Gary Gilliland, a hematologist at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, used a Web discussion board to recruit hundreds of patients willing to give him genetic samples.
At IHadCancer.com, users can set up their profiles under three categories survivors, fighters and supporters where they can share their stories and treatments, and post questions and answers to a discussion board.
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They may prevent frank discussion if board members think their statements will become public fodder.
If he senses during the discussion that board sentiment is moving against him, he can withdraw the motion before the vote and submit it at a later time.
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He said the resolution to stop discussion came after board meetings became forums for gas-drilling debate.
Following the Zytiga presentation and discussion, the board took up the next item on its agenda: Should the company move ahead with adding its internally developed Global Aquatic Ingredient Assessment, GAIA for short, to the Earthwards framework?
At least one recent board-level discussion got so loud that it was audible in nearby offices.
"People who were against fracking had, in the minds of the town board, monopolized discussion in the public participation portion of prior meetings to the extent that very little other business could be accomplished, " Kline said.
The town board in Sanford, about 100 miles southwest of Albany in Broome County, passed a resolution in September saying there already had been hours of public comment for and against gas drilling and that no further discussion would be allowed during board meetings, although residents could still submit comments in writing.
The first newsgroups and discussion groups appeared in the early years of the Internet, around 1980, and the bulletin board system allowed topic-related discussion groups from 1990 on.
And Republicans also say, with some merit, that taxes were never meant to be a part of the discussion of across-the-board cuts.
Discussion and questions also centered on Board nomination processes, splitting the CEO and Chairman role, compensation, allocation of political contributions, and amount of legal fees.
It is helpful to have some people in the room who are neither donors nor beneficiaries and bring true independence to the discussion and oversight role of the board.
After the meeting, he can write a letter to the executive director of the fund and all board members recounting the discussion for the benefit of any member who may have missed the meeting and the others he was unable to convince during the meeting.
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In a letter Friday, they said they'd demand books and records related to the board's analysis and discussion of any strategic transactions.
If Obama succeeds in getting Netanyahu on board, the American media discussion of sanctions will focus on the issue of Israeli power over US policy.
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"It's been my experience that once somebody comes to the Board of Governors, they sort of become technocrats, " he says, adding that most decisions by the board are made after much discussion by the governors and briefings by well-informed Fed staff.
The next day it emerged that both men had offered their resignations to Eskom's board on October 28th after a stormy discussion over the direction the troubled company should take.
Gold would not divulge any of the topics under discussion until a report had been submitted to the SPL board and the 12 member clubs.
Discussion about this very point was part of the last Governing Board meeting, as the members considered setting up a referees meeting before this year s season begins.
Related to the entire discussion is the effect of the issuance of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 157 "Fair Value Measurements, " which became effective for entities with fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.
Below is a discussion of the matters we brought to the specific attention of the Board.
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"The crew stated they were in a heated discussion over airline policy and they lost situational awareness, " the board said in a news release.
Another board, Edexcel, said examiners' contracts stated that no discussion of the content of future exams should take place.
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But Jagmohan Dalmiya, the president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, insists that further discussion is necessary.
Editor s note: If you are planning to use the news story that this discussion-activity is based on for a homework assignment, please write the URL on the board and have your students copy it.
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Board meetings are held in order to involve the local community, parents and students in the discussion and decision-making of the centres.
But the meat of the board deck itself should be as concise and to the point as a single slide with key discussion items.
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For those who want to get the opinions of others, she points out that the Entertainment Software Rating Board provides feedback and that parents are always learning from one another on, for instance, discussion boards.
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