Meeting Minutes

 

Meeting Date 10/18/04

Present: Mary Lou Schmidt (MLS), Sandra DeBella Bodley (SDB), KC Grigsby (KC), Kathleen Rockett (KR), Kathy Patterson, Alanna Brogan, and Carole Hasenick (CH)

Topic

Discussion / Decision

Followup

Call to order at 5:15 pm

by Mary Lou Schmidt  
Financial Report Budget projected deficit of $1500 is due to lack of re-ups from recent nursing student and community inductees. Keeping inductees active and preserving membership is a problem. KR has been doing an excellent job but it might be too much for one person. It was suggested that a new board position be created to fill this gap. It was also suggested that the Board do a phone drive, the week before each major event, to encourage attendance of the membership.  
Newsletter

Regarding the latest newsletter, many people did not receive the newsletter in time to make reservations for dinner. There was a glitch that happened in following mailing instructions. It was suggested that a mailing committee be set up w/ a specific schedule, so tasks are not mixed, ie Board Mtg and mailing. The inadequate number of newsletters was a printing error.

Newsletter fees increased this year. It was suggested that we consider cutting the newsletter list to include only people who are in the immediate area and can be active in events.

Becky is more than willing to type and format the newsletter. Feb newsletter should advertise the spring dinner mtg and induction ceremony and reminder about awards. Also another listing of the Board Members, Spring Dinner speaker Jeanette Koshar on Domestic Violence

Next newsletter for early Feb., articles and information to KW by middle Jan.
Board Membership

Anita Catlin declined the offer of President Elect. In June ’05 Kathyrn Wylie will be the new VP Membership, Deb Kindy will be VP Programs, Sandra DeBella will be Corresponding Secretary, Carole Hasenick will be our Member at Large, Linda Baker will be Undergraduate Rep, Alanna Brogan will be Director-at-Large, and Kathleen Rockett will be Awards Chair.

Vacant board positions are recording secretary, treasurer, faculty counselor, by-laws chair, publicity and the new membership position.

KC volunteered for President-Elect and will assume duties as President in Sept ‘05.
Membership

Carole started a discussion about SSU students who were not invited to join STT. She stated that the exclusion of certain students caused hurt feelings. Oversights were made last semester. Criteria for induction should be posted so that students realize that only the top third of the class is invited to join STT. Oversights can be avoided by reminding Faculty in Dec to review their junior and senior rosters to begin to choose candidates for induction.

ML is committed to producing the Orientation pkgs by January
Research Rae and Deb will take their proposal to the No. Bay Network mtg on the first Friday, Nov 5th. Need feedback from HCP how “evidence based practice” has made a difference in the medical community. Discussed hospital-based rolling seminars to get bedside nurses involved in the research process.

 

Next Meeting

Nov. mtg priority is to ID awards/grants people for the induction ceremony. Need members from Lake Co. Jane MacLean, from Lake Co. is interested in joining STT. We will also have a quick report from the research group

Nov 22, 6:30PM, in the SSU Nursing Conference Room.

Respectfully submitted: KC Grigsby, Recording Secretary



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