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Meeting
Date: January 22, 2005
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| Present:
Mary Lou Schmidt (MLS), Mary Mariani (MM), Geralyn
Tribble (GT), Kathleen Rockett Zimmerman (KRZ), Sandra
DeBella Bodley (SDB), Kathy Paterson (KP), Rae Rehn
(RR), KC Grigsby (KC) |
Topic |
Discussion
/ Decision |
Followup |
| CALL TO ORDER |
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| MINUTES |
The minutes
of the 11/22/04 Board Meeting were reviewed. |
Approved. |
| FINANCIAL
REPORT |
GT presented
the financial report and budget for approval. She said
nothing had changed since the last mtg. There is no one
to replace GT in June. She will remain on the Board as
Director-at-Large. This led to a discussion about why
there are so few members that get involved. |
The financial
report was approved. |
| MEMBERSHIP |
Discussion
about what STT has to offer its membership and why nurses
join. Some of the suggestions were networking, the promotion
of nursing, professional payback, scholarships, research
grants and CEUs, and the professional acknowledgment
of excellence. It was also suggested that the distant
students continue to be active on-line. The definition
of "active" is paying the annual dues.
KRZ explained
the new induction procedures. Everything is done on-line
and does not require endorsement letter or endorsement
forms. |
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| BOARD MEMBERSHIP |
Katherine
Wylie has moved and will no longer be VP Membership.
Still need a Faculty Advisor, Publicity Chair, Graduate
Rep and President Elect. SDB will ask Carol Health to
be Faulty Advisor. KC explained SSU Associated Students
Clubs were audited this year by the State and all clubs
must have a minimum of the President and Treasurer as
enrolled students to be chartered. It was suggested
that the Board have co-chairs for these positions to
satisfy the charter requirements. The by-laws would
have to be changed if the "pilot" project
was successful. It was also suggested that SSU Associated
Students not be in charge of STT finances. Kathy Paterson
volunteered to be the Honoree Treasurer and KC would
be the President on the charter papers. KRZ signed as
Faculty Advisor. There was a discussion about the importance
of remaining a chartered club at SSU. Advantages to
remaining chartered were the connection to SSU, the
induction event being held at the Cooperage and the
student population. We discussed alternatives to the
Cooperage for the Induction event. Palm Drive Hospital
was suggested.
Several community
people were brought up as possible candidates for the
Board and those respected people will be asked. Mary
Macdonald was mentioned for membership. |
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| INDUCTION
CEREMONY |
First choice
is to have it at the Cooperage on April 30th. Second
choice was the multi-purpose room and third the cafeteria.
Second choice date is the 16th. It was suggested that
new inductees be expected to become participants in
the organization. Board members can be recruited from
SSUN and STT members can be expected to laison with
the club. KRZ will get the GPA list of juniors, seniors,
and Graduate students from Becky and bring it to the
Faculty Mtg. on Jan 31st. Present members will be subtracted
from the list and then the top 1/3 of the class who
show leadership ability will be invited to join. Rules
allow people to be chosen on the basis of documented
leadership capabilities if GPA is not in the top 1/3.
Kathleen will ask Deb to put STT selection on the agenda
for the Faculty Mtg. Announcements and explanations
will be given in the first week of classes by Margi
to the juniors, Carole Heath to the seniors, and Alanna
and Wendy to the Graduate Classes.
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| GOALS |
Goals for
2004-2005 were approved with correction of research award
of at least $1800. |
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| NEWSLETTER |
Oct Dinner
Mtg. article will be written by Alanna. New Direct Master's
Program at SSU will be written by SDB. President's Msg
by MLS, Spring Dinner flyer by Alanna, Induction by KRZ,
Awards reminder by MM and Research piece by RR. MLS will
contact Becky to make arrangements for the newsletter.
Need a folding party. |
Articles to
be written by members as noted. |
| SPRING DINNER
MEETING |
MLS will contact
Alanna about date. Speaker will be Jeanette Kosher about
Domestic Violence. MLS will bring a hard copy of
the strategic
plan for '05. She is also completing the orientation pkg
for the new Board members. She will also send the By-laws
CD to Becky so that everything will be on-line on the
STT website at the SSU Nursing Dept web page. |
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| RESEARCH CONFERENCE |
"Nurses
Changing the Face of Health Care; Evidence Based Practice"
will be co-sponsored with NBN. Date is June 10th, 9 -
4 with registration at 8:30. Place, Petaluma Valley Hospital,
Burns Hall. |
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| AWARDS |
Melissa Vandeveer,
Mary Kowatch, Karen Rice, Maria Hammond, Cindy Dickinson,
Gail Swift, and Pam Bellefeule. |
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| BOARD MEETINGS |
March 7th
before dinner mtg - go over inductee list
April 30th - before induction @ 9 AM
May 16th - SSU 6:30 PM
June 22nd - SSU 6:30 PM
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Respectfully submitted: KC Grigsby, Recording Secretary |