CBSPAN Board of Directors Meeting

September 30, 2005

 

 

I.                    Chesapeake Bay Board of Directors meeting was called to order by President Joy Reece at 7PM at the Jordan Center at St. Joseph Hospital in Towson Maryland.

 

II.                 Roll Call—signed attendance sheet

Susan Dorsey, President of Baltimore Chapter was introduced and thanked for obtaining Jordan Hall free of charge for the board meeting. Lori Crosby, ABPANC representative, was introduced as a guest.

 

III.               Officers Reports

 

A.    President—Joy Reece

Report was given on ASPAN communications. Joy had previously emailed the report to the board members and highlighted a few things at this meeting. The full report is attached.

 

Hail, Honor and Salute—all money in foundation account has been put in an escrow account for Hurricane Katrina Relief. The three southern states, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi, can get help from this fund for members.

 

Up and Comers—each member is encouraged to mentor, email and talk to potential new members.

 

Quilt Raffle—each district is to get 125 tickets for a total of 500 for the entire organization. The quilt squares depict the front cover of each of the ASPAN national meeting program covers. The tickets are $1 each.

 

National Conference will be held in 2005 in Orlando Florida.

 

ASPAN Leadership Development Institute report—Leadership primer was given at the conference, Joy made a copy of each board member and was handed out at this time.

 

B.     Secretary—Julianne Harp

Minute’s leadership need to change Diane to Tonya. Minutes were approved as corrected.

 

                 

C.    Treasurer’s Report—Connie Gull, excused

Report had been sent to members prior to the meeting, attached.

Members approved $500 donation to the ASPAN Katrina Fund.

 

D.    Representative General Assembly—report included in President’s report.

 

IV.              Committee Reports

 

A.    By Laws—Connie Gull, no report

B.     Membership—Tanya Spiering

CBSPAN currently has 412 members

C.    Seminar—Susan Dorsey reported that all speakers, facility, and lunch are free to the organization. Vendors have paid for their tables and accepting gifts for the silent auction. There are 97 registered and will be accepting walk-ins.

D.    Nominating—Shelly Joynes reported that we will be looking for a treasurer for next July. She thanked the officers for taking an office and for staying active in the organization.

E.     Marketing/ Newsletter--Kathy Paskewitz is looking for information for a template. Report attached.

F.     Webmaster—Kathy Paskewitz states that our program reports each website visit. There are missing pieces as we especially need credentials of those visiting. Report attached.

G.    Government affairs—Alida McDonald. See attached report.

H.    Ways and Means—Pat Sendelbach. See attached report.

I.       Historian—Betty Jo Wilson, excused. Looking for photos of National Conference and any chapter activities. Will bring photos to future meeting for identification.

J.       ABPANC—Lori Crosby brought greetings to the group. She spoke of Magnet status that is encouraging members to certify. There are now 168 Magnet hospitals. Members pointed out that the site for DC testing was not given in a timely manner. Also, that the ABPANC website needs updated. Our chapter would also like to have a list of those recertifying to recognize those nurses.

Lori stated that a special test site can be obtained with a total of 10 people. She also stated that a card comes 2 weeks before testing. Members suggested that this information come sooner.

Baltimore is getting a test site in April and November, 2006.

Secretary, Julianne Harp, asked about the possibility of having a special recognition for retirees that have been certified for many years. Western Maryland has a member who will be retiring next year and was in the first class taking the exam. Lori stated that there is no recognition for this group at the present time.

 

V.                 District Reports

 

A.    Baltimore—Susan Dorsey. Report attached. Correction number of people.

B.     DC—Pat Sendelbach. Report attached. Recommended Leadership Institute attendance to members.

C.    Eastern Shore—Maryann Sosnowski. Will send typed report. Reported that Peninsula General Hospital now has “Visique” which allows the patient to be monitored from the command center. Members are working to strengthen their organization. A shirt from an activity was presented to the President. There will be a Spring Seminar on Saturday, March 25 in Wilmington Delaware. Look on the Website for details.

D.    Western Maryland—Annamarie Wampole. Report attached. Membership correction to 33 and not 29 as reported.

 

VI.              Unfinished business

 

A.    Grant from Merck and Company for PONV, $1000 received

B.     Job Descriptions—View from the Leadership disc, will have a goal to complete by next July.

 

VII.            The Present (Business in Process)

 

A.    Nominations—none from Districts. Encourage each district to nominate someone. Scholarship and awards due dates for applications, etc, packet of paper must be to national by January 15. See Shelly for questions.

 

B.     Updated name, address, email list—Joy will update and send to Board members.

 

C.    Budget for 2005-2006 Line items appear in bold. Approved for this budget by Shelly Joynes and Susan Dorsey. Accept the proposed budget approved by Pat Sendelbach and Annamarie Wampole. All in favor.

 

D.    Date for Leadership Meeting is September 15-17, 2006. The theme will be publication and research. Joy recommends planning attendance.

 

VIII.         The Future (Planning)

 

A.    Membership dues increase—not due this year. ASPAN will let us know. They will be changing the brochure in 2 years.

 

B.     BOD retreat—President Reece talked about the possibility of a retreat for next July for Friday and Saturday. Members would work on the budget and strategic plan.

 

IX.              Announcements and Discussion

 

A.    Future Board meetings are listed on the agenda. Change the January date from 14 to 21.

B.     2007—25th Anniversary of CBSPAN. Will need to pick a committee to work on that at the January meeting. Bring names to the BOD meeting—will need 2 from each district.

 

C.    25th Anniversary Website information. Have minted 250 coins that will sell for $12.50, will not be done by National meeting.

 

D.    Fall Seminar 2006 will be hosted by Western Maryland. ABPANC has asked for date to get representative to our meeting. Discussion by the group to change the date of the seminar to the first week in November as there is less competition for other activities the beginning of November. Our membership is accustomed to an October meeting. Recommendation to Western Maryland to try for the third week in October, 2006.

 

X.                 The meeting was adjourned at 9:34 PM.

 

Submitted by,

 

Julianne F. Harp

Secretary