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Board Meeting Minutes 2008
Below are the 2008 Board Meeting Minutes for your review.
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Central San Joaquin Valley Chapter AORN
Central San Joaquin Valley Chapter AORN
November 12, 2008
Board Meeting Minutes
Attendants: See attendance roster.
Meeting called to order at 1920 by President Kris Scaffidi.
Announcements:
No announcements
Minutes:
Motion was made by Rhonda second by Joyce H. September minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s report:
Lydia Miller presented the Board with a report. Report is available upon request. If you need reimbursement, write reason for expense, sign it and turn it in to Lydia.
Membership:
Per last AORN count – 179.
Discussion about be presenting chapter involvement at the area educator’s meeting next week. Mary Jane, Kris and Sandy will attend. Mary Jane did an excellent job greeting attendees at the education session tonight. Recommendation to continue with that practice. She also gave each attendee a piece of candy with the chapter website information attached.
Nominating Committee:
The Task force is setting a meeting and will bring recommendations and ideas back to the Board in Dec. Ligaya, Lydia, Mary Jane, Dawn, JoAnne H.
Ways and Means:
We are unable to use the Shriners facility. Kris will investigate several other facilities.
Education:
A. There will not be an education offering in December. The December meeting will be a Christmas social, place TBD. There will be a couple of locations sent out via e-mail for members to vote on. We will have a $10 ornament exchange.
B. The Spring workshop continues to develop. Four – five vendors have verbally committed for tables. There are twenty vendor spots available. If you know of any vendor that is interested, contact Kris for more information. A vendor letter is being developed.
1) One of the committed speakers is from back east and will present sterilization modalities.
Open House:
Rhonda reported there have been ads in the Fresno Bee. Discussion involved possible room set-ups. There will be an SPD area and a hand hygiene station. Cookies donated so far from Stortz and Medtronic. Kris will get the drinks. A motion was made and passed to buy lunch for the workers.
Scholarships:
There is one applicant. The Scholarship committee will meet after the Open House to review the application.
Legislative:
ORNCC is planning to make a float form the 2010 Rose Bowl Parade. The Grand Marshall is an RN. Members are reminded to join ORNCC. Membership is $40/year. Check the ORNCC website for scholarship information. The next meeting is in Burbank February 2009.
Website:
There were some problems with the server and Domain. This has been rectified. The Board needs to discuss transfer of these two website configurations at the change of members
Delegates
1. Dawn Labiak
2. Kris Scaffidi
3. Rhonda Fuller
4/5. Ligaya Elizondo/Mary Jane McClain tied
6. JoAnn Heizenrider
Discussion as to costs, possible reimbursements to delegates and availability of delegates to attend. Sandy and Joyce declined to attend. Discussion as to how many to send and how much monies to give each delegate. A motion was made and passed to limit the total expenditure to $4500, to be divided among the delegates. After much discussion, it was decided to table the discussion until the Dec Board meeting. Each delegate needs to respond whether they could attend, at that meeting.
Old Business:
1. Proposed changes to the policies & bylaws were approved by a majority vote. Sandy will submit the Bylaws to National. After approval both Bylaws and Policies will be posted on the website.
2. The Murder Mystery winner is claiming their prize. Anyone interested in helping with the dinner/presentation let Kris know.
New Business:
None.
Meeting adjourned at 2030 by President Kris Scaffidi
Respectfully submitted:
Sandra Gill, Secretary
Minutes subject to approval at next Board meeting.
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Central San Joaquin Valley Chapter AORN
Central San Joaquin Valley Chapter AORN
October 8, 2008
Board Meeting Minutes
Attendants: See attendance roster.
Meeting called to order at 1810 by President Kris Scaffidi.
Announcements:
National announced there were two scholarship winners from our chapter. Rhonda Fuller, Vice President and Cassandra Alonzo, a nursing
student. Cassabdra works as a surgical tech at Saint Agnes Medical Center.
Minutes:
Motion was made by Terri second by Joyce H. September minutes were approved.
Treasurer’s report:
Lydia Miller presented the Board with a report. Report is available upon request. If you need reimbursement, write reason for expense,
sign it and turn it in to Lydia.
Membership:
Per last AORN count – 193.
Discussion and recommendation to do a membership drive during OR Nurse Week with a free year membership to the winner. Membership will
be presented at the area educator’s meeting. MaryJane will develop a list of contacts for the hospitals where she places her ST
students. Discussion continued with nominating committee issues.
Nominating Committee:
Ligaya has contacted some facilities to evaluate interest in members running for the Board. She focused on those facilities that
currently are not represented. Recommendations:
1. Have a greeter at the door for all CE meetings, Open House, workshops.
2. Board members to wear identification pins for all functions.
3. Each Board member meet attendees one-on-one.
4. Have a contact card available.
5. Story board at the Open House.
6. Task force to develop recommendations: Ligaya, Lydia, Mary Jane, Dawn, JoAnne H.
Ways and Means:
A. Fund raiser dinner ideas
1. Italian dessert contest with back up plan - COSCO cakes.
2. "Hospital Idol” staff from each facility could have talent for a contest.
A. Terri & Kris will mock up a recruitment poster for talent.
B. Who will be the judges?
3. Mary Jane will check on the Shriner facility for available dates in Feb., March & April.
B. The chapter still has some Lucinda pins. It was decided not to purchase any more at this time.
C. It was discussed and decided to table the table purse holders at this time.
D. Chapter magnets are here. Discussion at next meeting as to who & how to distribute.
Education:
The fall workshop has been cancelled. Speakers had cancelled due to conflicts. It was agreed there is not enough time to put together
a CE presentation for Oct. Recommendations:
1. Begin work on the fall workshop no later then July to allow for speakers, flyer distribution, etc.
2. Have a regular CE meeting in October since it has been difficult to get a workshop organized in the fall.
3. Sandy will post a notice on the web that the workshop has been cancelled.
Spring workshop is being organized. The committee is working on getting national speakers. It will focus on regulator issues. The plan
right now is to get speakers from Joint Commission, DHS, CDC, etc. CCSA and APIC would like to be involved. April 18 is the tentative
date pending room confirmation. Vendors participation will be encouraged.
The November CE offering is at Kaiser. Ligaya and JoAnne will have the flyer ready by next week. It will be sent to the Board and Sandy for posting on the website.
Open House
Rhonda reported that she is working with Dee at Summit Surgical. Dee will work on the publicity. There will be a hand washing station.
Discussion involved contacting CEI to see if they want to participate. Rhonda will contact Cheryl Davies at CEI. There will be a
planning session Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2pm at the Starbucks on Willow and Herndon. All who are able should attend.
Scholarships:
No applications to date. Deadline is November 1, 2008.
Legislative:
No one attended the October 4 meeting.
Website:
The newsletter section will be removed.
Delegates
The following members were identified as possible delegates in order of points:
1. Dawn Labiak
2. Kris Scaffidi
3. Rhonda Fuller
4. Sandy Gill
5. Joyce Halt
6. Ligaya Elizondo/Mary Jane McClain tied
Discussion as to costs, possible reimbursements to delegates and availability of delegates to attend. Discussion was tabled until the
Nov meeting. Lydia will investigate hotel and airfare costs.
Old Business:
None
New Business:
None
Meeting adjourned at 2025 by President Kris Scaffidi
Respectfully submitted:
Sandra Gill, Secretary
Minutes subject to approval at next Board meeting.
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Central San Joaquin Valley Chapter AORN
Central San Joaquin Valley Chapter AORN
September 10, 2008
Board Meeting Minutes
Attendants: See attendance roster.
Meeting called to order at 1910 by President Kris Scaffidi.
Announcements:
Kris announced there are 6 delegate slots for this year’s Congress. Points are being compiled. Point sheets had to be turned in
to Rhonda Fuller by August 1. No more point sheets will be accepted and Rhonda will present the results at the October meeting.
Minutes:
There were no minutes from the Strategic planning day.
Treasurer’s report:
Lydia Miller presented the Board with a report. Report is available upon request. If you need reimbursement, write reason for expense, sign it and turn it in to Lydia.
Membership:
Per last AORN count – 193.
Discussion and recommendation to do a membership drive during OR Nurse Week with a free year membership to the winner. Discussion tabled until October meeting
Nominating Committee:
Discussion as to how to get more nominees for the positions that will be open. Also, the need to find a President-Elect as soon as possible. One suggestion was to recruit at the Open House. A plan will be developed by the Nominating Committee lead by Ligaya and presented at the October Board meeting.
Ways and Means:
A. Fund raiser dinner ideas
1. Recommendation by Kris to scale the event down. We do not make the amount we need to when looking at the time and monies invested. Discussion:
2. Hold the event at the Shriners lodge
3. Have an Italian theme with spaghetti and meatballs
4. Rick DeCarlo to play for entertainment
5. Each facility donate a basket for a raffle in lieu of a sponsorship
6. Continue with the sponsorships
7. Solicit donated items Instead of a silent auction, raffle off all donated items
B. The chapter still has some Lucinda pins. It was decided not to purchase any more at this time.
C. Mary Jane has proposed table purse holders. Cost is being investigated.
D. Chapter magnets
1. A motion was made by Dawn & seconded by Rhonda to purchase more chapter magnets for distribution to new members. Motion passed.
Education:
The fall workshop will be on urology. A half day session. Rhonda is working on a place and speaker details.
Scholarships:
No applications to date.
Legislative:
ORNCC meeting is October 4. Dawn and Tonya volunteered to attend for the chapter. Joyce H. made a motion to send them. Rhonda seconded. Motion passed.
Website:
Old items have been deleted. Updates are posted. The hospital representatives need to be updated. The committee chairs will also be updated by the next meeting. Suggestion that committee sign up sheets and hospital reps sheet be taken to each meeting for members to sign up.
Old Business:
None
New Business:
The Spring workshop is tentatively scheduled for the first or second weekend in April.
The CCSA would like to become more involved in the chapter activities. Cheron would be the main contact.
Discussion about activities during Periop Nurse Week. More discussion at October meeting
The October Board meeting will be at the VA at 6pm.
Meeting adjourned at 2025 by President Kris Scaffidi
Respectfully submitted:
Sandra Gill, Secretary
Minutes subject to approval at next Board meeting.
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