WISCONSIN CHAPTER:
SOCIETY FOR SOCIAL WORK LEADERSHIP
IN HEALTH CARE

Board Meeting Minutes

BOARD TELECONFERENCE BOARD MEETING
August 1, 2003

Members Present: Mary Jo Walsh, Amy Passow, Sharon Winter, Cindy Koehn, Linda
Rasmussen and Brian Theiler

1. The minutes of the last board meeting were approved.

2. Treasurer's Report by Amy was given. We have a balance of $5,786.91 in our account. At September meeting and when information on the November meeting is sent out it was suggested that a reminder about annual membership dues be made. The by-laws state that "members will receive notices of membership renewal and payment of dues from the treasurer by October 1st". A change in this date and a change in the by-laws will be revisited at the September Board Meeting. A discussion was held about offering a reduced membership rate for students. The by-laws were consulted. This will also be revisited at the September Board Meeting.

3. There have been no volunteers to have their names be put in consideration for the vacant president elect position. Some members had expressed that they did not feel they had the time to assume this role. We talked about rethinking the job responsibilities of this position, having co-president elects, and making a major appeal at the September chapter meeting. It was suggested that the need for this position to be filled soon be put on the web-site and/or send out an e-mail to the general membership regarding the duties of the president-elect and encouraging members to consider running for this office. We will also need to elect a new Treasurer to assume the office on January 1, 2004. Board members were encouraged to think about these issues to be revisited at the September Board Meeting.

4. Mary Jo reported that she had arranged to have JoAnn Lomax RN, MS do the afternoon education program at the September 12 chapter meeting. Her topic will be Cultural Competency in Working with Minority Groups in a Healthcare Setting.

5. Mary Jo and Sharon have had contact with representatives from ACME to discuss doing a collaborative program on case management for the November all day conference. We talked about some possible content areas that would be appealing and relevant to our membership. Mary Jo shared some break out session titles and abstracts from the national ACME conference. Mary Jo and Sharon will continue to talk to and plan the November meeting and bring back information and/or questions to the board as needed and it will be on the September Board Meeting agenda.

6. Mary Jo will be following up with Bob Miller regarding his interest in having people from Minnesota do a program on their statewide nursing home bed study.

7. The Executive Board needs to look at the Chapter By-Laws to review them and update them at least once every four years. It is time to meet this directive as identified in ARTICLE XI of the BY-LAWS. Each board member should peruse the by-laws and bring any recommendations for revisions or additions to the September Board Meeting.

8. The agenda for the September 12, 2003 meeting was set. Business meeting will be 9:00 AM-12:00 PM

-Welcome and Introduction
-NASW Update-Marc Herstand
-Treasurer's Report-Amy Passow
-Liaison Reports-WHA: Mike St. John and COP: Pat Anderson
-ACMA Update-Mary Jo Walsh
-Nominations/Bylaws Discussion-Sharon Winter
-Networking
-Reminder of next Chapter Meeting to be held on Friday, November 14, 2003

Education Program will be from 1:00-3:00 PM

The next Board Meeting will be Thursday, September 11 at 6:30 PM in Madison at Amy Passow's Home.

Respectfully Submitted by Linda Rasmussen LCSW,QCSW, Chapter Secretary

Respectfully Submitted,

Linda Rasmussen, Chapter Secretary