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November 5, 1980 |
First Board of Directors elected |
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June 21, 1981 |
First newsletter published |
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August 21, 1981 |
Articles of Incorporation issued |
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November 11, 1981 |
End of Charter Membership registration |
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November 12 & 13, 1981 |
Third Annual Symposium |
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April 26, 1982 |
Membership count is 174 |
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June 21 & 22, 1982 |
First CBET review class |
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October 14, 1982 |
The first Symposium Pig Pickin’ – Symposium moves to the North Raleigh Hilton Hotel |
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October 20, 1983 |
By-Laws amended to divide the office of Secretary into Membership Secretary & Recording Secretary and to limit Board of Directors term of office to two consecutive two year terms. |
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March 15, 1984 |
NCBA contracts with Olson Management Group to manage the Symposium arrangements |
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July 19, 1984 |
Membership count reaches 300 |
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January 31, 1985 |
Management contract awarded to Association Alternatives, Inc. NCBA establishes an affiliation with ASHE |
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January 1, 1986 |
Individual annual membership fee changes from $10 to $30 |
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October 13, 1986 |
Gov. James Martin proclaims Inaugural North Carolina BMET Week |
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May 1, 1988 |
NCBA nominated for the AAMI Foundation Laufman / Greatbatch Award |
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February 5, 1990 |
Founding member and long time Board member, Eddy Whisnant passes away after an extended illness |
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July 1, 1991 |
Eddy Whisnant Scholarship established to grant scholarships to second year students within the North Carolina Community College System. |
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January 15, 1993 |
Introduction of the "Profile Spotlight" series of articles in the newsletter, which provide a description of the facilities and services provided by member institutions and vendors.
The inaugural article highlighted Cape Fear Valley Medical Center and Physio Control Corporation. |
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January 15, 1993 |
Premier issue of the new newsletter format |
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February 16, 1993 |
The Norman "Red" Reeves Scholarship is established by Douglass Medical and Biomedical Equipment Rental & Sales |
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July 16, 1993 |
Membership fees and symposium registration fees increased. The last fee increase had been in 1986. |
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November 10, 1993 |
NCBA Annual Symposium moves to the North Raleigh Hilton Hotel. |
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November 1, 1995 |
Symposium moves to the Four Seasons Hotel in Greensboro, NC. After several years absence, the Pig Pickin’ returns |
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July 12, 1996 |
The Internet Task Force established |
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September 24, 1996 |
Hill-Rom agrees to endow the NCBA Professional of the Year Award for three years |
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January 10, 1997 |
Temporary NCBA internet web site established.Individual annual membership fee changes to $50. Symposium vendor registration fees increase to $400/$250. |
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October 3, 1997 |
First Hill-Rom Professional of the Year Award presented to Robert Gerber from N.C. Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem. |
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October 3, 1997 |
Both the Eddie Whisnant Scholarship and the Norman Reeves Scholarship presented to Lawrence Smith. |
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November 1, 1997 |
Permanent NCBA internet web site established at http://anesthesia.mc.duke.edu/ncba |
October 29, 1999 |
$5,000 education grants presented to Caldwell Community College and Stanly Community College for BMET Program development
By-Laws changed to clarify the responsibility differences between the Recording and Memberhsip Secretaries. |
November 3, 1999 |
Web site name http://www.ncbiomedassoc.com/ registered and a new web site established with Apollo Hosting |
December 1999 |
Annual Symposium moves to the Pinehurst Hotel and Resort in the Village of Pinehurst, North Carolina |
July 2000 |
Spacelabs agrees to fund a Manager of the Year award for a five year period. |
December 2000 |
The first Manager of the Year award presented to Erv Kelman of Moses Cone Hospital at the NCBA 22nd Annual Symposium |
June 9, 2001 |
NCBA partners with AAMI to present the AAMI Annual Meeting and Expo in Baltimore, MD |
December 1, 2003 |
PartsSource takes over the sponsorship of the Norman "Red" Reeves Scholarship |
December 7, 2004 |
By-Laws amended to increase the Board of Directors to 12 positions |
