communications vehicles of the AMI to ensure all consistency of message and reduce overlap of content among all internal external communication modalities of the association. The committee includes the committee chairs or vice-chairs from Long Range Planning, Public Relations, Web Committee, Corporate Relations, Newsletter, Journal Editorial Board, Meeting Planning Council, and the Executive Director. It also includes the Inez Demonet Scholar as well as an additional (preferably new) member.
Needs: looking for a new member to provide fresh member perspective.
Program Lynn Kitagawa (2010)
This committee is responsible for the development of the theme, planning, and coordination of the educational portion of the Annual Meeting. It arranges for speaker as well as solicits papers and presentations for the meeting. It also works in tandem with the Publicity Committee to develop promotional materials.
Needs: welcomes new members in locale of annual meeting.
Person to Person Tracy Tucker
This committee contacts potential clients to encourage participation in an interview and review process of the members attending the Annual Meeting. The members of this committee are responsible for the oversight and coordination of the entire Person-to-Person process from setting up appointments to ensuring space and signage are provided for the clients participating in the meeting.
Needs: welcomes new members in locale of annual meeting.
Workshops Tami Tolpa, Robin Jensen (2010)
The Workshop Committee works with the Program committee to develop workshop offerings for the Annual Meeting. It solicits members or other professionals to give workshops and works with the Techniques Showcase Committee to coordinate logistics and arrange for necessary equipment.
Needs: welcomes new members in locale of annual meeting.
Techniques Showcase Kim Krumwiede (2010)
This committee develops topics for demonstration, either traditional or digital, and solicits individuals to give those demonstrations. The committee is involved in the development of the room layout, the solicitation of corporate sponsors and the distribution of materials at the Annual Meeting.
Needs: welcomes new members.
Student Volunteers Diantha LaVine
This committee recruits and organizes student members to volunteer during the annual AMI meetings. Members establish relationships with program directors and their students in order to solicit their help. The members also create a detailed work schedule, based upon the availability of the students and the needs of the meeting coordinators. Most help is needed during the 2-3 months prior to the annual meeting.
Needs: welcomes new members in locale of annual meeting.
Awards Karen Bucher
The Awards Committee oversees the various awards that the AMI gives out every year. These range from the Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest award given out by the organization, to the Salon awards and the 25 and 50 year membership certificates. Members of the committee take charge of an award selection process from start to finish. In addition, the committee is very involved with the awards banquet at the meeting and works with the Professional Exhibits committee (of which it is partly a subset) to organize the Salon.
Needs: welcomes new members.
Salon Hanging Jane Gilmore, John Dorn (2010)
This committee is responsible for the receiving, processing, hanging and tearing down of the salon. It is a huge undertaking and the details of it change yearly with the AMI meeting venue. This is a great opportunity for students and new members to get involved and also a nice way to meet a large portion of the membership along with getting judging committee, you have to act early. Generally the committee chairs are decided soon after the annual meeting for the next year's meeting. You can contact the chair of the Professional Exhibits Committee for further information.
Needs: welcomes new members.
Regional Events Delilah Cohn
The Regional Events committee facilitates the gathering of medical illustrators at events of professional interest for networking and continuing education credits. The committee coordinates with the Continuing Education Committees and headquarters to ensure proper CEU credits for events that qualify.
Needs: welcomes new members.
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