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MINUTES <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />January 26, 2011 <br />Board of Health Minutes Transcription completed by Lisa Smith January 26, 2011 7 <br /> <br />c. Pending and Recurring Items 2011: Attached was a tool used for Board planning for <br />upcoming agenda items. <br /> <br />d. Immigrant Refuge Health Newsletters: The Immigrant Refuge Health Program Manager, <br />Susan Clifford has developed two newsletters to communicate with internal staff and <br />contract interpreters. The various newsletters provide language services updates, cultural <br />competency lessons and professional practice guidelines. Newsletters are distributed twice <br />a year. <br /> <br />VII. Board Comments/Announcements Carol Haggerty informed the board that the dental <br />school has a new dean, Jane Weintraub, who has done a great deal of work in public health. <br /> Board members had a brief discussion on going paperless for Board meetings; staff will look <br />into the best way to send board members documents electronically and also not provide hard <br />copies at the meeting. Members who are unable to access electronic files will still need paper <br />copies. Staff will report back in March. <br /> <br />VIII. Adjournment <br /> <br />Motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:35 p.m. was made by Paul Chelminski, seconded by <br />Chris Harlan, and carried without dissent. <br /> <br />The next Board of Health Meeting will be held February 23, 2011 at the Whitted Building, <br />Hillsborough, NC at 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br /> <br />Rosemary L. Summers, MPH, DrPH <br />Health Director <br />Secretary to the Board <br /> <br />