Kappa Tau Board Meeting Agenda

August 17, 20106 pm

Ann Laramee’s Home

Ann Laramee, President / Hendrika (Rycki) Maltby, Leadership Succession
Ruby Merali, President-Elect / Louise Moon-Rosales, Leadership Succession
Sally Kerschner, Vice President / Mary Botter, Leadership Succession
Alexis Ressler, Secretary / Jean Beatson, Governance Committee Chair
Annie Parker, Leadership Succession Chair / Julie Jones, Governance Committee
Karen McKenny , Treasurer / Christina Melvin, Faculty Counselor Chair
Cathy Muskus, Faculty Counselor / Mari Cordes, Newsletter Editor
Vicki Torsch, Awards Chair / Gene Hicks, Membership Taskforce Chair
Agenda Items / Presenter / Time
Topic 1
  • Intro – recognize all board members and quests
  • Special Recognition of Past Officers and Presidents
/ All / 5 min
Topic 2
  • Committee chairs recognition
  • Awards
  • Programming
  • Communications
  • Global Initiative
  • Membership Involvement
/ All
Vicki Torsch
Sally Kerschner
Mari Cordes
Rycki Maltby
Gene Hicks / 10 min
Topic 3
  • Job descriptions of all board members
/ All / 10min.
Topic 4
  • Strategic Vision for next 2 yrs – Review draft
  • Goals and objectives
Need / All / 20 min
Topic 5
Board meeting dates for the year
Event dates – Symposium, induction, annual mtg, research night, global initiative, heart of leadership / All / 20 min
Topic 6
  • Leadership Summit Sept 24-25
  • Chapter Key Award – facilitator?
  • Symposium amt to support?
  • Move accounts to NEFCU
  • Budget needed
/ All / 20 min
Topic 7
Other – ??
Health Care reform and NP workforce / Sally
All / 10 min
Close
Summary
Action Items
Next Steps / 5 min
Action Items / Due By / Assigned to:
1. Description of action
2.

Meeting Decisions & Notes:

Topic 1:

  • Introductions done
  • Participated in Julie’s activity – Chapter Leader Quiz

Topic 2:

  • Awards chair: Vicki Torsch nominated for United Way Hometown Hero award (include for Chapter Key Award)
  • Communication chair was clarified and is Mari Cordes
  • Awaiting volunteer to chair the governance committee – Christina nominated!!
  • Reviewed student induction criteria, top 35%, unfair?, consider adding something in bylaws – exception clause available. Faculty to identify potential students in “gray” area.

Topic 3:

  • All board members - When your term is up, save any data you may have to a flash drive to pass along to the next person. Share documents that have been helpful to you and those you have created.

Topic 4: Strategic Vision:

  • Reviewed draft – build from last years format and includes President’s Call to Action items: Creating Welcoming Environment, Enhancing Knowledge Research and Networking, Contributing to Global Health, Creating a Legacy of Personal Leadership.
  • Want to focus on research this year, local and regional
  • Remember to promote that there is money available for research
  • Discussed research group at FAHC (i.e. EBP group)
  • Discussed ways to encourage FAHC RNs to do research formally
  • Mentoring is important, but try to use structures that are already in place.
  • Need to educate about research
  • Need Community Service plan – walks, volunteer Ronald Mc Donald house?
  • Committee members could include their research strengths in a newsletter or on the website. Send out a survey monkey asking for this information
  • Should have a Kappa Tau table at the symposium, should also include opportunities for leadership succession, committee help, assistance with silent auction, etc.(these opportunities should also be in place at induction
  • Consider developing a scholarship/funding for graduate students projects/thesis
  • Discussed offering a “research consult” at the FAHC Knowledge Fair
  • Also want to focus on global health, but need more structure around involvement, what specifically will be support in this area, how much will we focus our budget on this
  • Mari and Rycki will send 2 measurable goals to Ann regarding global health initiatives
  • Gene has a list of inactive members, but Ann needs to send an updated list. Gene will begin to reach out to them
  • 2 newsletters per year is enough (aim for Dec/May editions), newsletter input is needed
  • Webpage issues: Wendy our web master needs to be paid to manage this, additional software is needed. Ann will research what would be a reasonable amt.
  • Secretary will manage email communications for the board

Topic 5:

  • Board meeting September 16, 5pm
  • Induction possibly October 17th, 11am, speaking TBD Julie will ask Becky Bell.
  • Research Symposium November 5 and 6
  • Board meeting November 17th, 5pm
  • Board meeting January 20, 5pm; also Research night (possibly Betty Rambur to speak)
  • Heart of Leadership dinner February 9th
  • Board meeting March 16th, 5pm; Global initiative 6pm
  • Board meeting April 13th, 5pm
  • Annual Meeting possibly May 5th, speaker TBD, consider Billie Brown

Topic 6:

  • Need to create a budget this year
  • Leadership summit September 24 and 25, Ann and Julie going, possibly Karen and/or Annie
  • Gene made a motion to transfer Kappa Tau funds from Citizens bank to New England Federal credit union. This motion passed. We also need to change the system so that dues get automatically transferred to the new account.
  • Continue to remind members that information is needed for Chapter Key Award; Louise and Julie will facilitate
  • How much should Kappa Tau give to research symposium. Decided to match last year’s gift, which was $1,000
  • Bylaws Review – Governance committee to do this year.
  • Silent Auction – Ruby agreed to mentor and groom a new person to take over but will do the auction this year.

Miscellaneous:

  • Suicide walk October 2nd, join Team Andrew
  • MS walk in April
  • Can donate food items to Julie’s neighborhood food shelf/senior center
  • Consider volunteering at Open Door Clinic
  • Karen needs her email information updated because she is not receiving information – update list serve email list – who can do?