WISCONSIN CHAPTER:
SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL WORK LEADERSHIP
IN HEALTH CARE
BOARD MEETING
APRIL 25, 2003
Location: UW Hospital-Madison
Members Present: Linda Rasmussen, Brian Theiler, Sharon Winter
1. 1/17/03 Minutes were reviewed and approved. Board meeting
minutes will be posted
on the web-site.
2. The checkbook balance is $5445.87. To follow up on the discussion from the 1/17/03 meeting regarding using chapter funds, the secretary informed the board that she would not utilize a lap top computer for chapter business at this time
3. Update on chapter meeting programs was presented. Mary
Jo is working on ACMA contacts for fall meeting. Brian will follow
up with Linda Briggs and Mary Jo about
June meeting on Advance Directives. If Linda were not available,
another contact would be Kevin Corrado. The Program Committee is currently Mary Jo Walsh and
Brenda Nelson. An additional program topic idea is Leadership
Skills.
4. SSWLHC currently has 77 members. This is an increase from last year. The education offerings were identified as a major plus in attracting and retaining members.
5. Sharon reported on The Health Policy Work Group. The group works on key legislative issues. They serve as the liaison between SSWLHC and NASW. Marc Herstand will continue to give a report at chapter meetings. Brian is involved in many Public Health Issues, and will continue to make updates on key issues at chapter meetings. It was decided that JACHO matters would be identified on the agenda of chapter business meetings in the future. The president elect chairs the Health Policy Work Group.
6. The new SSWLHC logo was approved. The web-site is up and running and looks good. We all agreed that Mike Passow did a great job. Registrations for chapter meetings via the site will be encouraged. By 2004, we will be sending out meeting reminders to members via their email address only. An update on the web-site will be put on the June chapter meeting agenda. Posting of job openings was agreed upon.
7. Sharon gave an update on the National Conference and The Chapter President’s Meeting. There was less attendance at the conference than last year. A few state chapters might be discontinued. The impact on NASW offering a Medical Social Worker “division” was discussed. Some states, like Florida continue to have active state chapters. Florida offers an award for Social Worker of the year. We discussed whether that might be something the Wisconsin chapter would like to do. An alternative could be profiling members. This would enable members to get to know each other and see the variety of backgrounds and experiences that are represented by our membership. Sharon will give an expanded report on the National Conference at the June chapter meeting.
8. Mary Jo will update us on the March 12 Lobby Day at a later date.
9. The WI-NASW Conference is May 7-9 in Madison. Mary Jo Walsh will be facilitating the Health Care BreakOut Session. Sharon will discuss with Mary Jo taking information off of our Home Page and printing it so that there would be information about our organization to distribute at the conference.
10. The Board needs to review the Chapter by-laws in 2003. Sharon will email board members copies of the by-laws for our perusal. We will discuss at a future board meeting and make recommendations for any changes to the whole membership.
11. Mike St. John is our representative to WHA. He is an advisory member to the Council of Medical and Professional Affairs. Their next meeting will be August 14, 2003.
12. Brian Theiler will be the NASW liaison to the legislative forum.
13. Sharon reported that a couple of her staff would be meeting with Social Workers in the northern part of the state for a fall meeting. It would be good to have a Board representative attend. This will be revisited and reviewed at the next meeting.
14. The agenda for the June 5, 2003 chapter business meeting was set. It will be forwarded to board members and posted on the web-site.
NEXT BOARD MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 1, 2003.
Submitted by Linda Rasmussen LCSW, QCSW
WI SSWLHC Chapter Secretary