LAMBDA RHO CHAPTER AT LARGE of SIGMA THETA TAU INTERNATIONAL

BOARD MEETING MINUTES

Date: July 25, 2006

MEMBERS ATTENDING: President Joy McConnell, Vice President UNF Linda Connelly, Vice President JU Leigh Hart, Treasurer Debi Wagner, Secretary Connie Roush, JU, JU counselors Michelle Edmonds & Jeane Richards, UNF Counselor Judy Comeaux

TOPIC / DISCUSSION / RECOMMENDATION / FOLLOW-UP
Call to order / Called to order at 4:40 pm
Approval of Minutes / Minutes from July 25, 2006 approved. / Send minutes to Cathy Hough at for website and to Barb Kruger at for newsletter / Connie will send the minutes.
Officers Reports
President / Board members contact list / Asked for updates, corrections / Given to Connie / Connie will make changes and send out to Board
Faculty Liaisons / Barb Olinzock provided flyers for Wine Tasting event. These were distributed among the Board Members to disseminate among area institutions. / Board members will disseminate flyers to area hospitals and facilities. / Joy to send to JU faculty and administration
Connie to send out to
New Member Orientation
tonight / Flyer and agenda sent. Little response
Schedule of Activities: BMC 1st Annual Research Meeting
9-29-06 / Dr. LaRochelle – inconsistent contact. Role not yet clear as to the responsibilities of Lambda Rho in co-sponsoring the event.
Members will work at registration table and Baptist will set up CEUs.
Dr. LaRochelle sent e-mail to Joy asking what we are going to contribute and asked if we would co-sponsor 2 other conferences:
Nov. 16, Thurs – all day – Hyperglycemic
May 18-19 (Fri and Sat) – Jean Watson – Caring and the Patient Experience
Linda C – we need to know their definition of co-sponsor / J. McConnell will send an email to Dr. LaRochelle to find out their definition of sponsorship and will send an email to Board members to determine if they would like to co-sponsor the other meetings.
Nursing Research Day Committee Flyer was sent to Board members. / Joy to follow up
Schedule of Activities: Fundraising event / Need at least 60 people to purchase tickets.
Discussed cost-benefit of holding event.
D. Wagner concerned because were in the red last year.
Linda and Jean – send out flyers to other programs and organizations e.g. FCCJ
Other ideas to disseminate – campus newsletters, nurse leaders group, physician groups / Send flyers to members as special invitation.
Talk it up to colleagues and other members.
D Wagner will not deposit checks until we see if we meet the quota.
Need to send to by Oct 10th
May cancel depending on response / Connie and Judy C. to send flyer to members on the list.
Region 7 conference / Jan 12-13 in Savannah
Sent 250.00 - silver contribution level comes with recognition and points.
Newsletter / Thanks to B. Kruger
? if new people on list.
CR sent new list to Barb
Joy e-mailed some to new grads from JU last / New inductees are on the current list.
Alzheimer’s Memory Walk / Coming up 11-4-06
? if SNA will be able to sponsor – just did Heart Walk
JU students re signing up independently / B Ahrens to follow up
Treasurer’s resport / D Wagner reported current status
No money yet from BMC for induction in Spring.
Confusion about where check was sent. D Wagner received check made out to BMC, not D. Wagner. BMC is sending another check to D. Wagner
Waiting for some dues money from STT for new inductees / See attachment:
D Wagner proposed policy:
In the future, will only accept payment in advance for functions. / D Wagner will continue to follow up with BMC payment and receipt of dues.
Secretary’s report / See minutes
Vice Presidents / No report
Counselors / Request from STT International for evaluation of electronic entry of new members.
D. Wagner – requires multiple steps and extended time
Would like list of new inductees, separate from roster of all members – need to categorize. / Counselors to complete survey
Governance / Jean here. No action
New Business
Chapter Key Award / J McConnell passed out list of member assignments ( see agenda)
Student Maricar Banya – recent JU graduate – to help with scrapbook and presentation
Will begin to put appendix together first to facilitate referral when writing
Questions about how to organize the process of scrapbook development
Linda reported that we received a Regional Excellence award.
Joy sent report of our activities to STT Region 7 newsletter. / Purchase crate for files to collect artifacts for scrapbook / All to gather artifacts
Joy to purchase a crate and folders
Joy, Barb O and Connie to attend ChapterLeaderAcademy before the next meeting and will accept Excellence Award
Professional Development / No report
Leadership Development / No report
Next Meeting / Oct 12 2006 4:30pm at UNF
Jan 25th at 3pm – at UNF to work on Chapter Key Award
Adjournment / Meeting adjourned at 5:30 pm.

Attachments: Sept 14 Meeting Agenda, Updated Roster of Executive Board members, Treasurer’s report.