**NIH-HEO**

**General Meeting**

Monday, October 11, 2005

12:00 pm -- 1:00 pm

In attendance: Ana Anders, Hideko Takahashi, Ray Mejia, Richard Farina,
Gloria Calderon, Cyrus Salazar,

Nelly Villacreses.

Excused: Ofelia Olivero, Elsa Berenstein, Migdalia Rivera-Goba

**AGENDA**

+-----------+------------+-----------+------------------+-------------+
| **Time**  | **Topic**  | **        | # Discussion     | **Outcome** |
|           |            | Speaker** |                  |             |
+-----------+------------+-----------+------------------+-------------+
| 12:00 -   | Reading of | Ana       | Minutes approved |             |
| 12:05     | Minutes    | Anders    | via email.       |             |
+-----------+------------+-----------+------------------+-------------+
| 12:05 --  | How to     | Ana       | NIH-HEO should   |             |
| 12:40     | increase   | Anders    | think about      |             |
|           | attendance |           | inviting middle  |             |
|           | to         | Gloria    | and high school  |             |
|           | Hispanic   | Calderon  | students to      |             |
|           | Heritage   |           | attend event.    |             |
|           | Month.     | Richard   |                  |             |
|           |            | Farina    | Connect with     |             |
|           |            |           | Board of         |             |
|           |            |           | Education,       |             |
|           |            |           | students         |             |
|           |            |           | participation in |             |
|           |            |           | event should     |             |
|           |            |           | count towards    |             |
|           |            |           | community        |             |
|           |            |           | service credits. |             |
|           |            |           | Also its an      |             |
|           |            |           | opportunity for  |             |
|           |            |           | students to      |             |
|           |            |           | network.         |             |
|           |            |           |                  |             |
|           |            |           | Temas: those     |             |
|           |            |           | related with     |             |
|           |            |           | health issues,   |             |
|           |            |           | many Hispanics   |             |
|           |            |           | working in       |             |
|           |            |           | health fields    |             |
|           |            |           | that could be    |             |
|           |            |           | interested, send |             |
|           |            |           | notices to Dr.'s |             |
|           |            |           | offices, local   |             |
|           |            |           | hospitals to     |             |
|           |            |           | invite them to   |             |
|           |            |           | attend the       |             |
|           |            |           | event.           |             |
|           |            |           |                  |             |
|           |            |           | Provide          |             |
|           |            |           | information for  |             |
|           |            |           | the High         |             |
|           |            |           | Schools.         |             |
|           |            |           |                  |             |
|           |            |           | Website in       |             |
|           |            |           | progress, update |             |
|           |            |           | the Hispanic     |             |
|           |            |           | Scientist list.  |             |
+-----------+------------+-----------+------------------+-------------+
| 12:50 --  | Wrap-up    | Ana       |                  |             |
| 1:00      |            | Anders    |                  |             |
+-----------+------------+-----------+------------------+-------------+

Adjournment: 1:00pm

Respectfully submitted: November 20, 2005

Nelly Villacreses

Secretary