National Association
of Health Unit Coordinators
Board of Directors
Meeting
August 2010
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:
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:
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
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,
Patricia Antonovich,
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:
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,
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,
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,
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Sandra Ayres, CHUC
NAHUC Secretary/Treasurer
Approved for Publication by,
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Juliann Olsen, CHUC
NAHUC President