National Association of Health Unit Coordinators

Board of Directors Meeting

August 2010

Denver, Colorado

 

August 1, 2010

 

Members Present:

 

Juliann Olsen                                        President

Sandy Geter                                          President-Elect

Sandy Ayres                                         Treasurer

Nadine Stratford                                   Region 1 Representative

Sara Brown                                            Region 3 Representative

Betty Lamb                                            Certification Board Director

Linda Winslow                            Education Board Director

 

The NAHUC President, Juliann Olsen, called the meeting to order at 7:35 P.M.

 

The following individuals observed the meeting:

               

Patty Rice, PNR - NAHUC Office

 

Items of interest:

  1. Letter from Velma Kerschner.
  2. Gavel – Juliann has the gavel.

 

Linda Winslow was assigned to be the action assignment recorder for August 2010 meetings.

Sandy Ayres was assigned to take minutes for August 2010 meetings.

 

Motion # 1            Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the Agenda of the Summer 2010 Board of Directors meeting.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 2            Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the minutes for the Winter 2010 Board of Directors meeting.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion  # 3           Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the Treasurers’ report for fiscal year May 2009 – April 2010.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion  # 4           Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept Region Representatives 1,2,3,4,5 and 6, Certification Board, and Education Board reports.  Also accept the following committee reports:  Archives, Awards, Bylaws/Policy, Chapters, Membership, Ethics, Fiscal Affairs, Marketing/PR, Program, and CPOE Committees reports, and the attachments are made part of the minutes:

 

                Region #1, 2, 5                                      attachment # 1

                Region #3, 4, 6                                      attachment # 2

                Certification                                          attachment # 3

                Education                                              attachment # 4

                Archives                                                attachment # 5

Awards                                                  attachment # 6

Bylaw/Policy                                         attachment # 7

Chapters                                                                attachment # 8

Membership                                          attachment # 9

Ethics                                                     attachment # 10

Fiscal Affairs                                        attachment # 11

Marketing/PR                                       attachment # 12

                Program                                                 attachment # 13

CPOE                                                      attachment # 14

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 5            Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion decided to dissolve the following chapters:

  1. Southeast Georgia Educational Chapter
  2. Coastal Cardinal Carolina Chapter
  3. Fraser Valley Chapter
  4. Cleveland Trailblazers
  5. Central New York CHUCs
  6. Kokopelli Chapter

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 6            Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided the 2014 conference will be in Minneapolis, MN.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 7            Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Geter, and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to adjourn the meeting at 9:27 P.M. and reconvene at 8:30 A.M. on August 2, 2010.

                                                   

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0. 

 

 

 

 

August 2, 2010

 

Members Present:

 

Juliann Olsen                                        President

Sandy Geter                                          President-Elect

Sandy Ayres                                         Treasurer

Nadine Stratford                                   Region 1 Representative

Sara Brown                                            Region 3 Representative

Betty Lamb                                            Certification Board Director

Linda Winslow                            Education Board Director

 

The NAHUC President, Juliann Olsen, called the meeting to order at 8:45 A.M.

 

The following individuals observed the meeting:

               

Patty Rice, PNR - NAHUC Office

 

Motion # 8            Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the following Article changes to the NAHUC Bylaws (see attachments for details), upon NAHUC Attorney approval:

 

Article 2 Members:

Membership                                                                          2.1.a. additional information

                                                                                                2.1.f. new point

Voting Privileges                                                                  2.3.a. additional information

General Assembly                                                                2.4.a.  new information

 

Article 3 Board of Directors Functions

Schedule of Meetings                                                         3.6 divided into points, new information

Notice of Meetings                                                              3.7 new information

Rules                                                                                      3.10 delete

Compensation                                                                      3.11 re-numbered to 3.10

Action without Meeting                                                     3.12 re-numbered to 3.11

Voting                                                                                    3.13 re-numbered to 3.12

 

Article 4 Board of Directors                                               Re-titled “Board of Directors-Officers”

Number of Officers                                                              4.1 new information

Election and Term of Office                                                4.2 new information

Qualifications of Officers                                                    4.3 re-numbered, information moved from end of article

President                                                                               4.4 re-numbered, new information

Vice President                                                                       4.5 re-numbered, new information

Secretary/Treasurer                                                             4.6 re-numbered, new information

Removal                                                                 4.7 delete additional point (a)

 

Article 5 Members of Board of Directors

Number of Members                                                            5.1 new information

Election, Term of Office, Qualifications                            5.2 new information

Qualifications of Members                                                 5.3 new information

Removal                                                                 5.4 re-numbered

Communication Director                                                     5.5 new point, information

Membership Director                                                          5.6 new point, information

Certification Director                                                           5.7 new point, information

Education Director                                                               5.8 new point, information

 

Article 6 Committees/Boards

Executive Committee                                                           6.1 delete

Committees of the Board                                                    6.1 re-number, information moved to Article 5.7, 5.8

Standing Committees                                                          6.2 re-numbered

Other Committees                                                                6.3 re-numbered

 

Article 10 Notices                                                                10.1 new information

 

Article 13 Affiliated Chapters

                                                                                                13.2 deleted

                                                                                                13.3 new information

                                                                                                13.5 new information

                                                                                                13.7 delete

 

NAHUC Bylaws                                   Attachment # 15

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0. 

 

Motion # 9            Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford, and seconded by Sandy Ayres, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a ten-minute break.

 

The vote was Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstained: 0          Nadine was out of room

 

Motion # 10          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept job descriptions as presented for the restructure plan effective date 8/2/2010.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 11          Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Geter, and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to adjourn the meeting at 1:00 P.M. and reconvene at 8:30 A.M. on August 3, 2010.

                                                   

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0. 

 

 

 

 

August 3, 2010

 

Members Present:

 

Juliann Olsen                                        President

Sandy Geter                                          President-Elect

Sandy Ayres                                         Treasurer

Nadine Stratford                                   Region 1 Representative

Sara Brown                                            Region 3 Representative

Betty Lamb                                            Certification Board Director

Linda Winslow                            Education Board Director

 

The NAHUC President, Juliann Olsen, called the meeting to order at 8:35 A.M.

 

The following individuals observed the meeting:

               

Patty Rice, PNR - NAHUC Office

 

Motion # 12          Upon a motion duly made by Sandy Ayres and seconded by Linda Winslow, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, approve the appointment of Sandra Geter to the position of Vice President.

 

The vote was Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstained: 1- Reason for abstaining: Sandra Geter, conflict of interest.

 

Motion # 13          Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford and seconded by Linda Winslow, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, approve the appointment of Sandra Ayres to the position of Secretary/Treasurer.

 

The vote was Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstained: 1- Reason for abstaining: Sandra Ayres, conflict of interest.

 

Motion # 14          Upon a motion duly made by Betty Lamb and seconded by Linda Winslow, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, approve the appointment of Sara Brown to the position of Membership Director.

 

The vote was Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstained: 1- Reason for abstaining: Sara Brown, conflict of interest.

 

Motion # 15          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, approve the appointment of Nadine Stratford to the position of Communication Director.

 

The vote was Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstained: 1- Reason for abstaining: Nadine Stratford, conflict of interest.

 

Motion # 16          Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Ayres and seconded by Nadine Stratford, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to approve a new election cycle as following:

2010 – no election

2011 – election of Vice President, Secretary/Treasurer

2012 – election of President, Communication Director, Membership Director

2013 – no election, appointments of Certification Board Director and Education Board Director

Thereafter, repeat the 3-year cycle.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 17          Upon a motion duly made by Betty Lamb, and seconded by Linda Winslow, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a 15-minute break.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

The following individuals observed the meeting:

               

Marilyn Morin, Virginia

Patricia Antonovich, Texas

 

Motion # 18          Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford and seconded by Linda Winslow, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to re-organize the standing committees as follows:

 

  1. Archives (Chair: Vice President)
  2. Awards (Chair: Membership Director)
  3. Ethics (Independent)
  4. Fiscal Affairs (Chair: Secretary/Treasurer)
  5. Marketing (Chair: Vice President)
    1. CPOE – ad hoc
  6. Membership (Chair: Membership Director)
  7. Nominating (Chair: Membership Director)
  8. Program (Chair: President, Secretary/Treasurer, Education Board Director)
  9. Publication (Chair: Communication Director)

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 19          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion decided to accept application of Damarys Pellot and appoint her to the Membership Committee.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 20          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to re-align the Bylaw Committee to the Vice President and the Chapter Committee to the Membership Director.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 21          Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion decided to waive the fee for Chapter tables for conference 2011.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 22          Upon a motion duly made by Sandy Ayres and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion decided to take a 40-minute break for lunch.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 23          Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Geter and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion decided to increase the conference fees – early bird fee to $225 and increase each fee tier by $30 starting with the conference in 2011.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

Motion # 24          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown, and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a 15-minute break.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0.

 

The following individuals observed the meeting:

               

Karen Clements, Wisconsin

 

Motion # 25          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to adjourn the meeting at 3:30 P.M. and re-adjourn on August 6, 2010 at 3:30 P.M.

                                                   

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0. 

 

 

 

 

August 6, 2010

 

Members Present:

 

Juliann Olsen                                        President

Sandy Geter                                          Vice President

Sandy Ayres                                         Secretary/Treasurer

Nadine Stratford                                   Communication Director

Sara Brown                                            Membership Director

Betty Lamb                                            Certification Board Director

Linda Winslow                            Education Board Director

 

The NAHUC President, Juliann Olsen, called the meeting to order at 3:50 P.M.

 

The following individuals observed the meeting:

               

Patty Rice, PNR - NAHUC Office

Karen Clements, Wisconsin

 

Motion # 26          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to add two additional vacation days to the PNR contract for 2010/2011 contract year and each following year.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0. 

 

Motion # 27          Upon a motion duly made by Sandy Ayres and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to adjourn the meeting.

 

The vote was Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstained: 0. 

 

Meeting adjourned at 5:15 P.M.

 

Respectfully submitted by,

 

 

___________________________                                

Sandra Ayres, CHUC                                                         

NAHUC Secretary/Treasurer                                                            

 

 

Approved for Publication by,           

 

 

___________________________                                

Juliann Olsen, CHUC                                                          

NAHUC President