Minutes to the Regional Development and Membership Committee Conference Call
Date: 01/24/2007Start Time: 2:00 CST
Participants:
Sherry Dumford
Brad Lund
Scott Everson
Patrick Lukacs
Kathy Canny
Kyle Shupe
Emily Osetek
Diane Kennedy
Minutes:
- Patrick Lukacs was introduced and welcomed to the group as the new Chair of the Regional Development and Membership Committee. Scott Everson communicated that he would transition into the Treasurer position for HBMA. We all wish Scott the best in his new position and thank him for his service to the Regional Development and Membership Committee.
- The conference call schedule was reviewed and agreed upon. All conference calls will continue to be on the third Wednesday of every month at 12:00PST, 3:00 EST.
February 21st
March 21st – (Possible Reschedule based on Regional Chair Attendance at Spring Conference)
April 18th
May 16th
June 20th
July 18th
August 15th
September 19th(Possible Reschedule based on Regional Chair Attendance at Fall Conference)
October 17th – Tentative to cancel: Middle of Regional Meetings
November 21st
December 19th
- We discussed the status of adding the state-specific content to the HBMA website.
- We currently have 21 states covered with state volunteers though progress of gathering and posting the requested data has been slow. Alternative resources were discussed such as a graduate level student or a member company with an identifiable resource to perform the remaining research and post any previously gathered information to the HBMA website.
- Kathy communicated that once one begins the process for a state that the project of research and posting in not as overwhelming as it currently appears. One of her staff members invested approximately 90 minutes to the task for Illinois.
- Each Region Chair committed to completing their home state and will be prepared to share their experience and thoughts during the February 21st conference call.
- The regional meeting schedule printed in the January / February 2007 issue of Billing was reviewed. Necessary changes to the advertisement will be updated as changes for locations or dates occur.
- We discussed the number of meetings and the competition that exists for attendees with the growing popularity of webcasts, webinars, and audiocasts. The potential for meeting consolidation was also discussed and will be discussed further in upcoming meetings.
- We also reviewed the need to further discuss and decide on educational sessions to be offered during regional meetings.
- Non-renewing member worksheets were being resubmitted to those who did not receive them after our previous meeting. Upon completion the ‘HBMA Member Non-Renewal Report’ is to be completed for each company and is to be submitted to Brad Lund.
- It was requested that the outcomes for the committee from the Strategic Planning Session be made available to the committee members. Patrick will supply the committee members with this information as the final version was distributed at the most recent Board of Directors Meeting. This information will also be made available within the Board/Committee News section of the HBMA website.
- New Region Chair Orientation – Diane Kennedy communicated concerns over becoming acclimated with her new position and to certain portions of the HBMA website related to Region Development and Membership. Brad Lund committed to calling Diane to orient her to the HBMA website. If necessary, Brad would contact Patrick and Scott after the call.
- Our next committee call will be on Wednesday, February 21st at 12:00 (PST), 3:00 (EST)
The call was adjourned at approximately 3:00 CST.