GBANS Minutes 1-19-11

Jaunary 2011 Board Meeting Minutes 


GBANS Board Meeting

January 19, 2011

Agenda

I.      Call to Order – Allie – 1205p

·         Attendance:

o   Allie Dye

o   Katie J

o   Ashley Crumbley

o   Natasha Wijesooriya

o   Jaime Benator

o   Jason Walker

o   Megan Seston

o   Jamie Barrera

o   Amanda Davis

o   April Wright

o   Emily Gay

o   Kirsten Anderson

o   Camille Sterling

o   Lacresha Wilburn

o   Erica Thomson

o   Shala Smith

·         Contact Info Update

II.      Spring Board Meetings – Allie

·         February – 2/14/11

·         March – 3/15/11 (tentative) *Transition Meeting

·         April – Allie will get back on this.

III.      Spring Member Meetings – Allie

·         January – 1/31/11

·         February – 2/21/11 *Elections 2/28/11

·         March – 3/14/11 (Career Fair)

·         April – 4/25/11

IV.      NSNA Convention - Allie

·         April 6-10^th – Salt Lake City, UT “Defy Gravity: Reach New Nursing Summits!”

·         Visit this website to learn more: http://www.nsna.org/Meetings/AnnualConvention.aspx

·         Hotel Registration - $120-$188 + tax per night

o   Marriott Downtown is Headquarters Hotel: $175 + tax per night

o   https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_ei_new&eventID=3101788

·         Convention Registration – Advanced Registration: $100 (Mailed or postmarked by March 14^th or Online by March 21st). On site registration: $110. Daily rate: $60.

·         Flights to Salt Lake City, UT: approximately $400 round trip

·         Total average cost for student attending NSNA: $400 flight + $200 spitting hotel room between 4 students for 4 nights + $100 convention registration + $100 food and other= $800

·         Tentative Schedule: http://www.nsna.org/Portals/0/Skins/NSNA/pdf/Tentative_Conv_Schedule.pdf

·         Most of the awards are due by March 11, 2011 – If your position plans to apply for an award, we need to set a time to meet to discuss the award applications and deadlines (by 1/26/11). Possible award applications: Community Service, BTN, Legislation, Website. Please visit the PDF file I sent you via e-mail for more information.

·         Delegate Sign-ups in February (Board members interested??)

·         Resolution updates? All info due to NSNA by ??

V.      Position Questions/Ideas

·         1^st VP (Jaime): Speakers for meetings

·         2^nd VP (Emily): Career Fair update (We need the date, information on this ASAP!!  This is traditionally a major fundraiser for us and I am very worried about it coming together.  Please update the board ASAP!!!)

·         Secretary (Kristen): Send your board reports

·         Treasurer (April): Financial update – we need to meet with Rich Stilley to figure out financial situation

·         Legislative Director (Amanda and Kirsten): Lobby Day (2/17/11, registration deadline 2/10/11), resolution for NSNA

·         Community Service Directors (Lecresha and Camille): Events planned, awards?

o   Wesley Woods

o   ING Marathon (3/20/11)

·         Public Relations (Ashley): Fliers for GBANS meetings-these need to ALWAYS be done and posted a WEEK before the event, announcements still sent to Judy?

·         SGA (Erica): any updates?

·         BTN (Michelle): Events planned, Girl Scouts First Aid Workshop?, AWARD?

·         NEC (Shala): We need to re-write the by-laws and figure out when to hold the elections; need to include “meet the candidates”

·         Fundraising (Katie): Plans for the semester?

·         Reps (Jamie, Jason and Megan): Announcements about career fair and upcoming GBANS meeting (we will be talking about the events planned for the semester, NSNA convention, how to become a delegate for NSNA, opportunities to get more involved)

·         Website (Natasha): any updates?

IV. Anything else?

Board Reports:
I. Amanda Davis & Kirsten Anderson:

1. Revised Resolution for NSNA approval

2. Completed all necessary paperwork for Resolution submission to NSNA

3. Contacted Dr. Rowe re: Legislative Day / Tour scheduled

II. Michelle Davis:

·         October 6, 2010 spoke with contact from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on a possible event for Christmas.

·         October 10, 2010 spoke with an additional contact from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta on details regarding possible Christmas event.

·         November 1, 2010 attended GBANS board meeting and discussed future plans for Girl Scout event.

·         December 11, 2010 spoke with Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta representative regarding Ronald McDonald event, was informed we are unable to help with this year’s event.

·         December 20, 2010 emailed new Girl Scout contact to inform troop of possible event in the upcoming year.

·         January 2, 2011 spoke with Sammie the troop leader interested in the Girl Scout event  via telephone we were able to come up with possible dates in late January and March.

·         January 6, 2011 emailed Sammie a copy of stations for the first aid patch.

·         January 10, 2011 spoke to Sammie via telephone she approved stations required for first aid patch and would like to set a date for the event asap.

III. Kristen Schloegel – Nothing to Report

IV. Erica Thompson:

·         Attended SGA Board Meeting 1/18/11

V. Natasha Wijesooriya:

·         The blog is up and running! www.gbans.blogspot.com

VI. Ashley Crumbley:

·         Nothing to report

VII. Lacresha Wilburn:

·         Contacted and discussed community service opportunities with Melissa Walker, activities director, of A.G. Rhodes Wesley Woods Health Rehab.

·         Attended GBANS January board meeting.

VIII. Camille Sterling:

·         Attended January Board  meeting

·         Attended end of the year celebration in December

·         11-19-10 Welcome House event was successful

·         Contacted Professor Iannazzone about ING marathon

IX. Katie J: Nothing to Report

X. Jaime Benator

·         waiting to hear back from the Flight RN regarding speaking out our February member meeting