National Association of Health Unit Coordinators

Board of Directors Meeting

February 17, 2010

Henderson, Nevada

 

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

 

February 17, 2010

 

The NAHUC President, Juliann Olsen, called the meeting to order at 7:09 P.M.

 

The following individuals observed the meeting:

               

Patty Rice, PNR - NAHUC Office

Marilyn Morin, Region 5

 

Items of interest:

 

Update on the Face Book Account.  Membership is growing.

 

Update on NSF checks from Michael McKenzie.

 

Nadine Stratford was assigned to be the action assignment recorder for the Board of Directors meeting.

 

Juliann Olsen was assigned to take the minutes for the Board of Directors meeting.

 

Motion # 1                            Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford and seconded by Betty Lamb the NAHUC board of Directors decided to rescind motion #37 on the Summer 2009 Board of Directors meeting minutes.

 

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

 

Ethics Committee Chair, Pricilla Costin called in at 7:11 PM to review their recommendations to the NAHUC Board of Directors as per their report.

 

Motion # 2                            Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown and seconded by Sandy Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the Agenda of the Winter 2010 Board of Directors meeting with additions.   

 

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

 

Motion # 3                            Upon a motion duly made by Sandy Ayres and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the minutes for the Summer 2009 board meeting.

                                                                  

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

 

Motion  # 4                           Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Geter and seconded by Nadine Stratford, 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, CPOE, Ethics, Fiscal Affairs, Marketing, and Program, 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

CPOE                                                      attachment # 9

Ethics                                                     attachment # 10

Fiscal Affairs                                        attachment # 11

Marketing                                              attachment # 12

Membership                                          attachment # 13

                Program                                                 attachment # 14   

                                                 

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

 

Motion # 5                            Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Sandy Ayres, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to adjourn the meeting at 8:25 P.M. and re-adjourn at 8:30 A.M. on February 18, 2010

                                                   

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

 

February 18, 2010

 

The NAHUC President, Juliann Olsen, called the meeting to order at 8:39 A.M.

 

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 following individuals observed the meeting:

 

                Patty Rice, PNR - NAHUC Office

                Marilyn Morin – Region 5

                Eric Moeller – Loews Lake Las Vegas

                Randee Dickman – Loews Lake Las Vegas

 

Motion # 6                            Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford, and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to waive the table fee for chapters at the 2010 Conference in Denver.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 7                            Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, 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.

 

Eric Moeller and Randee Dickman from Loews Lake Las Vegas were invited to join us to discuss the 2011 Conference Details.   

 

Motion # 8                            Upon a motion duly made by Sandy Ayres, and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a 1 hour lunch break.

                                  

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

 

The meeting was called back to order at 2:33 P.M.

 

Gayle Rapoport from Conference Direct called in at 2:45 P.M. to discuss the use of her company to acquire contracts for hotels to hold the annual NAHUC educational conferences and her relationship with NAHUC.

 

Donna Kuhns from the Marketing/PR and CPOE Ad Hoc Committee called in at 3:34 P.M. to review their recommendations to the NAHUC Board of Directors as per their report.

 

Motion # 9                            Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Geter, and seconded by Sandy Ayres, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the CPOE position statement with modifications as submitted by the CPOE Ad Hoc committee.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 10                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a 15 minute break.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 11                          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown, and seconded by Linda Winslow, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to dissolve the Northeast Region Chapter.                                   

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

 

Motion # 12                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to cancel the American Express credit card account and replace it with AT &T Visa and Capital One Visa.  There are no annual fees for these cards.

 

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

 

Motion # 13                          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown, and seconded by Linda Winslow, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to adjourn the Board of Directors meeting at 6:27 P.M. and reconvene on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 at 8:30 A.M.

                                                  

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

 

 

February 19, 2010

 

The NAHUC President, Juliann Olsen, called the meeting to order at 8:34 A.M.

 

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 following individuals observed the meeting:

 

                Patty Rice, PNR - NAHUC Office

                Marilyn Morin – Region 5

 

Motion # 14                          Upon a motion duly made by Sandy Ayres, and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to budget up to $3000.00 to cover the education board meeting in April 2010.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 15                          Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Geter, and seconded by Nadine Stratford, the Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a 15 minute break.

.                                                 

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

 

The meeting was called back to order at 9:57 A.M.

 

Motion # 16                          Upon a motion duly made by Sandra Geter, and seconded by Nadine Stratford, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to affiliate the following chapters:

 

Houston Gulf Coast Chapter

Savannah Peach Connection Chapter

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 17                          Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford, and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to suspend the 2010 elections in order to facilitate the Board of Directors restructuring.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 18                          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown, and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to submit the restructuring plan as decided and be presented in the General Assembly in August 2010.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 19                          Upon a motion duly made by Nadine Stratford, and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a 75 minute lunch break.

 

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

 

The meeting was called back to order at 1:10 P.M.

 

Motion # 20                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to R reduce the vendor table fee to $250.00, and allow PNR to negotiate the fee as needed for the annual education conference.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 21                          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown, and seconded by Sandy Ayres, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to increase the dues for retired members to $20.00 to start May 1, 2010.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 22                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Nadine Stratford, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to decrease the membership renewal mailings to:

 

1.        Initial renewal notice before expiration date.

2.        Reminder postcard sometime after expiration date.

3.        Letter and survey 1 year after expiration date.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 23                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Nadine Stratford, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the 2010/2011 budget as presented.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 24                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Nadine Stratford, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept the adjusted 2009/2010 budget which includes $3000.00 to Education Board meeting.

                                                  

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

 

Motion # 25                          Upon a motion duly made by Sara Brown, and seconded by Betty Lamb, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to take a 10 minute break.

                                                  

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

 

The meeting was called back to order at 5:12 P.M.

 

Motion # 26                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Sandra Geter, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to appoint:

 

Lyndee Leavitt                                     Publication Committee                        5/1/10 – 4/30/12

Linda Roll                                              Awards Committee                              5/1/10 – 4/30/12

Karen Clements                                    Program Committee                              5/1/10 – 4/30/12

Linda Roll                                              Marketing/PR Committee                    5/1/10 – 4/30/12

Kathleen A. Zimbal                              Certification Board                               5/1/10 – 4/30/13

Deborah Bowman                                Chapters/State Committee                  5/1/10 – 4/30/12

Brenda Schreier                                    Program Committee                              5/1/10 – 4/30/12

Nadine Stratford                                   Bylaws/Policy Committee                   5/1/10 – 4/30/12

James E. Sivley                                     Ethics Committee                                 5/1/10 – 4/30/12

 

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

 

Motion # 27                          Upon a motion duly made by Linda Winslow, and seconded by Nadine Stratford, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to accept revisions to policies:

 

#706                        Reimbursement For Board of Directors Travel Expenses

#1801                      Ethics Committee

 

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

 

Motion # 28                          Upon a motion duly made by Sandy Geter, and seconded by Sara Brown, the NAHUC Board of Directors, after discussion, decided to adjourn the Winter 2010 NAHUC Board of Directors meeting and begin the Summer 2010 Board Meeting, August 1, 2010 in Denver, Colorado.

                                                                                                                                                           

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

 

Meeting adjourned at 7:05 P.M.                       

 

Respectfully submitted and Approved for Publication by,         

 

 

___________________________                                

Juliann Olsen, CHUC                                                          

NAHUC President