Monthly Board Meeting

Date: 11/15/17

Location: Touro University Nevada

Meeting called to order: 5:32

Opening “Welcome Statement” from President

Adjustments & Approval of Meeting Minutes for October

Motion made by: Lacee

Seconded by: Cynthia

Leadership Reports
Secretary / Annie Guiliano
Present:
Yes No /
  • Support for Vegas Cares about Rare Kids 5K 2/18/18
  • NOTA will establish team and share on Facebook
  • Meeting schedule:
Month / Time / Location / Contact
November 21, 2017
CCSD Conference / 7:30am / 4500 W. Tropicana Avenue
Las Vegas, NV 89103
December 2017
No meeting
January 3, 2018
Conference Planning / TBA
January 17, 2018 / UMC
February 21, 2018 / Thrive
March 21, 2018 / Yesnick
April 18, 2018 / Mountain View
May 16, 2018
May 19, 2018
State Conference / NCEP
6375 W. Charleston Blvd.
Las Vegas, NV 89146
Northern District Chair / (Vacant)
Southern District Chair / Paula Koperniak Cook
Present:
Yes No / 46 Registered for CEU
Moving forward with remote CEU attendance.
Trial for GO TO MEETING went well.
Happy Hour after the Conference hosted by Zappos
December Town Hall with Zappos for adaptive clothing line
OTAC 2018 Spring Symposium
  • March 24-25, 2018, Crown Plaza, San Diego, Mission Valley, 2270 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108
  • Now Accepting Call for Proposals-Due December 7, 2017
Advertising
  • webmaster to manage the advertising to further automate the advertising procedures for NOTA.
  • Please look at information before the Jan 2018 Meeting for discussion and then we can vote on whether to purchase webmaster for advertising in Jan or Feb meeting

Membership / Edith Feld
Present:
Yes No / All good, no news
Treasurer / Linda Frasier
Present:
Yes No / Ending balance 8/31/17 $12,803.04
Income
  • Membership dues $219
  • CEU Event $1606.22
Ending balance 9/29/17 $14,409.26
$14,409.26+petty cash $116.60=$14,525.86
AOTA Representative Assembly (RA) / Ashley Fecht
Present:
Yes No / The Representative Assembly (RA) met online from October 23 to 27, 2017. The original consent agenda contained the Representative Assembly Leadership Committee (RALC) Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Commission on Education (COE) SOPs with three attachments for Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy Assistant, and Academic Fieldwork and Capstone Coordinators Academic Leadership Councils (OT-ALC, OTA-ALC, and AFWCC-ALC respectively), and Policy E. 13 (reaffirmation of commitment to occupation-based practice), as attachments to the report from the Bylaws, Policies, and Procedures Committee (BPPC), as well as two societal statements, one on theRole of Occupational Therapy in Disaster Preparednessand the otheronStress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorderfrom the RA Vice Speaker’s report.At the request of an RA member, the two societal statements and COE SOPs with attachments were removed from the consent agenda, and separate discussion threads were initiated during the meeting.
The action items then remaining on the consent agenda included only the RALC SOPs and Policy E.13. These were adopted by the Assembly. The outcome of voting on the items pulled off the consent agenda was as follows:
· Commission on Education SOPs and attachments for Academic Leadership Councils—adopted
· Societal statement onRole of Occupational Therapy in Disaster Preparedness—adopted
· Societal statement on Stress, Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder—adopted
The COE report also included a new document for RA approval:The Importance of Collaborative OT/OTA Intraprofessional Education in Occupational Therapy Curricula.This paper was adopted by the Assembly.
  • Finally, a member motion charging COE to develop a Standardized Evaluation Tool for OTD student performance during the Doctoral Experiential Component was also adopted by the Assembly.

Vice President / Cynthia Lau & Stephanie Anderson
Present:
Yes No / Encouraged members present to keep in mind locations for rotating board meeting locations.
Date needs to be coordinated with Ashley Fecht for student in-service
STATE CONFERENCE: May 19, 2018
The preconference planning meeting is Jan 3, 2018.
Cynthia is proposing that it be a potluck dinner.
It will be 6 pm. Location: Lacee or Cynthia’s home.
Ashley-needs to double confirm NCEP
President / LaceeBukoskey
Present:
Yes No / Henderson Convention Center for NOTA Conference charging $300 Vista Room, to hold 80 people, OT swag has arrived, plan to set up for credit card acceptance, hand-outs for conference will be investigated
Legislative / Mary Schmitz
Present:
Yes No / Image below

Community Comments
Comments/Plans/Tasks
Motions
Motion to: NOTA to pay for handouts for conference / Approved:
Yes
No / Plan: Cynthia to follow up
Motion to: NOTA to purchase a table runner with new logo / Approved:
Yes
No / Plan: Paula to order from Amazon
Motion to: Establish privacy and refund policy / Approved:
Yes
No / Plan: Annie to add to website
Motion to: Move board meeting to after in-services / Approved:
Yes
No / Plan: Board meeting to follow in-service going forward

Next Meeting Date: January 17, 2018 Time: 5:30pm

Location: UMC

Meeting adjourned at: 5:55pm