M A I N E P H A R M A C Y ASSOCIATION

JulyMeeting

Minutes

July 9, 2014

10:00AM

Attendees: Mac McCall, Lisa Martin, Laurie Roscoe, Larry Lamie, Cassandra White, Linda Earley

Agenda

  1. Minutes from June Meeting
  2. No quorum – will carry over until August meeting for review and approval of June minutes.
  3. Treasurer’s Report (Eric)
  4. Eric is not available. No reports provided from Cathy yet for this month since it is so early in the month. Will carry over until next month
  5. Awards (Lisa)
  • Lisa reviewed that 2 awards needed to be finalized. The first award was the Distinguished Young Pharmacist award. The nomination received was for Sarah Vincent. Her qualifications were discussed. Motion made to award to Sarah was Seconded and Approved. The next award was for the Excellence in Innovation Award. The nomination and qualifications for Lisa Darling were discussed. – Motion made to award to Lisa was Seconded and Approved.

Lisa will contact the award winners and invite them and a guest to the awards banquet. Mac had mentioned to Mark that he needs to be sure he attends in the Fall, but did not tell him of the award. He would like to keep it a surprise because of the award. Mac will contact the 2 recipients of the 50 year service awards, John Hebert Sr and John Bastey. Linda will order the clocks and submit the paper work to national for the awards.

  • Scholarships are Due July 31. They will be awarded at our next meeting.
  1. Conventions:
  2. Fall 2014 – September 5-7 – Hollywood Casino, Bangor, ME

Website is clear and seems to be working. Pauline is on track for CEs and getting ACPE numbers. Facility is all booked. Brochures will be mailed on July 9, 2014. Already had someone sign up for immunization.

Details will be finalized at the August meeting.

  • Spring 2015 – March 20-22, 2015 – Hilton Garden Inn, Freeport, ME
  1. Golf Tournament (Laurie)
  2. Everything is all booked for the golf tourney, prizes and gifts are all ordered.
  3. Laurie has reached out to past hole sponsors. She has confirmation from some, but really needs help soliciting more. Mac has/will reach out to Community Pharmacy, Apothecary by Design, and Walgreens. Cassie will follow up with Husson. The flyer will be going out with the Fall Convention Brochure.
  4. Currently has about 22 golfers committed. Again, would like to get some more golfers to play.
  5. Mulligans/Strings will be sold the day of the event. Mac will help with the sales.
  6. Signs are saved from last year. Linda will work with Laurie to let her know what payments come in.
  7. Linda will work on the snack bags and will get water for the day of the tourney. She will get these to Laurie along with the MPA sign and registration/check in list.
  1. Legislative Update /Board of Pharmacy (Mac & Greg)
  2. No Updates
  1. Membership Committee (Laurie)
  2. No Updates
  1. Education ( ? )
  2. No Updates
  1. MPA Office Report (Linda)
  • Linda asked about the procedure for officer nominations. A ballot will be sent to membership to vote for the president and vice president positions. Linda will work with Eric to create the ballot and include the bylaw changes presented at the Spring membership meeting. Linda will send an email to the nominees to see if they accept the nomination.
  1. Website Update (Mac/Linda)
  • No Updates
  1. Technician Committee & Facebook report (Candy)
  • No Updates
  1. Sesquicentennial for MPA 2017
  • No Updates
  1. Next Meeting: August 6, 2014 at 10:00am.