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OSHNA Board Meeting 
19 September 2009

Ramstein, Germany

Call To Order: 10:11

Roll Call:  Victoria Kyte, Janean Linder, Margaret Barry, Jody Richmond, Lisa Okroi

Minutes of last meeting:  approved online by majority

Treasurer’s Report: 

Balanced at $4025.54, approximately $4000.00 after Soria sends receipts.

Contact Doll and Winter and change insurance to have Jody bonded as treasurer.   Bonding is included in insurance fee.  They will not bill each year.   Richmond will call to renew.

Richmond working on excel logs being broken up to be separated by year. 

Richmond is also working on getting online access for the OSHNA account.  Richmond is also checking on accepting credit card payments for conference fees. 

Richmond moves that we transfer our records to a program such as Quicken or Microsoft Money.  Barry Seconds.  All approved. 

Richmond suggests that OSHNA purchase a laptop and program so that will go to the person in the position of treasurer. 

Linder moves that the proceeds from the 2010 Conference basket auction be used to purchase a computer and software for the OSHNA board organizational management.  Vote approved, and motion carried.

**Complete and official balances may be viewed from the association books upon the request of any member in good standing.

Committee Reports: 

Membership Report: 

Barry was tasked to do a constitutional review and updating.  There is a clause that only a certain percentage should be non-ID holders in our organization that it be 50% of OSHNA membership.

Linder and Kyte will prepare an invitation for new DoDDs nurses to join OSHNA, President directs Okroi to send out invitations to the new nurses once the names are received.

Okroi will continue to send invitations to lapsed members.  Distribution list will be done per GoDaddy from OSHNA@oshna.org.

Historian:  Needs pictures of all of board members and pictures of last year’s conference.  At conference 2010, we will be taking pictures of outgoing/incoming board.

Newsletter:  Kyte will contact Sandy Chicowlas to remind stipend person get the article to newsletter editor, deadline for publication, projected publication date.

Parlimentarian:  Linder suggests inviting Robin Harvel to be our Parlimentarian.

Standards:  Prost-interested in working on issue of non-licensed personnel within DoDDs.

Website:  No report.

Education and Research:  No report

Old Business:  School nurse of the year applications are coming in late due to lack of Internet and not getting assistance from DoDDs.  We have had multiple nominations and membership status reviewed by the board. Those nominees that are members in good standing will be asked by the president to complete the SNY/NASN packet for review.

New Business:  Nurses being assigned to “other duties as assigned” discussed. 

Conference Planning:

Kyte suggests to Linder to send flyer to Dieke of conference schedule, flyer, and speakers.

Conference 2010:  Title: 

Receive, Review, Renew

Advancing School Nursing Practice

Three speakers discussed, a possible 4th with the Daisy Touch Foundation for breast self-examination.  Fourth speaker will come free of charge. 

 Two breakout sessions with DoDDs nurses and international nurses in one session, and for the 2nd session break up elementary/secondary nurses. 

Current Practice Elementary School Nursing/Current Practice Secondary

Current Practice DoDDs Nursing/Current Practice International Nursing

For the next survey at the end of conference ask the question:  Would you be willing to do a 3-day conference.

Linder will ask in the Digest for volunteers to do cover and name tags for the conference 2010.

Linder will provide the airfare in advance if a conference speaker requests it.

Conference Topics Discussed

Sex Ed

Emergency Pediatric care

Dances with Wolves

Conference Budget:

Budget expenses discussed.

Speakers discussed and cost discussed.

Barry moves that we charge a $225.00 for a conference fee for members to pay for 3 national speakers.  Richmond seconds the motion.  All in favor.  Motion carried.

Barry moves that conference registration fee of for 2010 for non-members to be set at $375.00. Second by Kyte.  All in favor.  Motion carried.

Next meetings agenda will include constitutional revisions.

Next Meeting:  7 November 2009; Ramstein 10am

Adjourned:  12:17

Minutes respectfully submitted by:

Elisabeth Okroi
OSHNA Secretary
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