Sigma Theta Tau International

Honor Society of Nursing

Kappa Mu Chapter

July 21, 2008 Minutes

Transition Meeting

Attendees: Stephanie Sulla (President), Karla Mees (Vice President), JoAnn White (Undergraduate Counselor), Laura Luna (Treasurer), Julie Ponto (Graduate Counselor), Diane Forsyth (Past Graduate Counselor), Diane Wrobleski (Chair of Leadership Succession Committee), and Linda Seppanen (Web Master), Julie Neumann (Secretary).

Agenda Item / Discussion Outcomes / Responsible Persons
Dinner/Discussion / Thank you to Stephanie for being the host of the 2008 Transition meeting. All enjoyed.
·  Stephanie updated members on the Annual Report that will be sent in August. Had previous 07 report to use as an example; now online to complete.
·  Laura L. provided update on finance; Chapter is in good standing with finances
·  Need to develop policy/procedure on the following:
o  Transition meeting
o  Induction
o  Program planning
o  Representation of Kappa Mu members attending conferences / All
New Officer Positions / Confirmed officer positions that are reflected in the table on the agenda. Officers were provided the orientation content for each role in hard copy that is also available on STTI web page with the intention of each officer to review responsibilities and update at next meeting.
Deb Jefferson to be contacted to involve in program planning.
Donna Dunn to be contacted to involve in leadership succession committee.
·  Also talked about how to involve students; there is an active SNA at WSU and is there a possibility of working with them to identify future member’s involvement. Could Kappa Mu do a presentation to this group? Encouraged WSU faculty to intentionally plan to talk about Kappa Mu throughout curriculum when fits as well as to be good role models for participation.
·  Via email Lola Johnson confirmed commitment to chair Governance Committee and be the Lead Counselor.
·  Jan Krabbel confirmed participation on Governance committee as well. / All
ByLaws / Linda S. reviewed/updated group on ByLaws and accepted. / All
Leadership Academy (Sept. 25-27) / Confirmed that Karla Mees and Julie Ponto will be attending. Early bird registration due by August 1. / Stephanie Sulla
Karla Mees and Julie Ponto
Server Storage / Linda S. to talk with Mary Ballard on this. Still no decision made on care of the member database. How to transfer files; place on flash drives? / Linda S.
Volunteering / Discussion that we have a relationship with Rochester HealthCare Rehab East and wish to continue. Karla still interested in coordinating experiences with them.
Talked about how new generation like to participate in volunteering and like to get T-Shirts
·  Could we budget for this item biannually for 2 volunteer events? / All
Web Site / Linda S. will continue to be web master and will provide scheduled updates. / Linda S.
Kappa Mu Poster / Julie Ponto to send Julie Neumann contact to accomplish this. Also have smaller posters made to post at WSU campus and WSU Rochester campus
Process / The night went well; good discussion

Parking Lot:

Ø  Web site readiness (Linda Seppanen)

http://www.winona.edu/nursing/kappamu/

Ø  Mentoring new members and officers (develop plan)

Ø  Scholarships (Diane W. and Karla identifying criteria)

o  Judith Kopper

o  http://www.nursingsociety.org/Chapters/Pages/clr_awards.aspx

o  Is there a need for a formal task force? Set a timeline/process to achieve biennial.

§  Practice

§  Education

§  Research

§  Other

·  In memory of previous student

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