| News from the Guam Program Council |
| Chuck Tanner, FACHE, President, GLPC ACHE |
Hafa Adai from Guam! It seems Guam has transformed into Party Central lately as we finished hosting the Festival of the Pacific Islands and now we roll into Liberation Day activities. From May 22nd to June 4 Guam seemed to stop in time to celebrate with 27 Pacific countries a major regional cultural event, and the largest gathering in which Pacific peoples unite to enhance their respect and appreciation of one another. To get a touch of what that event entailed, just Google FESTPAC Guam 2016 and look at the images that will pop up! At the end of those two weeks, we now pass the torch to Hawaii who will host Fest Pac 2020! Never a boring day here on our island!
Olympics of Art/Culture: The 2016 Festival of Pacific Arts, Guam: Over 2,500 Artists over 27 nations
We held our last meeting at the VIP restaurant and found a much improved buffet. Our guest speaker, Mr. Terry Cuabo, Executive Director for Guam Cancer Care, shared his thoughts on how to start and maintain a successful not-for-profit organization. Though attendance was a bit low this time around, our speaker was able to conduct a more personal discussion with the attendees.
At the end of June we will say farewell to one of our members and friends; Capt Jean Comlish, Commander US Naval Hospital Guam will hold a change of command on Jun 30 at 10am. We will miss her and wish her well on her future assignment. I believe she is headed to the Pentagon and so I advise her to take a bit of sand from a beach and bottle up some Guam sunshine to take with her!
As June rolled in and, with FESTPAC, Liberation Day, school letting out, and many taking vacation we are making adjustments to our plans. The reason for this adjustment is that we have an opportunity to meet with a great friend of the Island, Dr. Angela Techur-Pedro. It seems Dr. Pedro will be on island in July and we will try to book her for a discussion. Finding space on the calendar believe it or not is a very challenging task. I appreciate everyone’s feedback and try to shoot for times that can accommodate the majority of our members.
On the legislative side there are several healthcare related bills in the works. As mentioned in our last newsletter, Bill 277-33 called on the Guam Economic Development Authority to launch a Request for Information so prospective contractors could provide information on how to transition the operation of the hospital to a public-private partnership. This RFI will be ready to go out this week and we look forward to hearing the responses. For more information on this and other bills check out the legislative website at http://www.guamlegislature.com/index.htm .
In closing and keeping with our collaborative and educational mission we are happy to share items of interest in healthcare with our members. To affect this, we have an email group of Guam members and if members have an event they would like to share, you may send me the information and I will pass it on. This service is also available for our Hawaii friends too! Just send me an email and I will add you to the list. (For privacy, I send information BCC).
Until next time,
Si Yuus Maase
Chuck Tanner, FACHE
Chucktanner88@gmail.com
President, GLPC ACHE
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